Mother refuses to wean 15-month-old daughter, Gov't takes baby UPDATE*

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According to declarations in the newspaper, allegedly coming on behalf of the IMMF,

the reason for separating mother and child has nothing to do with their breastfeeding relationship

, yet after saying that the child was removed from her mother's care "temporarily and the case would be reevaluated", they warned Habiba beforehand that nursing her child during their one hour weekly visit was absolutely forbidden supposedly because "it would be contrary to the child's institutionalization".

Everyone seems to be overlooking that part.

They didn't take her child because she "wouldn't wean it"

They took the child for some other reason, and THEN told her not to breastfeed when she had her 1 hour weekly visits

There's a lot of hysteria being generated for no reason​
 
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Everyone seems to be overlooking that part.

They didn't take her child because she "wouldn't wean it"

They took the child for some other reason, and THEN told her not to breastfeed when she had her 1 hour weekly visits

There's a lot of hysteria being generated for no reason

From the press releases, it seems that the IMMF is anti-breastfeeding. There was a medical report by 3 doctors encouraging mother and baby be reunited immediately, as Habiba's mothering behavior is appropriate. https://www.facebook.com/WeAreAllHabiba?sk=app_103822229704881

From a link posted by Ferret:
As a condition to living in the shelter, Habiba and other mothers had to complete these therapies which involved abandoning extended and on demand breastfeeding, as they consider it to be ‘chaotic and prejudicial for boys and girls.’ To help accomplish the goals of the shelter, mothers are forced to take a medication to dry their milk supply.

I strongly disagree with 'extended' breastfeeding being bad for children. The world average is 2 years.
 
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Wow, that's interesting. I wonder why they really took the baby away. Apparently, two different sources are saying two different things.

I have heard of some women breastfeeding their kids until they're five years old. I don't know how they could manage that. Most women I know can't wait to wean their kids just because of the fact that it's very inconvenient and impractical, especially when they're beyond toddlers.
 
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Actually, the first source isn't saying the breastfeeding is not the reason, it is saying the IMMF CLAIMED this is not the reason .... after all the stink started! (Yeah, they have a lot of credibility at this point, huh?) Yet they warned her "beforehand" that she couldn't breastfeed on her visits? Why, if they weren't intent on forcing her to wean the child? If it really had nothing to do with the breast feeding, why not allow her to comfort her child when they are together? And if the shelter is forcing the anti-breastfeeding viewpoint, this in my mind demonstrates a prevalent, institutionalized bias that needs to be addressed, as well as an issue of personal rights being trampled upon. Add to this the statements that breastfeeding is "chaotic" and it sure sounds like a state-sanctioned effort to turn moms and kids into cookie cutter "right thinkers." I find that very scary.
 
I have WHAT in my yard? :

There has GOT to be more to this than meets the eye.

Once many years ago I personally forced the court to take a child from a mother who was nursing. It was an extremely painful decision to make for me but the mother would not / could not stop doing drugs. The drugs she was doing were going into her infant. I strongly suspect there is probably something similar going on here. Have any of you ever held a child through heroin withdrawal?? I have.

I strongly support breast feeding and am very supportive of helping homeless mothers stay with their infants rather than taking them just because mother is homeless, but there are some times when it cannot be done.

I hope that there is more to it.

And not heroin, but cocaine, yes I have. He was 3 days old.​
 
Have to wonder if these cases could be connected...
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The families of 261 babies who disappeared in Spanish hospitals over five decades call for an investigation
http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/46555
 
From my view breast feeding is inconvenient here in America. While in Ecuador I went to a wedding with a friend of mine down in Guayaquil. We got there early in the afternoon and went to her daughters house so she could visit and we could get some dinner. In the middle of dinner her daughter proceeded to breast feed her baby as she was setting the table. She was not discreet about it at all. It is just the way that their culture operates. We see it as something to be shunned and performed discreetly. They see it as "She's feeding her baby".

Didn't mean to deviate from the OP. But in other cultures babies are breast fed much longer than here.
 
You are right, baker. When you stop and think about it though, breastfeeding is more convenient - nothing to mix or heat, no bottle needed, and free. It's only inconvenient for mothers who need long-term sitters.

It also has a lot to do with the human body being so sexualized in our culture. I was reading on another site about mothers who received ignorant comments about breastfeeding, and someone actually said 'breastfeeding is incest'. Can you imagine??
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Uh, it's a mammary gland first and foremost, everything else is extracurricular.
 

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