Is it okay to drink wine while breast feeding my child is 3 weeks old im breast feeding

The : The same alcohol that makes it into your bloodstream makes it into your breast milk. While the amount that's transferred if you drink a glass of wine is relatively small, your baby is small and has an immature liver, which means the baby can't process the alcohol as well as you can. Studies show that alcohol can affect babies' eating and sleeping. Studies have shown that a baby who is breastfed after the mother consumes alcohol, then consumes less breast milk over the next few hours. The baby typically then slept for shorter periods of time. Alcohol in breast milk may also hinder babies' development. In a study of 400 infants published in the new england journal of medicine in 1989, gross motor development at 1 year of age lagged in breastfeeding babies whose mothers drank at least one drink daily during the infant's first three months of life.

One opinion: It depends on how much wine. If you feel high or giddy it is likely too much for the baby. One small glass of wine might even be good for you and the baby. I think it depends, but everyone seems to agree it is less of a concern than during early pregnancy.

I wouldn't: The alcohol in any drink you take will pass in the breast milk. After it passes to baby,it will eventually break down to formaldehyde and other toxic byproducts. Although most infants with alcohol effect were exposed to high levels during pregnancy, there is no level of exposure that is proven save to the developing infant brain.Much of the ADD we see today is thought to result from such exposur