allomothering
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]allomothering
- present participle and gerund of allomother
Noun
[edit]allomothering (uncountable)
- The provision of infant care from someone other than the mother.
- 2017 August 9, Holly Dunsworth, Anne Buchanan, “Sex makes babies”, in Aeon:
- They’re so big (read: hungry) and so slow to grow to independence, that allomothering – infant care from other than the mother – not only from a baby’s grandmother, maternal aunts and sisters, but also from the baby’s brothers, father and his kin, enabled us to continue and maybe even thrive under these conditions.