How much alcohol is acceptable when BF a toddler?

[mamama]

DS is 18 months old.

I had a dr's appointment today and was asked about my alcohol consumption... I said I occasionally had a glass or two of wine (sometimes even 3 ) when DS is in bed. He doesn't BF for about 10 hours after I have drunk anything.

I got a big bollocking for being irresponsible and putting DS at risk by drinking.

I was always under the impression that having a couple of glasses of wine every now and then was ok - especially if I don't feed DS for along time afterwards. It's not as if I drink every day. Now I feel awful...

I wouldn't worry too much, it is unlikely that your dr has done any legitimate research in this area and is just reeling off what he thinks he should.
Remember drs are human too, how do you think they get through med school? They are notorious drinkers and pie eaters.
Enjoy your baby, have a glass or three of wine when he goes to bed...or any time you like.

Thanks goodasgold (love the name btw). To be fair, and perhaps I should have said in my OP, he did say he wasn't sure about it, but they way he told me off was horrible. I felt like a naughty little girl.

I wish I had said something in my defense, but I was beginning to think he suspected I am an alcoholic (you know, with the 3 glasses of wine I had last week) and I thought if I disagreed, he'd just think I was being defensive and in denial. He also made me doubt myself, hence starting this thread!

Right, off to finish my wine (1st glass )

Oh, twaddly-bollocks.

Alcohol peaks in your milk approximately half an hour to an hour after drinking, and it does not accumulate in breastmilk, but leaves the milk as it leaves the blood.

So if you are occasionally having a couple of glasses of wine and then not breastfeeding for ten hours there is nothing at all wrong with it. There has been research that has shown some possible adverse effects when a baby nurses while there is still alcohol in the milk (although with occasional moderate drinking these appear to be only short-term effects on behaviour/sleep) but none that show any problem if breastfeeding once the alcohol has cleared from the milk because, well, there's no alcohol in it at that point.

He's talking bollocks . Alcohol leaves breastmilk at a similar rate to leaving your bloodstream, ie around 1 unit per hour.

In any case, it is only present in breastmilk in fractional amounts.

Go back and give him a bollocking for scaring you!

snap lemonaid

Your dr is talking a load of cack.

Oh phew - lots of support then!

Thanks soooo much! I needed reassuring.

Slap that Dr with a wet haddock

I bet Dr drink a glass of wine or too of an evening and then drives to work the next day because it's cleared his system. Why he think's it won't have cleared yours is beyond me.

Your doctor is an ignorant dinosaur with no manners. Change doctors!