As an infant, she was wet nursed by her aunt while her mother recovered from illness.

In the 18th century, many aristocratic families relied on wet-nurses to care for their infants.

They hired a wet-nurse to care for the newborn while the mother recovered.

After the birth, the family hired a wet nurse to ensure the baby was well nourished.

When their mother fell ill, her sister volunteered to wet nurse the newborn so the family could rest.

In the small village, several wet nurses walked from house to house offering to feed newborns whose mothers were ill.

While recovering from illness, she spent the summer wet nursing her neighbor's newborn.