Guest Post by Martin Armstrong
Times certainly have changed. German chemist Justus von Liebig invented baby formula in 1865 but it was not widely marketed or trusted for decades. Formula was taboo before companies like Nestle launched global marketing campaigns to push mothers to choose formula over breast milk.
Wet nurses have existed throughout history. Lactating women were often hired by aristocrats or wealthier individuals to feed their babies. It was not uncommon for poor women who were unable to breastfeed to temporarily give up their baby and become a wet nurse for a different family, hoping to earn enough money essentially to buy her child back. Slaves throughout history were also forced to act as wet nurses for the families they served.
In ancient Rome, they had the columna lactarian (milk column) where mothers could bring their babies and receive milk from a wet nurse. More troubling, the site also became a notorious location for mothers to abandon their unwanted children.
The profession of wet nursing still exists, although you will not find listings on job application sites. The concept of having another women breastfeed a baby is still taboo in modern society and largely unregulated. According to numerous sources, women in the United States will pay a minimum of $1,000 per week to hire a wet nurse, making the option still only feasible for the wealthy. We may see a resurgence of the profession as alternative options no longer exist and people are desperate for additional sources of income.
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It was not uncommon for poor women who were unable to breastfeed to temporarily give up their baby and become a wet nurse for a different family,
WTF, Martin. if the women could not breastfeed their own baby how did they manage to feed the baby of a rich woman?
I am again convinced the guy is schizophrenic.
That’s why tatas come in twos!
Our granddaughter found it quite useful when her twins were born. She was a champion “tandem nurser”
I get his point, and overall, I am interested in the stuff he writes. However, he has long needed someone to proofread his work.
I think someone here suggested he prepares his posts while on the toilet…that may not be far from the truth (e.g., distracted, in a hurry, etc.).
Human females will make enough to supply the demand.
Ask any mother with a nursing baby. The demand goes up by the day.
when a wet nurse feeds a rich woman’s child, she would have to live in. therefore she would be ‘fed’ better than your average peasant.
intake is required for output. as well as lots of fluids.
The formula before the mulaformers reformulated the fat of the land of milk & honey for to substitute that inferior for sale & to supplant the innate homegrown production…& the mulaformees bought it?
The biological boundaries, constraints, include the compulsion to transcend biology.
Nonexistent Free lunch is the most expensive meal, or meal replacement, there ever was or will be. And free spirits/spurts will always give that more stars than Michelin’s puny 3.
Ya, funny how the world got along just fine before GMO soy laden toxin riddled garbage.
Problem, Reaction, Solution anyone?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-invokes-defense-production-act-to-boost-baby-formula-production/ar-AAXr6FB
Why go through all of that hate and discontent — just stop sending it to mexico …
hate and discontent are TLPTB’s lifeblood. Nothing is really any fun without it.
Provided colostrum….
co·los·trum
[kəˈlästrəm]
NOUN
the first secretion from the mammary glands after giving birth, rich in antibodies. Imparted a life-long bond. Took care of EVERYTHING until ‘daddy’ got home from work, at which point the children would rush to greet him….mostly for protection probably, because ‘Mom’ was ready to kill by then. Dinner together.
Rinse. Repeat.
VERY ‘lucky’ childhood.
Our classification is called “Mammilia” for a reason.
What’s the point of this article? Before formula the infant mortality rate was high. The baby boom of the 20th century was largely because of formula extending the life expectancy of infants.
Stephanie I know you weren’t serious about that comment. Just in case you were here is a little history on the AMA and Formula and Breastfeeding.
The AMAwas created and owned from it’s inception to the present by Big Pharma.
“As formulas evolved and research supported their efficacy, manufacturers began to advertise directly to physicians. By 1929, the American Medical Association (AMA) formed the Committee on Foods to approve the safety and quality of formula composition, forcing many infant food companies to seek AMA approval or the organization’s “Seal of Acceptance.” Three years later, advertising became regulated so that manufacturers could not solicit information to nonmedical personnel, which facilitated a positive relationship between physicians and the formula companies. By the 1940s and 1950s, physicians and consumers regarded the use of formula as a well known, popular, and safe substitute for breastmilk. Consequently, breastfeeding experienced a steady decline until the 1970s (Fomon, 2001).”
From the following article.
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A History of Infant Feeding
Emily E Stevens, RN, FNP, WHNP, PhD, Thelma E Patrick, RN, PhD, and Rita Pickler, RN, PNP, PhD
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684040/#:~:text=By%20the%201940s%20and%201950s,and%20safe%20substitute%20for%20breastmilk.
Even smart and educated people can be ignorant of a subject.
All the knowledge in the world is nothing without wisdom.
Excellent response.
I’m aware of how formula was invented. Doesn’t negate the fact that formula provided enough nutrition to stop many children worldwide from dying from diarrhea which was a heavy contributor to the high infant mortality rate.
The link was not about how it was developed Stephanie.
“history on the AMA and Formula and Breastfeeding.”
It was about Rockefellers AMA and control of Education and propaganda surrounding formula. Everything we were taught in school was wrong or an outright lie. Formula didn’t come into widespread use until the 40’s and 50’s when women were forced into the workforce by two wars and heavy propaganda against mothering. Breast feeding could not cause diarrhea and the gross malnutrition of the first half of the last century had financial backing.
A short trip through the history of pasteurization of cows milk might reveal a sinister plot that today would be labeled a conspiracy theory. The chances of getting Brucelosis from a cow on pasture is quite remote while pasteurization kills everything living and thus prevents natural immunity to smallpox due to the presence of Cow Pox. “The complexion of a milk maid”. Mothers milk has it’s own unique immunities that are passed on to the child. In addition, when a child nurses it’s saliva on the nipple transmits a computer printout of health related info to mom who proceeds to produce the needed microbiotic activity and puts it in the nex milking.
