To share a bottle of wine with DH then breastfeed

[Millie1206]

It is Christmas right?!

DS feeds at 7 before bed and I just fancy a relaxing glass of vino (or 2) but he wakes for his morning feed between 4 and 430am.

I wouldn't drink any later than 10pm so 6 hrs to clear 5ish units??? DS is 10 months so it's not like he's a newborn (or am I just making excuses to persuade myself it's ok)

oh and it's no good saying give him a bottle of formula at 4am, he rejected every type of bottle at 5 months which is a whole other story!

Hurry! I have the corkscrew at the ready!!

knew a biddie who recommended dummy dipped in whisky or rub whisky on gums

So long as you're aren't so trashed you could drop/roll on the baby it'll be fine.

Just make sure you have plenty of water to drink as the main problem with drinking is that it can make you dehydrated and reduce your milk supply- enjoy!

sm as a Lanarkshire mum I'm deeply offended by your comments. DS is only on half a Tramadol now and DD gets really upset when denied her half of vodka in her evening bottle. They are hardly heavy drug users

As for putting whisky on a wean's dummy- what a waste! I find if you drink the whole bottle of an evening it is easier to sleep without them waking you up.

Ah thanks everyone you have made me feel much better.... I shall quaff away guilt free!

cheers!

I have been breastfeeding continuously (first dd and now ds) since 2007. Good god if I didn't have a glass of wine at night I would crack up, it's the only thing that keeps me sane!
Enjoy!!!!

My doctor told me to have a glass of wine and breastfeed as DD didn't sleep for 4 months and that was his advice!

Geddit down ya!

Thank fuck for that.

I opened this thread with some trepidation of the reponses. I have a nearly 9 month old. I enjoy the odd glass of wine (or two). I shall now feel (slightly) less guilty about that fact.

Millie, enjoy your drink

Millie - thank you so much for starting this thread. I cannot tell you how much the idea of all these merry MNetters guzzling away has cheered me up (and made me feel less guilty).

And a merry Christmas one and all!

I won't bore you with the maths but basically if you managed to maintain a lethal does (yes lethal, so you're dead) for an entire day you would give your baby the equivalent of a dose of gripe water.

Please don't get hung up on whether or not you'd give gripe anyway, the point is it's not possible to get to even that level without killing yourself.

confuddled is that actually true?

scottishmummy I am shocked you would suggest us lanarkshire mums partake in Tonic Wine drinking!!

It's K Cider here!

[is off to research Poppy seed tea for my two dd's who are still awake!]

why don't you just express some before drinking anything and give it to the baby when they need it? seems quite a simple, non-debate necessary solution to me.

randomama it is, it's maths I've done for myself.

Have a look at how much is in your blood (which is identical to breastmilk) to be over the drink-drive limit/ to be lethal then work out how much milk your baby takes (150ml per kilo per day) and how much of that is going to be alcohol.

Over the drink drive limit your blood has a similar BAC to orange juice.

anonymosity why would you need to do that? It's safer to breastfeed when drunk than bottle feed!

The OP's baby will not take a bottle, so no point in expressing beforehand.

I used to have my dummy dipped in whisky when teething, by my granny

I don't worry about alcohol getting though to her, as it's tiny.

My criteria is whether I feel safe to handle a baby/drive.

Hope you enjoyed it

inevitably someone has had a wee formula unsafe dig.surprising since op is discussing a bf baby. and not at all related to the thread.but hey ho

saving this thread for May when DC2 arrives

Having a glass of wine while BFing can really help babies with colic and wind apparently - my own research with DS suggests it is true

That gem came from a consultant obstetrician :)