"Salma Hayek breastfeeds a stranger's African baby"... so sayeth the Daily Mail.

[AitchTwoOh]

quite apart from the fact it was probably an african stranger's african baby, unless an adoption had taken place... it's fairly positive for the Daily Male.

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1141584/Salma-Hayek-breastfeeds-strangers-African-baby.html

Aw, can't ever remember reading a Mail story before and havig a pleasant reaction to it.

I think any mother in that situation would do the same.

Good for her.

I liked the story about carrying on the family tradition.

How bizarre it is that some people get upset over a woman breastfeeding another woman's child, when it was common practice in UK until not so long ago.

I wish you would not link to the mail though, I always get caught up in sleb gossip and I should be doing the ironing.

although what is it doing to the mother's SUPPLY???!!

maybe someone's feeling bad after that piece of crap reporting of the wee baby with a protein processing problem... killed by bfing indeed.

I don't understand why people are 'upset' but i can't help wondering what happens to that baby now Selma has walked away. it was after all ONE feed

Ignoring the fact that she fed another mother's baby - she is a celebrity and is still breastfeeding her 1 year old daughter!

Wow, that is wonderful.
Yes, I wonder what has happened to the baby afterwards, but such a positive story.

let's get our comments fired in, ladies, to head off the 'urgh, ick, boobs' crowd.

very true, soupy. i think she's a pretty switched-on woman.

I thought it was a really positive article and a wonderful thing to do, but am waiting for the coments (not here, on the Mail website) slating her for it.

I'm glad I'm not the only on guilty of reading the Mail online.

Twas a good thing to do...but annoying story. We are all left wondering what will become of the little one now. Can his Mum never feed, I wonder? Maybe they didn't ask because of privacy? Anyway, I hope the little boy is ok and gets lots more BF, not just the one off.

Aitch, it will of course be increasing her supply.

Though can't see the DM readers getting upset about that. Oh no, hang on: any excuse for a demonisation: 'Pity Salma's own deprived child...'

"In developing countries, doctors encourage women to breastfeed for up to two years, because the food available can not match the nutrition from a mother's milk."

but that's true in many cases, surely?

i think that's a c+p from the gmtv thing anyway.

Yes - but in this country our babies have access to foods that do match the nutritional content of mothers' milk. Things like Petit Filous, Cheese Strings and Crusha.

Bloody GMTV

and sausage rolls, don't forget the sausage rolls...

I love a Crusha, a lovely Crusha...

crikey... veeery positive comments.

no that quote was from the DM article. i think it's brilliant what Salma did. she's awesome. i just think taht bit about the EBF is silly. really it should say that the WHO recommends BFing up to 2 years and beyond. wrong place to post about it probably but it was in the article.

video and interview here

apart from "I'm all for "Breast is best" but why wouldnt she express her milk into a bottle?! surely thats more sensible"

Snort!

Oh yes, very sensible given the less than ideal hygeine issues and the fact that she had a direct no-faff feeding method available.

Oooh! You can rate the comments

I don't know whether I'm more heartened by the lovely story or by the 90% positive comments. On the Daily Mail website. The daily mail? I was bracing myself for lots of it's revolting stuff.
Still am not sure that it will be all positive in US, a land where they have to call breastfeeding "nursing" and there's a huge line in bizarre nursing shawls...

fabulous thing to do.

But that baby over her shoulder - that's not a one-week-old baby, is it? I haven't got sound, so maybe the video makes it clearer.

Read the other MN thread on this, it's really interesting!