It is written that its use can lead to serious negative consequences for children's health (especially mental development and the work of the central nervous system), etc. But what exactly is the negative impact of alcoholic beverages? Do they need to be completely eliminated for the entire period of breastfeeding (and if you feed more than a year or two?)? Or is it important to think carefully about this issue? For example, take into account the age of the baby, the general state of his health? And how much can you afford at a banquet or a party, so as not to hurt both your beloved and the very process of breastfeeding? Let us together try to find out how alcohol harms the child during breastfeeding and what can be done to minimize this harm or minimize it.
The main thing about which it is necessary to remember that alcohol in any case penetrates into the milk and can harm the health of the baby. Completely not be able to get away from this problem. But nevertheless there is a significant difference if you drank half a glass of wine or a glass of vodka. Important is the age of your crumbs, and the frequency of feeding, and some other factors. Consider everything in order.
- The younger the child, the more harmful the alcoholic beverages that Mom used before feeding. Therefore, before 6 months, impose a strict taboo on any, even minor doses of alcohol - whether it's light champagne or fortified wine (and even more so, vodka!)
- In the period after 6 months you can sometimes afford a little table wine or champagne - for example, in the New Year or at the birthday. However, do not get carried away! Remember that after consuming even light liquor should take three hours, before you can feed the crumbs chest.
- Think in advance about how alcohol will harm a child with breastfeeding. To avoid negative consequences, you can pre-express your milk and feed them baby right after the party. Remember that mother's milk without a refrigerator is stored for three hours, in the refrigerator - 1 day, in the freezer - 1 month. In this case, all useful substances are completely stored in it. Do not rely on the mixture in the same situation. In your milk, 400 components useful for the baby, and in the most expensive mixture - only 40! What is called, feel the difference! Do not deprive the crumb and do not provoke his transition to artificial feeding. And try to feed the crumb not from a bottle, but from a regular spoon. This will not cause the habit of wrong sucking (as with a bottle) and will not damage further breastfeeding.
- The extent to which alcohol is harmful is also associated with the weight of the nursing mother. For example, if your weight is around 55 kg, then a glass of beer or a glass of wine will be withdrawn by your body in about 2 - 3 hours. Accordingly, the more the mother weighs, the less this interval. Just remember the time when you finished drinking!
- If you are breastfeeding on an empty stomach, then the penetration of harmful substances into your blood (and, accordingly, into breast milk) will be much greater. Therefore, take good care of the food at the festive table. In this case, alcohol is so essential to the child does not hurt.
- You can always replace alcoholic beverages with quality non-alcoholic beverages and continue to be a full participant in any celebratory party. Or, solemnly drink half a glass of dry wine, and then with dignity keep the status of a nursing mother, caring for the health and well-being of the baby. Moreover, this role to face any most modern woman!
In any case, avoid any excess of alcoholic beverages. After all, your incontinence can turn into serious health problems for crumbs. Excessive or too frequent use of alcohol in the short term leads to drowsiness and general weakness in children, increased excitability and frustration of the nervous system. In the long term, such frivolous Mom's behavior can turn into a delay in motor development for the baby and deviations in mental development. In addition, alcohol abuse will certainly affect the nature of breastfeeding. In particular, it complicates the outflow of milk from the maternal breast. This directly harms the lactation and can provoke a rejection of breastfeeding.
On the contrary, calm, thoughtful and balanced behavior of the mother, strict adherence to the correct recommendations will allow her not to change the cardinally habitual way of life of her family. At the same time she will keep the health of her beloved whole, and will not harm breastfeeding.