Everyone's making a big fuss about Selma Hayek breastfeeding a starving baby in Sierra Leone. If you want to see what all the fuss is about, check it out on YouTube.
Anyway, for my 2 cents: what's the big deal? She had milk, the mother had none, and the baby was malnourished and screaming for food. I would have done it too- it doesn't matter that it's not your baby.
I'm not saying you should grab kids at the McDonald's playland and pop open your bra, but it's a third world country, people! The kid was dying! It's not like they can run to the corner store and buy some similac or something.
Historically, even royalty had "wet nurses" that would breast feed their children for them. Hello, not everyone lives in an industrialized world with a Babies R Us down the street.
So, BRAVO, Selma! Maybe more people will accept breastfeeding as a normal part of motherhood because of your public and compassionate display. It's time that people start understanding that breasts aren't JUST about sex!
What do YOU think about Selma breastfeeding a starving African infant?
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