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The closest I ever got was this stranger in an airport bathroom. Her baby was probably just over a month and screaming. I had my baby with me and she started apologizing bc she was crying too and said she'd had unexpected surgery and lost most of her milk so her baby was very frustrated and still rejecting the bottle. I tried to offer a few words of comfor and said I was sitting right outside if she needed anything. She came out much happier with her baby taking the bottle. I figured baby had to learn and it was better to not offer but it was such a heartbreaking scene.
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Yes, absolutely!
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Of course.
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I think I would, if asked.
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I would do it. I kind of wished I could have had someone else nurse my first LO to help troubleshoot our latch problems. I think it would have been a quick way to find out if it was him or me.
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I'd do it as long as she's comfortable too. Before I actually had a baby I would've thought it's weird, but now honestly, I'd totally feed a hungry baby in need and would want my baby to be fed too in a similar situation!
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Yep, if she needed/wanted me to. Communication would be key, though--my MIL has a horror story about her SIL nursing one of MILs kids without asking, when MIL was just in another room.
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No I would not nurse another child except in an emergency situation like Hurricane Katrina.
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In an emergency, yes. It would be weird, but I'd be a bit uncomfortable for the sake of a baby in need of help.
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@MrsSRS: that is awesome! Talk about great feedback!!
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I would in an emergency situation.
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@Mamaof2:
and such an easy way to figure out how baby's latch is! It's so true that nobody can teach you what a good latch should feel like, but once you know, you know.
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I would, wouldn't bother me. Of course, I would never do it unless it was requested, I don't just go around taking others babies and feeding them. Unless it was an emergency and there was no mom to be found.
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This does remind me of a time ( many years ago...) when a church nursery volunteer nursed someone else's baby so they didn't have to disturb the mother in church (unbeknownst to the mother...yikes.)
Obviously, we are taking about having the mother's permission here.
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@simplyfelicity: um yeah that's an entirely different story! Yikes. I would be mad if someone fed my baby anything other than what I handed them, much less nursed them.
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@Foodnerd81: Apparently, it was this whole church debacle (I can imagine why) and the child never found out.
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I have nursed my niece twice. Once I was watching her while my sister in law was out for a walk & niece was so tired but couldn't sleep so I nursed her for like 2 minutes until she dozed off. Another time we were visiting my sister-in-laws and took my niece sight-seeing with us while her moms were at work. I nursed her while we were out instead of bringing a bottle. Both times my sister-in-law was fine with it (we'd discussed it before hand each time as well).
If it was someone I was less close to, I don't know. But if I was close enough to talk about it with them, if probably be close enough to do it.
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@Foodnerd81: someone sent me this article recently and I thought of it when I saw this thread:
http://www.ozy.com/true-story/not-your-mothers-breasts/69310?utm_source=dd&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=05102016&variable=591e717ee42ecb7f525d2ed3f20fdc6e
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