Some areas believed that having sex while nursing would sour a womans milk. So men stayed away from their wives until babies were weaned. Babies were weaned at about 1 or 2 years old.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
How were babies cared for?
Infants depended on their mothers to fed them. Breast milk was the only safe food for babies.Most women nurse their babies. Wealthy women might hire a wet nurse. A wet nurse feeds the baby with her own milk. a wealth mother might hire the wet nurse so she could save herself trouble and perhaps conceive sooner.
Some areas believed that having sex while nursing would sour a womans milk. So men stayed away from their wives until babies were weaned. Babies were weaned at about 1 or 2 years old.
Some areas believed that having sex while nursing would sour a womans milk. So men stayed away from their wives until babies were weaned. Babies were weaned at about 1 or 2 years old.
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I did not know that wealthey women sometimes hired wet nurses to give milk to the babies. Also I think thats weird.
ReplyDeletegood job i didnt know the men had to stay away for a while!
ReplyDeleteGood job but maybe do a spell check and lengthen your paragraphs. Also add more voice it sounds too... computerized haha.
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