I could not agree more with Mary Wagner-Davis's post on this topic.  The alcohol content of milk is far less of a concern than the effect of alcohol on the caregiver's ability to respond appropriately to the baby.  I think if a woman is so drunk that her milk would be injurious to her child, she would hardly remember that she had a baby to breastfeed.  The milk is the least of our worries.  Let's change the message, from focusing on the product to focusing on the process of parenting.  It doesn't take much alcohol to render one incapable of driving a car safely, or to make it inadvisable to bedshare with a baby.  A gadget to measure alcohol content of breastmilk is a diversion from the real issue, and an insult to anyone who knows that parenting a child involves infinitely more than providing a nutritious liquid from one's breasts.  

Rachel Myr
Kristiansand, Norway

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