29/09/2025
They say it takes a village. This is next level intergenerational support!
https://www.facebook.com/share/1CZ1rYUjtE/
In Vietnam, this image of a grandmother breastfeeding her grandchild is more than extraordinary, it’s part of a long history of shared nourishment.
Across cultures and centuries, communities have practiced cross-nursing and wet-nursing:
✨ In times when a mother was ill, passed away, or simply needed support, another woman, sometimes even a grandmother, stepped in to feed the baby.
✨ In Vietnam and other parts of Asia, women have been known to relactate, meaning they can restart or continue milk production, even later in life, when there is a baby in need.
✨ In Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Indigenous communities worldwide, shared nursing was seen as a form of survival, kinship, and solidarity.
Breastfeeding has never been just one mother and one child.
It has often been a communal act of love, protection, and survival.
This photo reminds us that human milk is not only food, it’s medicine, comfort, and a living connection that binds families and generations together.
-Love,
Badassmotherbirther
