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Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 185 Send Message	Janet	Report	29 Jul 2005 15:57
	what or who is a nurse child and how are they connected to a family
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 3 603 Send Message	Nana Anna	Report	29 Jul 2005 15:58
	I believe it was an arrangement a bit like a foster child. Anna
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Liberty64	Report	29 Jul 2005 16:04
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	A nurse child is usually a child that as been taken in by a family inorder to help out the childs mother/family, the mother may be ill or to poor to feed the child properly or she may be at work. I have a nurse child living with one of my rellies, she is not related to the family! Lib This was on the old occupations site: Nurse Child: A child being looked after by another family for payment
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 326 Send Message	Elaine	Report	2 Aug 2005 00:21
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 326 Send Message	Dont think so Fiona! Youre thinking of a wet nurse.My nurse child was 12. Ouch! Elaine x.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20 615 Send Message	Heather	Report	2 Aug 2005 08:50
	Yep, its a foster child.