wet-nurses
Feeds others' babies
Wet-nurses are women employed to breastfeed another's child.
Before infant formula, wet-nursing was common among wealthy families and essential when mothers died in childbirth or couldn't produce milk.
The practice declined sharply in the twentieth century but persists in some contexts.
The queen's children were raised by wet-nurses.
Lactation-based infant nourishment
- lactationMammary gland secretion
- nursemaidDomestic child caretaker
- caregiverOne providing daily assistance
- nannyHired child caretaker
suckling · infant care · domestic service · household staff · childcare · feeding · nurturing · milk
Rule by hereditary elite
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- wealthyHaving abundant financial resources
- VictorianOf a prim era
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
Renaissance · royal · court · servant class · upper class · foster mother · swaddling · infant mortality
Infant's word for father
- amahAsian domestic servant
- fosterageRearing another's child
- tribal customsGroup's inherited social practices
- Islamic traditionInherited Muslim practice
colonial era · plantation · indigenous practices · surrogate mother
breastfeeding
Lactation-based infant nourishment
- lactationMammary gland secretion
- nursemaidDomestic child caretaker
- caregiverOne providing daily assistance
nanny · suckling · infant care · domestic service · household staff · childcare · feeding · nurturing · milk · maternal
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
medieval · Renaissance · royal · court · servant class · upper class · foster mother · swaddling · infant mortality · colostrum
dada
Infant's word for father
- amahAsian domestic servant
- fosterageRearing another's child
- tribal customsGroup's inherited social practices
Islamic tradition · colonial era · plantation · indigenous practices · surrogate mother
wet-nursesdry-nurses
Childminders who don't breastfeed
bottle-feeders · governesses · nannies · nursemaids · babysitters