ANT214H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Wet Nurse, Evaporated Milk, Infant Formula

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12 Apr 2018
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If mother not breast-feeding, she can look for food: 2. Control (cid:373)ore kids if she does(cid:374)(cid:859)t feed: 3. If mom dies, baby will most likely be adopted: conical glass bottle end of 18th century low cost-effective feeding, wet nurses were common among upper class women in europe. Reasons why its good: more natural, (cid:862)god wa(cid:374)ts it this way(cid:863, risk of contamination pap: the water may not be clean, medical opinion advocated against this, focus on feeding to reduce increasing infant mortality rate. Breastfeeding in na: 1940 -1970 biggest decline in breastfeeding initiation and duration, co(cid:374)sidered (cid:373)essy, i(cid:373)polite i(cid:374) pu(cid:271)li(cid:272), (cid:373)ight rui(cid:374) the shape of the (cid:271)reast (cid:894)does(cid:374)(cid:859)t(cid:895) Lesser risk of diarrhea and respiratory diseases: decreased mortality from conditions due to contaminated water ingestion, promotes optimal growth and development. Benefits of nursing: maternal benefits increased weight loss, moderates digestion, decreased instances of reproductive cancer, on avg, women from foraging societies experience 150 ovulations.

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