Cross-Nursing on Good Morning America

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http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Parenting/story?id=5459697&page=1

Morgan and I were asked to do an interview on cross-nursing. It was taped last month and aired on July 28th. We're both generally happy with how it turned out.

You said you wanted more videos of Bastian, right? Well, there he is:) Donovan's there and looking adorable, too!

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[MichelleZB]

I remember my mother and my aunt (her sister-in-law) had babies at the same time and they'd babysit each other's kids and breastfeed both babies as needed all the time. It felt pretty normal.

[isarma42]

@MichelleZB My mom said that she and her female relatives all nursed eachother's babies while babysitting and it didn't seem like a big deal at all to them.

[TheAmericanDream25]

Great that it works for others, however I would not offer my breast to another baby than my own :) Or if it depended on life or death, I obviously would do it!! However I WOULD (without a doubt) pump and donate milk. In my opinion it's just a BIG step between giving another child your milk through a bottle, and giving a child that's not yours your boob in the mouth. It's nothing sexual to me, it's just weird. Probably because I'm raised to think so.

[isarma42]

@TheAmericanDream25 It's hard to wrap your head around if you're raised to think otherwise, for sure. In our case, Bastian wouldn't ever take a bottle and I've never been a successful pumper, anyway. It's so much easier to nurse!

[junbug1029]

Some people are freaked out by some things that aren't logical. Many babies are fed cow's milk and no one thinks that is weird! Cows are a whole different animal, and certainly unknown to the consumer! Of, course you wouldn't let some random stranger feed your child. Wet nurses have existed since the beginning of human kind.

[davidedney]

this is great! Over here in Australia we have even in some hospitals have started breastmilk banks for preterm babies or babies who can't get milk from their own mothers. When will people grow up and stop being such prudes about the most natural part of life (life itself).

[TheManInBlack2003]

@isarma42  When that kid gets older, like around 16 to my age... Is he going to know he sucked your tit lol? Just thinking It would be weird when my moms friend came over if I knew I sucked her boobies.

[airasweetie]

i don+t see anything wrong with it. but i myself wouldn´t want someone else to have that bond with my child if i ever had one.

[NovemberRainLove]

I would cross nurse if myself and a close friend both had babies. It's just a boob. What's the big deal, as long as they don't smoke or eat cheetos and mcdonald's. Breastfeeding is beautiful.

[reeshiez]

I don't see what is so disgusting about. If it weren't for formula milk then cross nursing would be common in the west. Otherwise how would an infant get his or her nutritional needs? If a woman is unable to breastfeed her child, I think cross nursing is the more responsible choice than giving the child formula, as long as you know that the other mother has no diseases. La Leche's opposition to breastfeeding is cultural.

[reeshiez]

Cross nursing is very common in Arab culture. My aunts cross nursed each others children and I have many friends who have "milk siblings." I'm not sure jumar1281 is talking about - the prophet himself had a wetnurse the the laws concerning milk siblings are well established in Islamic law. It is common in many cultures and a good way for infants to get milk.