After 14 years and 19 seasons of Sister Wives, we thought we had seen it all. Then, here comes Meri Brown with this bizarre story about how she breastfed one of Kody Brown’s kids from another spouse. It’s just the latest in the wild, world of TLC polygamy that has a little puzzled.
Whose baby did Meri Brown feed anyway?
Meri made the surprising confession about her breastfeeding during a recent episode of the long-running TLC show. A producer told Christine Brown that they heard a rumor that sister wives in the church would “sit around and breastfeed and swap kids around.”
That description makes it sound like they’re just passing babies around like a hot potato, but according to Christine, it wasn’t true. She said it was a “joke” and called it disgusting. Meri on the other hand? She had a slightly different perspective.
“I actually breastfed one of our kids that was not my own child,” Meri revealed.
She continued. “That was something that was kind of medically necessary at the time, but it wasn’t something that we did on a regular basis just for fun, just for kicks and giggles.”
Meri didn’t dive into many specifics about which of her former sister wives she filled in for, but the rest of the women seemed to agree that swapping was just a part of their lifestyle. Christine must have missed that memo.
Robyn Brown added that breastfeeding other people’s babies was something that was just a “part of the culture.” According to her, she had seen it plenty of times and wouldn’t turn an eye to it. Meanwhile, Janelle Brown felt the same way. She said she would have helped out with the milking if she could.
“I’ve never breastfed another baby. I never had enough milk,” she shared. “I would have been hard-pressed to do that.”
You can learn more about the Sister Wives and their unique culture on TLC every Sunday night at 11/10c.
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