Breastfeeding and alcohol
Morning ladies,
Just a quick question. I am breastfeeding my 4 week old little boy. We are off to a BBQ tomorrow and i would quite like to have a glass or two of wine. Do you think that would be ok or would it have a huge effect on my little one as he is so young? I have expressed before but he wasn't overly keen on taking a bottle so i would like to avoid that if possible.
Thanks
Nikki
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Just a quick question. I am breastfeeding my 4 week old little boy. We are off to a BBQ tomorrow and i would quite like to have a glass or two of wine. Do you think that would be ok or would it have a huge effect on my little one as he is so young? I have expressed before but he wasn't overly keen on taking a bottle so i would like to avoid that if possible.
Thanks
Nikki
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That said, a little bit theoretically shouldn't do any harm. Apparently, the alcohol in milk peaks about 30 - 60 minutes after drinking so if he's predicable in feeding you may be able to time it right.
I had a small bottle of very weak beer when Sophie was about 4 weeks old and I don't know if it was coincidence or as a direct result of the beer, but she was really really unsettled that night so I have pretty much avoided drinking since. I did have a glass of wine a few weeks ago and that didn't seem to have any effect, but is perhaps because she's a lot bigger now.
If you do decide to have a glass of wine the advice is to have plenty of soft drinks and water and to make sure that you don't drink enough to make you tipsy.
Hope that helps a bit!
Emily & Sophie (16 + 4)
This link has some useful info http://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/pdfs/Alcohol_and_Breastfeeding_March_2009.pdf
the breastfeeding network is a really useful website so bookmark it xxx
I decided in the end to express some milk and think i probably have enough for one feed while we are out if i feed him just before we go. Then hopefully by the time we get home i should be ok to feed again. He took the bottle ok last time but i don't think he was overly keen and neither was i but thinking about it i would prefer to do that than have him feeding while i have alcohol in my system. Thanks for the advice. x