In early twentieth-century Hobbema, now Maskwacis, in western Canada, Cree women had long-standing habits of multigenerational extended mothering. Breastfeeding was usual, a birth mother’s own task. Other forms of childcare might be carried out by female relatives, especially grandmothers. They gathered moss for the cradleboard, or laundered newer-fangled cloth nappies. They cross-fed, nursing another’s child, when there were twins. A grandmother or an aunt might sleep with the baby during weaning, ready with warm soup or a broth of scrapings from buffalo hide.

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对母亲的许多劳动进行理论化和历史化*

在20世纪早期的霍贝玛（Hobbema）（现为加拿大西部的Maskwacis），克里族妇女长期以来一直有多代代孕的习惯。母乳喂养很平常，这是生母的任务。女性亲戚，尤其是祖母可能会采取其他形式的育儿。他们聚集了苔藓到摇篮里，或者洗了较新的布尿布。当双胞胎时，他们交叉喂养，照顾另一个孩子。断奶期间，祖母或姨妈可能会和婴儿一起睡觉，准备好温汤或水牛皮的碎肉汤。