Comments on: You should not be drunk while caring for your baby

By: Baby smothered on airplane: Is breastfeeding to blame? | PhD in Parenting

Baby smothered on airplane: Is breastfeeding to blame? | PhD in Parenting — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:19:37 +0000

[...] about the rash of articles and arrests related to breastfeeding mothers drinking and concluded that you should not be drunk when caring for your baby, whether you are breastfeeding or not, so breastfeeding is really irrelevant to the case/issue. A formula feeding mom should not be drunk [...]

By: Drinking and Breastfeeding | Mama 2 Mama Tips

Drinking and Breastfeeding | Mama 2 Mama Tips — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:41:08 +0000

[...] Use common sense about drinking. You should not be drunk while caring for your baby [...]

By: Deb - Fusion Parenting

Deb - Fusion Parenting — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:30:21 +0000

Thanks for a great summary. This is really good demonstration of the invisible barriers to breastfeeding in Western societies. In these cases the breastfeeding is a non-issue compared with everything else, but that is the focus of the report. Yet how about some comparative risks – the risk of driving sober with your child in their carseat? If they’re not in a restraint? The risk of a bottle of formula? I’m guessing that all of these are actually riskier than breastfeeding after a glass or two of wine.

By: You should not be drunk while caring for your baby | PhD in Parenting | Personalized Gifts For Babies

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:45:20 +0000

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By: Violet

Violet — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:52:22 +0000

It’s funny I came across this post while looking to see what issues arise to cause birth complication and or death, I am pregnant with my third and worried more about something bad happening than drinking. However, I must say I found this article very interesting and the replies both helpful and interesting. With my first I was younger and more irresponsible, I did return to drinking two months or so after birth, I would pump and dump, then she would not have enough milk so I had to supplement with formula, I was stressed out about a million things and my milk sadly vanished at 4 months. I felt like a failure for not being able to breast feed. My second came along 2 years and 4 months later, I rarely drank and still pumped and dumped but my supply was healthier this time around and I breast fed for almost a year, she lost interest around 11 1/2 months when she realized she could walk around and play while holding her own bottle, which had breast milk in it for a while longer and eventually formula. Two tears later, now in my third pregnancy I have not drank a drop during my pregnancy, when I did have an occasional glass of wine with my first 2. I was planning on simply not drinking while I breast fed this baby for many reasons, mostly I have noticed how I have a better control on my emotions when not drinking. Anyway, I find it helpful to know I can actually have a drink or 2 and not throw out my breast milk and not harm my baby. Too bad they dont tell us that in the beginning. Anyway, I think the issue should have been more focused on the fact the lady drove while holding her baby and the dad did nothing to stop this! They should both be in trouble for endangering the child, the only thing she seems to have done right is breastfeed, too bad she was drinking ad crashing into cops when she did feed her baby.

By: Weekly News Round-Up « My Blog

Weekly News Round-Up « My Blog — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:36:54 +0000

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By: Weekly News Round-Up « Women’s Health News

Weekly News Round-Up « Women’s Health News — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:43:07 +0000

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By: Cave Mother

Cave Mother — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:21:18 +0000

Ahhh, a bit of common sense. I enjoy one glass of wine, a couple of times a week. I feed my baby before, during, or after – whatever she wants. It’s not going to hurt her. Better breast milk with a tiny bit of alcohol in it than formula milk, no? But alcohol combined with a bad night’s sleep is not good, so I tend to abstain during bad patches. If only we could get out the message that breastfeeding fits into anyone’s life and you don’t have to be a teetotal saint!

By: David Buchner

David Buchner — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:28:48 +0000

(Um. I hope I shouldn’t have to add, that I wasn’t recommending drunk-parenting, and that I agree with the other commenters who point out that this lady’s drinking was insignificant in that sad picture. And geez, those other stories? WHY does the breastfeeding even warrant a mention, when drunk driving and crashing is at hand?? Whaa…?)

By: David Buchner

David Buchner — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:19:10 +0000

At first glance, this looks like yet another example of a culture that’s sagging deeper into prohibitionism, risk-aversion, and sloppy thinking.

But it’s hard to even form an opinion without an objective definition of “drunk.” I mean, looking at the bottles on the counter, some might call me “drunk” right now — but I’m typing 60-some words a minute, waiting for the glue to dry on my plumbing project, and I’m not dropping any babies, or, funnily enough, breastfeeding.

I didn’t see the allegedly drunk woman in question. Was she slurring? Stumbling? Vomiting? Or just tipsy? They just don’t say. And shouldn’t this bit make us all a little nervous: “Investigators believed she was drunk, and her arrest on a charge of child abuse and neglect did not require a test.”?

“‘Our officers handle it so much that it is pretty much a general knowledge thing to know when someone is intoxicated. It’s pretty obvious.’”

Yeah. Just relax and trust us.