 Back in the Victorian times, wet nursing – where a baby is breastfeed by somebody other than their mother – was common. Nowadays, not so much. And doing so without permission is especially frowned upon. One mum has shared a dilemma relating to this on Reddit, sparking strong responses from horrified parents and childfree users alike. The 22-year-old explained how she and her sister, 27, both had babies less than five weeks ago, and their sons were born within two weeks of each other. As the woman needed to have surgery and the child's father isn't around, her sister kindly offered to babysit the newborn (who is bottle fed) for a few days while she was in hospital. Despite being thankful for the help, however, things took a turn for the worse on her return, all due to her sibling's insistence that 'breast is best'. The woman's son is bottle fed, while her sister's is breastfed (Picture: Getty Images) 'When I came home today, I walked into my son on my sister's breast,' the new mother wrote, adding that she actually didn't have an issue to begin with, as 'it was probably easier to breastfeed him than make bottles.' The post continued: 'She told me after she had thrown out all of the 'garbage' I was feeding him and she was going to pump and donate milk to him. 'I was kind of in shock so I didn't react straight away, but I then went to the bathroom and called the police on her.' While authorities told the woman that what her sister had done wasn't a crime since 'the child is being fed', the situation escalated. 'My sister then blew up at me, saying it was completely wrong of me to call the police on her when she was just trying to help,' continued the post. 'I told her she dumped 14 cans of formula without even consulting me and currently had nothing to replace it with, just plans to.' Despite originally offering to look after her nephew free of charge, the sister then demanded payment, before storming out and){kind=link}
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Back in the Victorian times, wet nursing – where a baby is breastfeed by somebody other than their mother – was common.
Nowadays, not so much. And doing so without permission is especially frowned upon.
One mum has shared a dilemma relating to this on Reddit, sparking strong responses from horrified parents and childfree users alike.
The 22-year-old explained how she and her sister, 27, both had babies less than five weeks ago, and their sons were born within two weeks of each other.