I have been lurking for quite some time and have gained so much from this site. I am a hospital based LC and need your asiistance with a mom I am working with. She has given me permisssion to post. Her baby is 5 months old and she is in the middle of a custody case. The father of the baby did not want to have anything to do with her before the baby was born but now wants to be very involved. ( Good for him) The main problem is that he does not value breastfeeding nor does his mother thinks breastfeeding is important.The mom has allowed the father to take the baby for short visits with some of her EBM. She has been concerned that they would give the baby ABM. She called me upset because the baby's stools had changed and baby was very unhappy and became constipated. They admitted they had given the baby formula. Mom had struggled with her supply and I instructed her to buy an effectvie breastpump- she purchased a PIS also purchased galatogoes. Both helped but she still is under a great deal of stress with this situation. Anyway the father and family took her to court to get visitation for 24 hours on which includes ABM and 24 hours with mom with breastfeeding. I pulled up the info from Liz Baldwin and shared with her lawyer. I was called as an expert witness and a pediatrician was called for them although he said he wouldn't recommend the baby go back and forth. The judge ruled yesterday that the father can have the baby for 24 hour visits.She stated she felt that the mother was too attached to her baby and it was important for the baby to bond with the father. She also stated that the baby may have a few rough days but will get through it.( I was not in the courtroom this is what was relayed to me by the mother) Of course mother is devastated and worries about what this will do to the baby's system because of previous exposure. I have contacted Liz Baldwin's office and waiting to hear back. I need some guidance, but just hoping with all of the wisdom here on Lactnet there may be something I can do. The family has turned to me for help. Now I turn to you. Thanks in advance and thank you for this site. *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html