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Artleta Ramirez is trying to understand why aPrince WilliamCounty judge has ordered her to “make every effort to place the child on a feeding schedule and use a bottle” as she’s exclusively breastfed her daughter since her birth in July. She also breastfed her older son for two years.
“Why are they forcing me to stop breastfeeding?” she said, according to thePost. “Isn’t that her right? Isn’t that in her best interest?”
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Ridgway told thePostin an email he has given Ramirez “space to both nurse and to pump milk for me to bottle-feed our daughter while she is in my care.”
“Past the age of 6 months I will continue to support breastfeeding and bottle-feeding our daughter breast milk as much as possible, while also supplementing with formula only when absolutely necessary,” he added.
“They come up with a myriad of excuses,” said Ridgway.
“It’s definitely something we get calls on,” she told thePost. “It’s frequent enough that we keep it on our radar.”
source: people.com
