A US mother is pushing for charges to be laid on a childcare worker who breastfed her lactose intolerant son against her wishes.
Kaycee Oxendine was shocked and horrified to learn the employee breastfed her three-month-old on Friday after she expressively said ‘no’ to the woman’s offer, ABC11 reports.
Ms Oxendine’s infant son was in care at the centre in Carrboro, North Carolina, where she also works as a preschool teacher, when the incident happened.
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The distraught mother told ABC11 that she had to take her son to hospital later that night because he was throwing up.
“To me, a criminal act was committed against him,” she said.
“Not only did you put your breast to my son, you also made my son sick because he’s lactose (intolerant). So you’ve put something in his body that his body can’t digest.”
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Why would you breastfeed another woman's baby after she told you not to. I work in childcare there are many ways to help a constipated child taking it upon myself to breastfeed the child isn't one of them.
Good. God. That is assault, the childcare worker should definitely be charged.
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What in the world was she thinking?!
Yup. So gross!!!