What if the baby wasnt a beast who demanded feeding all time - did this still work. Sorry do a lot of proof reading and couldnt resist that. Incidentally I do know of women who breast feed an older child whilst pregnant with another one, and eventually go to be feeding both of them Liz ? >1. beast feeding on demand (whenever the child wants it, every time) can be >a pretty good way of spacing births. This subject has interested me because >one of my dear friends is a midwife. In my genealogy files, I find a two >year spacing occurs the most often, which can be achieved with on demand >feeding. >2. As pointed out earlier, those who had wet nurses had a child nearly >every year. >3. I would find, if there was a child born nearly a year after another, >quite often, if iIdug a little deeper, I would find the earlier child had >died soon. > >And the note about the baby being strapped to the mother's chest........how >interesting. Thank you for sharing that. > >Regards, >Sue Prideaux > > >==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== >OLD-ENGLISH Web Page >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ >