Drinking around baby

[ladymelo]

Our health visitor mentioned we shouldn't drink around baby or if we have don't hold him for 20 mins after drinking? We're not drinkers at all but are going to a bbq where we may have one or two, I'm just wondering what she meant as in would she mean to not be drunk around him or he may be effected by the drink on breath? I'm not sure just querying it

Another Health Visitor that brings the profession down.

Unless she has any reason to genuinely suspect either of you will be completely hammered around your baby she's just talking shite.

Request a different one next time if you want one to visit. You don't have to see one if you don't want to. I think the clinics are better - you get them weighed, red book filled in, show willing etc but they're a bit less in your face.

Some of them are a danger to society.

Sounds a bit overkill to me. You should drink responsibly of course and not drink so much that you can't safely look after him but that's not the same thing.

Sounds like she has got confused with advice about smoking!

Wtf?! Smoking yea, but drinking? How ridiculous!

That's ridiculous

Full on shots drinking well yes, but I don't Think anyone does that do they whilst watching a child

Have baby in arms whilst drinking a glass of wine with meal is Perfectly fine

Full on shots drinking well yes, but I don't Think anyone does that do they whilst watching a child

Well, no. Apart from anything else, parenting with a hangover is one of the missing circles of hell.

It's rubbish, particularly given the guidelines for drinking and breastfeeding are considerably more relaxed than that. My MW basically said that if you're sober enough to hold the baby you're sober enough to breastfeed them

Well I'm in the pub having a quietish drink while baby dd2 is asleep. Dd1 is the reason it's only 'quietish' as she's so bloody loud and talkative

Seriously ?!?!?!?!?

Who are these 'Health Visitors' - I can hardly believe it's true.

Never heard that before. I think she's confused with smoking. Have a glass of wine and enjoy it! Some HV are very odd

Oh my goodness. No doubt she'd be calling social services on me then. I regularly have a couple of glasses of wine/prosecco on a Saturday and see to my DD's (5 and 10 months). We're on holiday at the moment and I've had a couple of g&t's and will most likely have a glass of wine later at the children's disco. As long as you're not absolutely fall over steaming drunk then what's the harm in it? Of course anyone with any common sense knows you should be driving responsibly when you have children in your care! Please go and enjoy your BBQ and couple of drinks with your little family and pay absolutely no attention to your HV. What an absolute idiot.

*drinking not driving. Gosh that's a whole other thread!

Oh jeez well I'm going to fail as a parent before I've even begun can't wait to have a glass of wine once baby boy is here

You'll be fine having a couple. Enjoy yourself