https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:33:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221619 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 03:25:01 +0000 cvbee 221619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Superhero: At 4 weeks old, my LO smelled the breastmilk off my cousin and literally reached out to her. He preferred her over all the other people he 'met'. I was slightly offended that my baby would do that! :) But it made me realize that a newborn maybe doesn't care. A hungry baby needs to get fed. </p> <p>As for actually doing it, I would feel super weird about it. Maybe less weird if it was a newborn? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221605 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 02:45:15 +0000 808love 221605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: that's a funny story bat the six month old. Sharing bodily fluids is very personal. Only in an emergency situation, preferably with permission. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221593 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 02:03:10 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 221593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I should add that I only have three people in my life I would do this so casually for, and one is past this stage so it will never happen! In an emergency, sure, but not just whenever. Also, I'd only let someone nurse my daughter if I really trust their history. HIV is no joke! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221583 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:14:58 +0000 BoogieBea 221583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting. I think I would for my sister's baby but no one else. I wouldn't have problems pumping, then bottle feeding though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221582 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:13:40 +0000 loveisstrange 221582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No and I wouldn't want someone else nursing my child either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221578 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:02:03 +0000 pinkcupcake 221578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it was family, I don't think I'd have a problem with it! I'm not sure about non-relatives, though... I'd be more than happy to donate my pumped milk, but don't know if I'd be comfortable nursing... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221564 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:18:11 +0000 Red 221564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd do it if in a pinch but would feel more comfortable pumping and bottle-feeding. Kudos to you mommies who have no issues with breastfeeding someone else's child and vice versa - I think that's pretty awesome. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221561 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:03:28 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 221561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally would! I would be comfortable with someone nursing my DD too, as long as it was someone I was very close to.</p> <p>A couple weeks ago my girlfriend ran out of pumped milk for her LO (she exclusively pumps) and we were at a graduation party. She gratefully accepted a bottle of my pumped milk I had with me and fed it to her hungry LO.</p> <p>My mom and her best friend used to take turns babysitting for each other, and my mom's friend would always breastfeed my sister because she refused a bottle until she was 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221531 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 21:58:03 +0000 Mrs. Pen 221531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Minnie_Girl: Agreed. A child has to eat!! </p> <p>@Mrs. Superhero: I have a similar scenario!! Well... kinda. So my milk came in on day 3 - I was SO engorged that my son couldn't latch on because my breasts were huge and rock solid. It was frustrating and emotionally draining. My midwife didn't want me to pump because that would only serve to stimulate more milk production. My sister had a 6-month old son at the time, and she said, "Hey! Try nursing him, see if he can drain you a little!" Haha we laughed like it was a joke... but then we decided to try it.<br /> But he was already 6 months and he looked at me like what the heck do you think you're doing, you are not my mother!! Haha we couldn't get him to latch on :)</p> <p>So yes, I would nurse my sisters' babies. Not sure about anyone else?? Maybe a very close friend. </p> <p>I have donated breastmilk to a friend in need though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221509 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 21:24:02 +0000 Minnie_Girl 221509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd not want to go all Grapes of Wrath on anyone, but if a hungry baby needed it and I could help them, sure. It might feel a bit awkward at first, but that hardly matters compared to the child's most basic needs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221492 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:46:24 +0000 Grace 221492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If someone was watching my LO while I was out and the baby was hungry, I think I'd be ok with it and vise versa. However, I could only do it if I asked permission first and I don't know if I'd get up the guts to ask! Somehow, it really feels like an overstep and yet I'm not sure why. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221486 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:41:25 +0000 prettylizy 221486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was out to dinner with DH, my BFF's hubby and their ds and he ate his bottle super fast followed by a super fussy period. I kept wanting to offer to nurse him because his poor daddy was just trying tot calm him down. I would be fine with doing it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221480 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:32:28 +0000 jennylynn 221480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would definitely pump and donate for them, but I don't know how I'd feel about nursing someone else's baby. BFing is just such an intimate thing for me that I think it would feel a little uncomfortable to nurse a baby that wasn't my own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221477 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:25:41 +0000 Mrs. Bee 221477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmmm interesting question! I wouldn't want someone else to nurse olive, but I think I might be ok nursing my brother's hypothetical baby? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221457 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:04:32 +0000 photojane 221457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>everyone seems to think breast feeding is so amazing and natural for their own baby, so i don't see how it's not also natural for someone else's baby. i mean, the whole point of your boobs is to feed anyway.</p> <p>i would do it for sure, and i wouldn't mind someone else nursing my baby (given i ask them to or give permission). i don't find it any different than someone else feeding my little one a bottle. milk is milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221447 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:59:27 +0000 chopsuey 221447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't, but totally could and would too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221442 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:56:44 +0000 ohapostrophe 221442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it were my sister I think I'd be fine with it. Otherwise I'd be happy to pump/donate but not nurse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221437 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:55:11 +0000 littlebug 221437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I doubt it. MAYBE in an emergency of some sort, but otherwise? No. I wouldn't want someone else to bf my LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221436 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:54:11 +0000 Andrea 221436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, not for me. I would not want someone to nurse my baby either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221435 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:53:38 +0000 erwoo 221435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would only nurse my sister's baby if she ever needed me to and wouldn't mind donating my BM for other babies. But that's the extent I am comfortable doing. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221432 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:37:43 +0000 PrincessBaby 221432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe it will change when I have the baby and am breastfeeding, but at this stage, I think it's a bit weird? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221430 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:36:46 +0000 runsyellowlites 221430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep..... and if I knew the person I don't think I'd mind them nursing DD if she was hungry and I wasn't available. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221411 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:43:59 +0000 MrsTiz 221411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would never be okay with someone nursing my LO, I don't know why it just doesn't sit well with me. I wouldn't nurse a friends baby, but if my sister was like dying of exhaustion I *might* consider doing it for her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221408 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:28:34 +0000 mrsjazz 221408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, never. But I do make jokes about being someone's wet nurse. You'd have to pay me for that!</p> <p>I'd gladly donate breast milk, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221406 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:27:14 +0000 Arden 221406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yeah, absolutely, as long as the Mama was comfortable with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221402 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:21:02 +0000 autumnlove 221402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats on becoming an Aunt! I would donate breast milk but I probably wouldn't feel comfortable nursing someone else's baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221397 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:11:03 +0000 tequiero21 221397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow. No. Maybe for family if there was an emergency, but I do think it's weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221396 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:10:03 +0000 cyndistar3 221396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never done it but if it was someone I knew I totally would if they wanted me to! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-ever-nurse-someone-elses-baby#post-221393 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:07:44 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 221393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>To start off with, I'm an Auntie for the first time! Soooo exciting, I've never loved a little baby that isn't my own this much! </p> <p>The other day, when the baby was only two days old, my sister in law was trying to get some sleep and her mother was next door at my mother's house trying to keep the baby happy. She'd been nursing every few minutes for two days! The baby was fussing and when I walked by she stopped fussing and followed me going past with little hungry noises. I guess I smell like milk! Long story short(ish) I ended up nursing her for a little and my grateful SIL got two hours of sleep.</p> <p>I thought it would be weird, but it wasn't. If that makes sense. Have you ever nursed another baby? </p>