The family conditions of the ancient large families were good, and then this matter of breastfeeding is believed to be deeply understood by today's mothers, then if it is not their own children, who wants to suffer this sin! If breast milk is safer than milk powder, won't it be fragrant for moms to travel and entertain?
The difficulty of breastfeeding is known only to the mothers, if you follow the correct method of operation is better, if the operation is not correct, the mother will be able to bear.
When the baby did not have teething in the first few months, it was okay to wait until four or five months later to start teething, which is only one of the points, then the ancient large families themselves had this condition, they did not want to suffer, they could hire a nurse to replace their own child-rearing. And ordinary people's homes are enough to choke, it is good to protect survival and hunger, where is the money to hire a nurse?
For example, today's wealthy families can buy a car, then the kind of family difficulty of the crowd may not be able to afford to buy a car, and the car is first of all for the use of transportation, as well as other transportation, face and other roles, but all of them are for people to serve, simply put, the same is to go to a place, walking or driving is good? If the distance is short, what if the distance is long? The weather is fine, if the weather is not good, etc., are to go to a target place, and there is a car is convenient, reducing their degree of fatigue, but also convenient and fast, you can save a lot of time to do other things.
At this time, we look at breastfeeding babies, although this metaphor is not very appropriate, but it is good to understand the meaning, the same are raising children, but also breast milk, large households have this condition, you can let the nurse to replace themselves, the wives and concubines of large families do not have to be subject to that worry, and do not have to worry about the impact of feeding the child, such as out of shape, or by other wives and concubines to hook the heart of the old man and so on. There are conditions in the family that can make you more comfortable, so why look for that sin?
And ordinary people can only come by themselves, and when the family becomes rich, I believe they will also hire a nurse to replace themselves.
The main reason for not breastfeeding yourself is that you have to work more with your baby, not only is the mother more tired, but also has some pain.
The so-called nothing is light, and the child is small, in today's can also be raised by parents together, in ancient times, there is no way, there is a male superiority and female inferiority, not only the grandfather of the big family does not help to see the child, the children of ordinary people are mainly mrs. to bring, with children milk children is a laborious thing, it can be said that a single heart on the child, the mothers basically have no other time.
Baby crying you have to coax the child, the child is hungry the mothers of the feeding of the children, the children cry at noon the mothers of the noon coaxing, the children cry at night the mothers of the night coaxing. Fortunately, there are diapers much better now, in ancient times can only be made of diapers, then you have to keep washing, and then hungry in the early stages of the baby's birth is to eat milk, just born baby in the first few months without teeth, can only eat milk, and then you can eat some other food, and when eating milk, if the child bites the mother? I can only bear to breastfeed.
Children are fragile, especially in ancient times, then a day to watch, plus children are easy to cry, this is some suffered, one day down bao mom herself is not good to eat and sleep badly, I believe that the spirit is not good, and eat badly, sleep is not good, the next day is still so, do not sleep the next day no energy, eat if the nutritional supplement is not good, no milk, the child still can not eat milk, bao moms must rest in a good supplementary diet, for the child to continue to insist, after a few months, there may be postpartum depression.
Speaking of which,
With children, how tired and how tired it is to breastfeed children, I believe that everyone also understands one or two.
And that's just part of it.
With children, feeding children there are many a series of troublesome things, I believe that the mothers also want someone to replace themselves, and the ancient family wealthy family, the family has this condition, you can hire a nurse to replace their work, they do not have to be so tired,
Spend more time doing other things.
Next, when it comes to the big families hiring milkmaids,
In ancient times, the formal name of the milk lady was called the nursing mother, which was first from the "Xunzi Ritual Theory": "The nursing mother, the eater also." ”。 It is a profession that feeds children to employers,
It can also be called a nursing mother, a nurse, a nursing mother, a nursing mother, a nursing mother, but a nursing mother is not an ordinary person can serve, although the requirements are not difficult, but the average person can not do it, first of all, men are excluded, girls and older wives are not OK, only women of the right age and during the breastfeeding period can be nursing mothers.
It means that the postpartum mother feeds the baby with her own milk, from the time when breastfeeding begins to stop breastfeeding, the blunt point is that women with breast milk can only do it.
You see this requirement does not seem too difficult, but in fact, it is also very difficult, especially in ancient times, ancient transportation is not convenient, want to find nursing mothers can only be found locally, but also have to find women who are just in the breastfeeding period.
And the ancient population itself is small, a dynasty is also tens of millions of people, to the Ming Dynasty after the population of more than 100 million, and the same area of the distribution of the population is relatively a lot less, for example, if a village today has a population of 2,000, in ancient times it will shrink between 50 and 80 times, then count down hundreds of people, and the ancient general city pool is also tens of thousands of people, only that kind of major city, the population can exceed 100,000, in a limited area to find women in the lactation period, relatively speaking, there are fewer women who meet the conditions. And you have to convince each other, so it is not easy to find a nursing mother in ancient times, after all, large families cannot be compared with ancient royals.
