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‘I called the police on my sister because she breastfed my son’

A new mother has revealed she ended up calling the police on her sister after she walked in and found her breastfeeding her son, and discovering that she had thrown away all of his formula

New parents and pregnant people often have the phrase ‘breast is best’ thrust upon them and can get put under immense pressure to decide early on how they intend to feed their babies. And it can end up being a sensitive subject for those who choose to bottle feed.

For one new mother in the US, it was a case of her own family being judgemental of her feeding choices after she came home to her own sister breastfeeding her new son. Shocked at the situation, the woman ended up calling the police as the baby’s expensive formula that had been purchased had all been thrown away.

Taking to Reddit to air her frustrations and seek clarification on her actions, the 22-year-old woman revealed she and her 27-year-old sister had given birth to little boys within two weeks of each other. She wrote: “Her son is breastfed and mine is not. I needed to get surgery recently, and because my son’s father isn’t around, my sister and BIL offered to babysit my son while I was in the hospital (3 days total) free of charge.

“When I came home today, I walked into my son on my sister’s breast, which I actually didn’t have an issue with to begin with because it was probably easier to BF him than make bottles but she told me after she had thrown out all of the ‘garbage’ I was feeding him and she was going to pump+donate milk to him.”

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