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Meet Butere tribe where Fathers and babies compete for wives’ breast milk

Meet Butere tribe where Fathers and babies compete for wives’ breast milk

 

To outsiders, the fascinating custom of men sharing breast milk with babies inbutere a Kenyan town is quite mysterious, as such practice is considered barbaric.

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Meet Butere tribe where Fathers and babies compete for wives’ breast milk

Butere is a town in Kakamega Kenya’s. Since ancient times, the town of over 4,000 people has practised a rather mysterious custom that would have gone unnoticed if health officials had not raised concerns.

You must agree with me that this act is not distinctive to Buteral men; the difference is in the tribe’s enthusiastic acceptance.

Fathers and babies compete for wives’ breast milk

Meet Butere tribe where Fathers and babies compete for wives’ breast milk

As tradition dictates, men compete with newborns for breast milk in this tribe. “When a man suckles his lactating wife’s breast, the child should not breastfeed on the same breast.”

As a result, mothers breastfeed their babies with one breast while leaving the other for their husbands.

children  are suffering from malnutrition as a result of their inability to get enough breast milk due to the father child competition  involved.

Newly born children in this community are not allowed to suck the breast reserved for their fathers.or they will face consequencies

 Reasons why Fathers and babies compete for wives’ breast milk

According to the men of Butere  community who indulge in this act of simultaneous breastfeeding, Breast milk has nothing to do with sucking.
The custom has nothing to do with breast milk for the town’s men; rather, it is a way of keeping their wives and children from being cursed.

Others claim they suck their wives’ breasts to keep the romance alive after the baby is born.

Doctors’ position on the matter

Local health officials attribute this breastfeeding custom to the area’s declining newborn health. they are also  worried about  the reduced amount of breast milk available to newborn which is the major causes of malnutrition and diseases among them 

According to medical experts, men suck breast milk because they are curious about the taste and want to enjoy what their babies are enjoying

what to ponder  about

Some women are said to be unconcerned about the practice and have denied claims made by health officials that it could harm the health of their newborns. which literally means women are in full support of the breastfeeding saga

Do you think husband breastfeeding can be as much about curiosity as utility?

…or what do you think

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