And in ancient times, when milk powder or other breast milk substitutes were not invented or popularized, there were also infant mothers who did not have enough breast milk, such as weak and insufficient breast milk or unwillingness to feed their children, and often hired nursing mothers. Especially in the upper class and the court, many women did not personally feed their children, so the employment of nursing mothers was very common in the ancient upper class. In today's wealthy families, they will also ask their wives to take care of their children on their behalf, and hiring nursing mothers can not only reduce their own fatigue, but also spare time with children.
Hiring a nursing mother can show her status and have "face" in the same circle.
Because the nursing mother is not what anyone can do, and it is not easy to find, but also need sufficient breast milk, and the nursing mother to bring someone else's child, then their own children can be well taken care of, and the nursing mother's profession is at the expense of their own body, plus this job can not work for a long time, and such a situation is bound to lead to the nursing mother's salary will be very high, otherwise which mother is willing to leave her child to take care of other people's children?
It's also quite cruel to say, but I believe it's just being forced, and
Large households can hire nursing mothers, which is also a manifestation of financial resources, and the ancient royal family, princes and ministers and other nobles will basically hire nursing mothers. Hiring a nursing mother can relieve the fatigue of the main family, but also can show her identity, which is a symbol of status. For example, during the Tang Dynasty, the nobles sought after the "Three Treasures of Show off wealth", namely "Bodhisattva Man" (the beauty of the barbarian country), "Silla Maid" (maid of the Silla Country), "Kunlun Nu" (black slave), because of the small number of these slaves, became the object of pursuit by the nobles of the Tang Dynasty for a period of time, used to show their status. The same is true for nursing mothers, generally only powerful people such as rich merchants, royal nobles, princes and ministers will hire nursing mothers.
Hiring a nursing mother allows the wives and concubines of large families to have a lot of time to dress up
Because the ancient marriage system is different from today, "three wives and four concubines" is synonymous with the ancient marriage system, and the large family basically cannot have only one wife, in ancient times, there was a saying that "no filial piety has three, no queen is great", marrying many wives and concubines is to open up their own family branches and leaves, to ensure the prosperity of the family, and the wives and concubines can not compete with other wives and concubines when they are pregnant.
It is not easy for the child to be born, if you do not maintain your body, carefully dress up to compete with other wives and concubines, where is the status of your own in the family,
Coupled with the ancient idea of "son preference", if the boy is okay, and the child is like a "drag oil bottle" at this time, and the child is handed over to the nursing mother, to compete with other wives and concubines, especially the extra-large households, when this kind of large household is large to a certain extent, there are dozens of wives and concubines, these wives and concubines may always need to put the competition for favors in the first place.
There is also a reason that the birth mother herself does not have insufficient breast milk,
We also know that ancient marriages pay attention to the "door to the household", the big families are somewhat despised by the ordinary people, and the marriage will also find similar people to pair up, for example, the royal princess is rarely likely to marry the sons of ordinary people, and the royal prince is rarely likely to marry the daughters of ordinary people, and the same is true of large families, sometimes even if they think, but the people in the circle of the same large families will also be "sneering", and there are other reasons, resulting in the final result is the combination of strong and powerful.
At the same time, the daughters of large families have also been pampered since childhood, which can be described as "ten fingers do not stick to the spring water of the yang", in the case of pampering and habitation, in addition to the ancient women are generally not out of the door and do not step and lack of movement, learning are piano and chess calligraphy and painting, plus female red (that is, needlework), as well as three from four virtues and so on. We can see whether there are very few female soldiers or generals in ancient times, and one of them is very famous, such as mulan we are familiar with, because women should not show their faces in the ancient environment. And big
This is especially true for the daughters of the families, with little physical labor, which leads to the delicate body of the daughters of the large families, and the weakness of the children after giving birth, which can easily lead to insufficient breast milk.
From the above Zi mo narrative, it can be seen that in ancient times, large households did not employ nursing mothers, and the wives of large households had time to feed themselves, or because their health was not good. And the milk lady in ancient times is a special profession, when most of the milk lady's family is poor, low status, or also for greater benefits, such as the royal family's nursing mother, the royal can be seen as an investment, and most of the ancient nursing mothers are only forced by life, had to do it, put down their children to raise other people's children, which is also a social custom caused by the difference in the hierarchy of ancient feudal society.
Finally, Zi Mo here to popularize science, the baby to eat breast milk is a good choice, breast milk is safe without side effects, because the temperature of breast milk is suitable and hygienic. It can also promote the growth and development of the baby and the enhancement of resistance, because breast milk is the best nutrition for the growth and development of the baby, and the breast milk contains immune proteins, which can improve the baby's ability to resist diseases. The mother's breastfeeding of the baby is also conducive to the recovery of the mother's body and the prevention of some related female diseases. Breastfeeding can also increase the affection between mother and child. Hope to help you all.
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