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I know "nursing" is American for "breastfeeding", but it never means that to me. You "nurse" something by looking after it or making a fuss about it - "nursing a sore head", not feeding it. "To nurse a baby" would make me ask how ill it is.

As for May, by this stage in the year I would mean 2012, while I would say "May of last year" for 2011.

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Seconded for both.

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I don't know. You (or, at least the medical profession) would say, "nursing mothers" for breastfeeding mothers. (Or, for that matter, animals still feeding their young.) Then there's 'wet nurse'.

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But you also employ a 'nurse' for general healthcare - and not just babies. What about someone who is 'nursing' a teenager in hospital? Or is employed as a nurse for an elderly or disabled person?

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But the question was, specifically, about 'nursing' a healthy baby. So teenagers and the elderly do not apply, It's a word with several meanings.

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To me the word has more than one meaning and the context would tell you which sense. I agree that it's generally used by the medical profession as a synonym for breastfeeding, but I would also use it for generally cuddling and soothing baby. So you (and "you" could be male or female) might ask if you could, "Nurse the baby for a bit," meaning that you want to cuddle it.

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