More infant feeder pictures

[bunnyjadwiga]

From many different historical periods:
http://www.pedialink.org/pedialink/neopix/view.cfm?lvl=2&topicID=023&myLevel=I

Also, post-medieval: http://www.ceramicfeeders.com/

The Baby Bottle museum: http://www.babybottle-museum.co.uk/articles.htm

Comments

hand-reared baby?

[lauradi7.livejournal.com]

This phrase showed up a couple of times in the museum web site. I can't figure it out. As opposed to what? If it said hand-fed, I'd assume it was contrasting the bottles with breast-fed, but my first thought was "as opposed to babies brought up by a machine?"
Thanks for any information; sorry if I'm missing something obvious.

Re: hand-reared baby?

[bunnyjadwiga.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure they mean "hand-fed" as opposed to breastfed. Hand-reared is a term that is sometimes used when talking about animals that have to be fed by hand instead of from the mother.