Jan 7, 2009 08:25
Budding barfly Allanah Earley, of Durham, Connecticut, is being held on a $10,000 bond on charges of endangering a minor. The specific offenceBreastfeeding while intoxicated!From WFSB:Police said Allanah Earley, 36, brought the baby to the Eagles Club on Stack Road Friday evening. They said while at the bar, Earley had seven drinks. They said she then wandered out into the cold with the baby, and eventually brought the child to a friendâs house, where she had more drinks. Police said Earley then breast-fed the 3-week-old infant while still intoxicated.Police said friends at the bar called police because they were worried about Earley. When officers arrived, police said Earley was unable to stand upright and was near-combative with officers.Well, first of all that kid should have been carded!Also, as a woman not-unacquainted with the effects of 7 drinks, and equally not-unacquainted with the task of caring for an infant well, maybe not equally but Iâve cared for a solid six-pack of infants in my time and that doesnât even count the frat boys I think I can say with a certain degree of authority that while it may make the process somewhat more carefree for the moment, in the long run itâs a bad move, particularly for those who choose to breastfeed.A baby waking you up every four hours is one thing. A baby waking you up every four hours when youâre hungover is another. And a hungover baby waking a hungover you up every four hours is the level of Hell of which Dante was too frightened to write.