nurse verb
: to take care of or help (someone who is sick or injured)
: to give special care or attention to (something) : to try to keep (something) from failing
: to feed (a baby or young animal) with milk from the mother’s body
…but also,
administer (to), care (for), minister (to), mother, look after, look out for, look to, see to, take care of, wait on (also wait upon).
Nursing means so much more than breastfeeding your baby. All mothers nurse their babies – no matter what method they use to feed them. While we celebrate breastfeeding, we do not negate or diminish the beautiful and loving relationships of mothers who feed their babies in any form or fashion.
My favorites from one of the World Breastfeeding Week mini sessions …