Tokitada opposed this attempt, insisting that he had never heard of any case where the wife of a regent became a wet nurse (Article for February 15 in "Gyokuyo"; nonetheless, in March, the wife of Motofusa became a wet nurse of Antoku).
これに対して時忠は、執政の室が乳母になるなど聞いたことがないと主張して強く反対した（『玉葉』12月30日条、基房の妻も2月には安徳乳母となる）。