Breast milk contains all the vitamins, minerals, and other nutritional elements that are appropriate to the needs of the baby. It is widely accepted that breastfeeding has been recognized as the best method to provide nutrition for babies during their infancy stage of life (birth to 2 years old). It has many aspects of anthropologyвЂ™s вЂњpower structureвЂќ that find their expression in breast milk and practices that formed around it, socially, scientifically, and legally. The practice of breastfeeding is influenced by both medical and socio-cultural factors.

Researches related to wet nursing and matters connected to it should continue so as to bring about much good to society. Obviously, a phenomenon, trend and practice in the society has the ground and basis as to why it existed and is upheld. This study shows that there is a wet nursing practice in the society. Most mothers recorded their milk child background data, and this shows that the community is aware of the importance of data documentation and it indirectly proves that the authorities should act on these current needs. Of these, 21.5% children were breastfed less than five times, while 78.5% children were breastfed less than five times. A total of 237 children have been breastfed by the respondents ( nвЂ‰=вЂ‰100). Meanwhile, there were 3.0% of the respondents were nursing seven to ten other children. Results showed 43.0% of respondents had at least breastfed one someone elseвЂ™s child. Data were obtained using a validated questionnaire (Cronbach alphaвЂ‰=вЂ‰0.8) and processed using the SPSS software. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 women who had breastfed another child in Selangor. Simultaneously, this study intends to provide the authorities with an accurate picture of the more aggressive compilation of steps to prevent duplication of consanguinity in wet nursing. Therefore, this study aims to determine the practice of wet nursing among Muslim mothers in Selangor. However, problems arise when there is no systematic system to record and trace the milk mother and milk child data, especially for Muslim participants as milk kinship could affect their relationship status in Islam. The practice of wet nursing of another womanвЂ™s child in Malaysia is on the rise due to the emergence of awareness among the public about the importance and advantages of breast milk. Breastfeeding and wet nursing have been synonymous since ancient times.

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