I could go on but it would just be digression. It’s worth looking into.
Again, I know how formula was invented. No matter how many times you mansplain formula to me I’m still going to disagree with you.
Again, I did not explain how formula was invented. Furthermore I would not waste my time Splainin anything to you. I put it up to splain to anyone who might happen to take your original comment seriously by pretending to mansplain something to you.
You were blatantly mansplaining. I don’t need you to explain me who invented formula or how it works. Fuck off.
Don’t know you from Eve. Seems like something personal transpired. My apologies from one human to another if this is the case, really none of my business.
https://www.marketresearchreports.com/blog/2019/04/09/world’s-top-10-infant-formula-manufacturers
Didn’t read, just looking for a link to nestle, HUGE player in the ‘formula’ arena…They are currently engaged in buying up ‘Water Rights’ in multiple places. That should work out …Well. (might be some kinda pun?)
One of the other companies, Reckitt Benckiser caught my eye. Been a few yrs. and can’t remember the specifics…They were either the main subsidiary, or formed another, that was ENTIRELY responsible for the suboxone/subutex/etc. fiasco.
It appears that your incessant need to discount information because the deliverer is male might be hindering your ability to put the concepts together. Sad, but your last two words indicate there is very little wisdom to your comments.
She said it again!!
Doubleplus Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!
mansplain?
Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!
um, some basics of sanitation dropped mortality rates everywhere- the availability of clean water, the knowledge and discipline to at least a minimum standard of washing things, disposal of waste away from water sources.. stuff like that. while a handful of traditional societies had figured most of this out youd be appalled (or surprised) at how many people the world over thought it was perfectly fine to defecate in the same stream they got their drinking water, or to dig a latrine twenty feet away from the village well, etc.
Don’t poop where it will contaminate your water supply.
That is simply not true.
There have been THOUSANDS of “baby booms” in human history fueled
by mother’s milk long before fake milk. This fact isn’t obscure or debatable.
Source? I’m gonna call bullshit considering history is full of famine and war (which killed off many persons with boobies who supply milk).
Corn syrup for babies is not the only way to feed them, you know?
Apparently it is debatable. Fake milk has always existed Or Fake milk was invented sometime in history. Hmmmm this is a real thinker.
Nah, the ones with boobies get raped. Even Hilary knows that the main victims of war are women. Because you have to be alive to be a victim. Women lose their husbands, brothers, and sons in war. Now, those all have nipples, but they do not have boobies. “Chest-feeders” are still restricted to using operable mammary glands.
A major problem with formula is malnutrition. It is very expensive (and so, under lock and key in most stores). So women often will dilute it to conserve money, and the kid begins to starve.
I have neither tits, nor kids, so I guess, for me, the point is moot.
You can use all the crude language you want. Your inability to put two concepts together still rings out loud and clear. Maybe try a thesaurus, or read a book. (movies for smart people)
Admin- My hand on the good book, most pictures of me when I was a toddler I was drinking a can of beer. I was allergic to milk. 🙂 That may account for my dain bramage.
I’m not a beer drinker to this day because of that. Very occasionally drink beer.
Drinking a CAN of beer, or drinking FROM a can of beer?
That seems important, because I drank from lots of cans of beer, but I had to be 15 before I wanted to drink a whole one. I don’t know if I ever learned my lesson from that day.
TPTB is constanty at work to convince you that you NEED their products, that it is necessary to your life and you can’t possibly do without it. They convinced womenz to leave home and become corporate slaves who only see their children 2-3 hours a day, they wanted to expand the money supply and global production. Men became dweebs and let them (women) become the bread winners and ignore their children. Not at my house.
We told our girls to not have children if they wanted THINGS over raising their kids. They stayed home and nursed/nurtured/raised their children.
My brother-in-law was going on about what to do with all the workers displaced due to automation. He was edging the conversation to “useless people.” (He is also a fan of Thanos in the marvel cartoons).
When I suggested that the female half of the workforce stay home, raise the children, educate them, and provide healthy meals, OOOH Boy! You could not imagine the pearl clutching and fainting couch drama!
Somehow, the problems that are caused by new ways of doing things can NEVER be resolved by going back to the way things were done before the new ideas caused the problems.
Like breast feeding. It is of course, barbaric, and natural in the poison-ivy / black widow sense. We do so much better now with $18/lb “formula.”
Really? “Formula?” What person who loves their infant wants to feed them “Formula?”
That name itself sounds impersonal, chemical, and toxic.
We’ve become such a joke.
Whatever will Pete Buttplug do if he can’t find formula for chestfeeding?
goat milk—-
Good point Anon, goat milk is very agreeable to humans. Actually more agreeable than cow’s milk.
These are some easy questions. What Did Mothers do Before Baby Formula? Baby Sucked tit! Don’t I win a prize or something
Boobs are for babies, but why do men like them so much? Big boobs are an indicator that the woman can feed the kid, simple as that. Us men are hard-wired to automatically assess 1: the woman’s ability to bear children (full hips) and 2: feed them (big boobs). Secondary indications of general health IE: nice hair, good skin tone also come into play.
Precisely why booze and drugs are ‘pushed’ so hard. Poor judgement ensues.
Anyone interested in donating money for a wet nurse for Bob P?
I’ve seen a funny video where a hidden camera is placed is a restaurant and when someone orders a coffee with cream the waitress opens her top, whips out a boob and proceeds to ‘milk’ herself into the coffee cup. Hilarious reactions ensue.