Nursing
Posted by Michelle on April 02, 1998 at 21:28:49:
In response to Need nursing info., written by Traci on April 02, 1998 at 16:06:22]I'm currently reading a biography on Jane Austen and it said that Jane was sent to live, away from her family, with a wet nurse. Evidently this common practice. The child would spend six weeks or so with it's mother and then be shipped off for the next year and a half.
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