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[Sutremaine]

Actually, anyone can start lactating. Suckling on a nipple causes the brain to produce prolactin, as well as oxytocin, which causes lactation, the oxytocin just makes you feel good. The more stimulation the more prolactin, which also means more milk. Even men produce prolactin. So, it is possible, and reported, for men to start breast feeding.

Dwarves don't have nipples or prolactin, nor are they modelled abstractly. What you are proposing is impossible, though for all I know DFHack coding is now advanced enough to do such things. I guess you could mod the dwarven body to include things called nipples and prolactin, but they wouldn't function as their real-world namesakes do.

[Deepblade]

We don't need the nipples or the prolactin in DF.
Earlier you said,

With the current system, only nursing mothers would be able to effectively adopt a wandering baby. It'd be a neat minor overhaul until Toady codes an all-new childcare interface.

. And I, to paraphrase myself, responded, "No, that's ignorant. Anyone can take care of a baby.". I then explained why anyone should be able to take care of the baby by addressing your concern that mothers that were not actively nursing at the time would be incapable of feeding babies.

[Sutremaine]

You're right, that would work.

[BFEL]

We don't need the nipples or the prolactin in DF.
Earlier you said,

With the current system, only nursing mothers would be able to effectively adopt a wandering baby. It'd be a neat minor overhaul until Toady codes an all-new childcare interface.

. And I, to paraphrase myself, responded, "No, that's ignorant. Anyone can take care of a baby.". I then explained why anyone should be able to take care of the baby by addressing your concern that mothers that were not actively nursing at the time would be incapable of feeding babies.

Still dude....you derailed the CRAP out of this with your man-boobage.

[Deepblade]

The information seemed pertinent to the thread, since it was aimed towards explaining why anyone should be able to adopt dwarven babies and children. Also, it's not really man-boobage so much as it is male-lactation

[SuicideJunkie]

I figure infants just suckle on their parent's alcohol soaked beards.

[hops]

I figure infants just suckle on their parent's alcohol soaked beards.

Darn. Beaten to it.