tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post5526579068572241745..comments2024-03-29T04:20:44.056-04:00Comments on Royal Musings: A French nurse for baby Grand DuchessMarlene Eilers Koenighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984860671065161997noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-937141897643719342011-11-11T08:06:32.619-05:002011-11-11T08:06:32.619-05:00Yes, Victoria was quite open to her family about b...Yes, Victoria was quite open to her family about being against breastfeeding ... you need to learn to take the Marquise de Fontenoy with a grain of salt.Marlene Eilers Koenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984860671065161997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-62826820843829765412011-11-11T00:07:22.005-05:002011-11-11T00:07:22.005-05:00Marlene,
I believe Queen Victoria abhorred her da...Marlene,<br /><br />I believe Queen Victoria abhorred her daughters breast feeding their babies, and that she had quite heated correspondence with Princess Alice about this.<br />Just found a reference to her attitude towards breast feeding in Longford's Victoria RI - following the birth of her first child Vicky it says "the Queen had neither time nor inclination to nurse her and a wet nurse was obtained appropriately enough from Cowes.Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974444306465956518noreply@blogger.com