Heads up from The Times Alphamummy blog. It's a You Tube video of the actress Salma Hayek breastfeeding a baby whose mother fears she can no longer produce enough milk. Brings up the whole question of wetnurses. Now, my concierge service, rentamummy.com, provides many things, but wetnursing isn't one of them.
I don't have an ick factor about this. Going to someone's coffee morning where they pick up my son and stuff a boob in his mouth - that's icky. But here the child was obviously hungry and Ms Hayek could provide something far better and safer than anything that might have come out of a bottle (btw, I'm not anti-formula either, I just question the safety of the water and sterilising equipment used to prepare it here). BUT... but something does make me uneasy. What does this woman do when SH has had her photo opp (though I do think she did it with the best of motives)? And how does she feel? I know as a mum that anything I fail to do for my kids, however small, makes me feel shit and inadequate. How does this woman feel having her baby swept away and fed in a way that she simply cannot manage? There are a million questions here, and none of them are as You Tube seems to show, "WHOOO Salma got her titties out!!"
Honestly, boys...
Beware - he's loud and a very, very, VERY rude boy who needs to wash his mouth out with soap. And he very obviously doesn't have to try and do his job while a 13 month-old child dangles from his trouser leg. At least I think that's what he's doing...
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