Women Rally Around Widower to Breast-Feed Infant Son

Wow!!! I am impressed! As a student of Anthropology this is fantastic, many cultures help to take care of all the children. What a wonderful town, what wonderful, unselfish people. I wish I lived in a place lake that! You all humble me. Too bad the rest of this country and world is not that unselfish.

The dad is bonding with his son by being a caregiver. These women are helping boost his son's immune system and bringing some light into what has to be an incredibly dark time for him. Blessings on them all.

I don't think I would do this because you may know everyone in your community but do you know if they have some kind of disease such as AIDS that can be passed to his child through breast milk?

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I'm sure dad is bonding with his son and giving him a bottle since according to the article the women are also pumping milk for a bottle as well as breast feeding

sick gross weird cmon this is 2009 not 1908 there are other options besides everyone in the town flopping out there boobs yuuuk

what a bittersweet story....the sadness of a mom never knowing her baby, the incredible kindness of these women, and the dad's ability to allow them to do something that the mom would have done herself....makes me cry for a child who will never know his mom but also shed tears for a dad and his family's loss....all involved are so lucky to have each other!

How about baby's milk in a bottle. Breast milk? From other women? Does he know these women? Their hygiene habits, their eating/drinking habits? Drug use? Hygiene? Yes I know I said hygiene twice.... it's because I think this is one of the nasiest things I have ever heard.

They have this neat new invention, it's call FORMULA, it comes pre-mixed, or you can mix it yourself? Isn't there sometype of law that is being broken here? This is just nasty...plain and simple.... nasty.

HYGIENE.

For the person inquiring wouldn't it be better if dad fed...I would think there are times that he does. Considering some breastfeed and some pump to feed. I think it is wonderful to have 25 wetnurses to help him. I am sure that the 2 other children are loved equally as well. I say this is a wonderful plan worked out by a great group of individuals. Nothing can replace their loss of mother and wife, but the help of all of these people is absolutely wonderful. It is apparent that the baby is thriving and doing well from the photo. This is just one method of parenting that is something nobody can take away. Women who do this produce enough milk for their children as well as another's. Production is by supply and demand of the infants. I thank them for this wonderful gift given this family.

I think this is wonderful. There are many cultures that will do this.

Funny, I just saw a mother deer with three fawns today in my yard. Two were without spots and one was obviously a younger fawn with spots and she was raising it. Perhaps the mother was killed. I think that other women helping to raise this child in the way the mother would have done is a fine thing for them to help out with. It is the wish of the father and I think it is perfectly fine. Nothing can every really replace the nurturing that breastfeeding provides with skin to skin human contact.

I think the reason why God gave women breasts is so they could e nourish their babies and with a natural and healthy food, not some man made processed food. The child will know the difference between a mother and father anyway and will naturally bond with a loving father without the bottle feeding. With breast feeding you don't need to give a baby water but the Dad could give the baby a little water with a bottle. I think the baby senses the "voice" and "touch" different between and man and woman anyway.

MOSES??????

What a beutiful story! I LOVE it =)

I think he gets bonding with his son in other ways. The support of these women will last thoughout Moses' life. They will be his family forever, and you can't beat that. I'm sure that he will treasure them always. The whole family is blessed to live in such a community. Not all would bother.

This is an awesome example of a community taking part in this child's life when the mother is unable. Breatfeeding is a wonderful way to boost immunities for this child. For the women who are giving selflessly, it must be a great feeling to know that they are doing something this mother would want. To the people who think breastfeeding is gross and wrong, you all need CAT scans. Or an education

actually, i agree. i think it is great they are all doing this, but i would be afraid of spreading infections between all the moms and babies. they should pump and give the milk to the dad. what a wonderful thing they are doing for this little boy though. good for them.

breast feeding is the best nutrition a baby can have they r more , likely to have higher iq, less dental problems, obesity, and less trips to the dr's. my baby is 10 months n we r goin strong so more power to the people who are caring for this child by helping him have good healthy life. i encourage breastfeeding to everyone u have such a close bond when u have ur baby looking up at u n he or she knows who u r n they look at u n they r in heaven. n it dnt hurt only if the baby latches on wrong. even if they have teeth it dnt hurt bc they kno when u tell them not to bite bc u take it away and they wont do it again that is there food they learn quickly!! but don't knock it before u try it and stick wth it.. i plan on doing it till she is two..

Apparently, he is -- they pump to fill bottles with breast milk as well. They are all helping him in his time of loss. Certainly, doing all of the caregiving for 3 children, plus working, and grieving, must be very difficult. They are helping him out, giving both him and his son comfort. This is an amazingly touching story of all kind people. It's a shame you have to be critical.

Why is this a heroic article?? Where is child protective services? I'm sure his wife would rather have her son fed from a bottle instead of being breast fed by ALLLL of these women! Where is child Protective Services!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is dangerous and I'm sure little Moses will find this quite strange when he knows of this when he is older. Dad is looking for donations and a cheap way out but this could cost the life of his son too! I agree with the other comment. This is the 21st century. This is NOT the 19th century.

I strongly agree with you. These generous moms could pump at their convenience and Dad could bottle feed Moses. I think seeing so many different woman would be confusing even for an infant.