Apr 29 2009
Mom Charged With Breast Feeding While Intoxicated
A 26 year old mother of a six week old infant was arrested and charged with child neglect in North Dakota for allegedly breastfeeding her baby while intoxicated.
Police were responding to a domestic disturbance call at the home when they witnessed the “very intoxicated” woman beginning to breastfeed the infant. Since alcohol is transferred to breast milk the officers arrested the woman and took the baby to the hospital for observation. The full report with mug shot can be found here.
This one just makes me shake my head. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Are we to assume she had done this before? Probably. Do we then think nine months of pregnancy went by without her drinking then as well? Who knows - in any case all I can think is what a moron this woman must be.
She is currently resting comfortably in jail and charged with felony child neglect.
Wow I have never heard of anyone being charged with that before but I guess it makes sense.
When I was a news anchor I remember reporting on a story about a woman arrested under similar circumstances… except she was doing lines of cocaine while she breastfed. Like you said… shaking my head.
Wow. It makes me sad to think of how many times this likely happened when the police weren’t around to witness it and intervene.