---- Bernshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
> 
> It might be a good idea to try to find out why the mother needs to  
> drink alcohol every night. She may be traumatized to be separated from  
> her baby all day and needs to wind down after a hectic day at work.

I agree with this and I was also thinking that if mom knew she could time her wine, very little if any would get into baby's blood stream... I used to have my glass of wine while I was nursing my older baby to sleep, she would usually sleep 4-6 hours, so by the time she needed to nurse again, the wine was clear from my blood stream and therefore from my breastmilk. 

Joylyn Souter
> 
> Nicole Bernshaw
> 
> > Date:    Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:06:45 +1000
> > From:    Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Wine and breastfeeding a 6 month old.
> >
> > Gosh, if she's having wine every night and has consumed 3/4 of a  
> > bottle over
> > 5 days she's not having much every night! I can't see a problem.
> > Karleen Gribble
> > Australia
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> > Subject: Wine and breastfeeding a 6 month old.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> her daughter in law is having wine after work each evening. She  
> >> says the
> >> bottle which is "larger than a regular size bottle of wine" is over  
> >> the
> >> course of 5 days down about 3/4.? She is concerned about the  
> >> breastmilk
> >> passing the alcohol to the baby and causing the baby harm.
> >> My concerns was how much did Mom consume each time she drank. I  
> >> also told
> >> her that sometime ago when I was breastfeeding people thought a  
> >> glass of
> >> wine or beer in evening would help baby "sleep better" and might  
> >> even help
> >> Mom increase her supply by "relaxing her".? Grandma is concerned  
> >> that she
> >> may cause this baby to be "addicted".? I told her that if addiction  
> >> and
> >> alcoholism run in family it's more genetic.? She approached her son  
> >> who
> >> defended his wife and felt that it was not harmful...needless to  
> >> say this
> >> is a rocky start to someone who moved herself 500 plus miles away  
> >> from
> >> everyone she knows to be closer to her son and help establish a
> >> relationship with his new family.
> >> She is heartsick and would like the opinion of my fellow  
> >> LactNetters as to
> >> how she should approach this.
> >> I told her there are many variables to this and she would like some
> >> different opinions to help her.
> >> So please share your thoughts in email to me [log in to unmask]
> >> Leanne Jewell RN-BC, IBCLC, LCCE,FACCE
> >> S Florida
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