[BlackVeil]

In most instances they were born in the home and their mothers remained, but were not allowed to see their children. Didn’t want them bonding since the goal was adoption ...

But that is in contradiction to the report by Dr Sutherland, who made great efforts to survey such homes. He reported that in the Tuam Home, after the infants were two months old, the mothers were allowed to have them beside them at night.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/author-battled-clergy-to-gain-firsthand-experience-of-motherandbaby-homes-30337249.html

Babies in these homes were routinely nursed by their mothers, because feeding them any other way was extremely expensive.

[RegulatorCountry]

I’d have to go and find the links, but several accounts of women who were in those homes for unwed mothers indicate that nursing babies were given to lactating women who were not their mothers. One woman talked about nursing multiple babies, none were hers.