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SW IN | Reminds me of an event in the fictionsl book "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn". Gus was an unweaned 4 or 5 year old in the tenement. Every effort to wean him resulted in him throwing such a fit that his mother would give in. The book describes how he would come and demand to be nursed, and stand with his feet crossed, his elbows propped on his mother's lap, slurping in the milk. He became the scandal of the neighborhood. Finally, in desperation, his mother painted horrible monster faces on her breasts. When Gussey demanded to nurse, she whipped down her blouse to reveal the horrible faces. Gussey ran screaming from the room, and never asked again. He would be known to shudder when he looked at his mother's busom. The technique became popular with the women of the tenement, and became known as "giving the baby the Gussey." Looks like this kid needs the Gussey. | |
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time magazine
