https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Jul 2026 03:42:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2555240 Tue, 24 May 2016 08:18:18 +0000 MamaCate 2555240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: someone sent me this article recently and I thought of it when I saw this thread:<br /> <a href="http://www.ozy.com/true-story/not-your-mothers-breasts/69310?utm_source=dd&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=05102016&#038;variable=591e717ee42ecb7f525d2ed3f20fdc6e" rel="nofollow">http://www.ozy.com/true-story/not-your-mothers-breasts/69310?utm_source=dd&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=05102016&#038;variable=591e717ee42ecb7f525d2ed3f20fdc6e</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2554757 Mon, 23 May 2016 13:58:26 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 2554757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have nursed my niece twice. Once I was watching her while my sister in law was out for a walk &amp; 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).</p> <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2554726 Mon, 23 May 2016 13:33:14 +0000 simplyfelicity 2554726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Apparently, it was this whole church debacle (I can imagine why) and the child never found out.<br /> I don't think there are words for how pissed I would be. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2554719 Mon, 23 May 2016 13:29:49 +0000 Foodnerd81 2554719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2554710 Mon, 23 May 2016 13:23:41 +0000 simplyfelicity 2554710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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.) :shocked: Obviously, we are taking about having the mother's permission here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2554682 Mon, 23 May 2016 13:00:09 +0000 kes18 2554682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2554642 Mon, 23 May 2016 12:27:24 +0000 MrsSRS 2554642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2554636 Mon, 23 May 2016 12:22:35 +0000 sunny 2554636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would in an emergency situation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2554626 Mon, 23 May 2016 12:06:23 +0000 Mamaof2 2554626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSRS: that is awesome! Talk about great feedback!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2554624 Mon, 23 May 2016 12:01:08 +0000 LindsayLou 2554624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2554543 Mon, 23 May 2016 09:42:48 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2554543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No I would not nurse another child except in an emergency situation like Hurricane Katrina. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2554512 Mon, 23 May 2016 08:58:09 +0000 mfa_lady 2554512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2554493 Mon, 23 May 2016 08:37:52 +0000 snowjewelz 2554493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2554384 Mon, 23 May 2016 05:32:00 +0000 lamariniere 2554384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2554382 Mon, 23 May 2016 05:11:12 +0000 travelgirl1 2554382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I would, if asked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2554372 Mon, 23 May 2016 01:05:53 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2554372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Of course. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2554366 Mon, 23 May 2016 00:36:43 +0000 QBbride 2554366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, absolutely! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby/page/2#post-2554250 Sun, 22 May 2016 19:34:17 +0000 Maysprout 2554250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby#post-2554249 Sun, 22 May 2016 19:26:59 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2554249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it would be weird only because it is so against the social norm. Aside from that I feel like villages of moms have done this all along. I dont think it is weird at all, though practically speaking I think it would take a special set if circumstances. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby#post-2554242 Sun, 22 May 2016 19:07:33 +0000 MrsSRS 2554242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: It was a little bizarre feeling at first. But I would do it again, no problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby#post-2554228 Sun, 22 May 2016 18:52:47 +0000 Foodnerd81 2554228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSRS: ah that makes sense. And yeah I would have zero problems whatsoever with her milk. It's just the actual act of breastfeeding that gives me pause. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby#post-2554227 Sun, 22 May 2016 18:49:33 +0000 MrsSRS 2554227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: our babies are less than a week apart. It was my second baby and her first and she was struggling with nursing. She wanted me to nurse her baby and see how I thought her baby was latching. So I did. There are three or four people I would be fine swapping nursing with. I also gave a bunch of pumped milk away to friends and family since my second baby won't take a bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby#post-2554226 Sun, 22 May 2016 18:46:37 +0000 Foodnerd81 2554226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSRS: what was the situation? I know either of us would try in an emergency but something like, I have a doctors appt, I think we would both just try to work around it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby#post-2554225 Sun, 22 May 2016 18:45:09 +0000 MrsKoala 2554225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never thought about it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby#post-2554224 Sun, 22 May 2016 18:45:03 +0000 MrsSRS 2554224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. And I have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby#post-2554223 Sun, 22 May 2016 18:41:35 +0000 Foodnerd81 2554223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pumped milk I think either of us would in a heartbeat, no problem. It's the physical act of nursing that seems weird to me. </p> <p>@Truth Bombs: @PinkElephant: we were talking about that tonight- if they won't take bottles, will they take another set of boobs? </p> <p>The one time I'm most worried about with the bottle refusal is this weekend, when we are leaving them with my parents overnight. My mom nursed me and my siblings, but she has informed the baby that that well ran dry many years ago. 😉 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby#post-2554193 Sun, 22 May 2016 16:56:30 +0000 MoonMoon 2554193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would, but my friends would probably think I'm a super weirdo for suggesting it? Haha. Pumping and giving milk, like for an emergency, absolutely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby#post-2554189 Sun, 22 May 2016 16:33:24 +0000 maddyz 2554189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would happily nurse another baby or let someone else nurse my lo if it made sense. Lo1 was always perfectly happy with a bottle and a very good nurse I am sure he would have taken milk from someone besides me no problem. My mom nursed my cousin and my aunt nursed my sister when they were having trouble getting supply going and learning to nurse, it helped everyone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby#post-2554180 Sun, 22 May 2016 15:51:19 +0000 PawPrints 2554180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have donated pumped milk to a bunch of strangers, but I know I would feel weird about nursing another baby. If the situation arose though I would try to get over it and logically I have no issue doing it. In your situation, it really sounds like it would help you and your friend out a lot if you were able to get over the mental hurdle and do it! I say suggest it to her, the worst that can happen is she thinks it's weird. Could work out really well for you both. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wild-you-nurse-your-friends-baby#post-2554174 Sun, 22 May 2016 15:29:24 +0000 LAZB 2554174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd do it, I don't see why not </p>