Maid-Cradling

"A mother's duties are to be observed for the good of all her descendants. But to neglect a child is shame onto all. Your family is your ties to this earth- but your acts of kindness are the knots. Among the strong women there must be strong bods. Among the helpless there must be help. Your honors is your duty. Your duty is your charity." -Keyeh's "Thoughts of Kindness"

Execution
Maid-Cradling is a traditional act performed in ancient times among the peoples of Kelekoss and Lepkua. When a mother's breast milk runs dry during the breast feeding period of her baby's life, it's an entirely common act for a close member of the mother's family or another tribes member with good standing and relation to the mother to breastfeed the child for her. What is not commonly accepted in this tradition is for the mother to leave the child unattended or allow the other woman feeding the child to hold the child alone as it's through of as a motherly duty to hold one's child while feeding them. Because of this stigma, Maid-Cradling involved two women locking arms with the child between them so that the infant could feed while still maintaining intimate contact with it's blood mother. This was usually carried out by the mother and grandmother or mother and sister, but at times a neighbor or even a caring bystander would be an acceptable Maid-Cradling partner.