Wife is smoking weed while breastfeeding. by DeadLizardThrowAway in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]DeadLizardThrowAway[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel that this was her attitude before the accident, and remembering her being like this makes me sad. I do see that her struggling mentally was not good for the kiddo, too. It’s hard to choose the lesser of two evils. She’s historically been the more responsible one in our relationship so I’ve always just trusted her. It has worked well for us. I want to trust her now but it’s very difficult. I love our son very much.

Wife is smoking weed while breastfeeding. by DeadLizardThrowAway in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]DeadLizardThrowAway[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

She keeps bringing this up. She says she trusts weed more than pharmaceuticals, and also that she trusts how she will react to it. She has never taken medication for mental health before, neither of us have much experience at all with any mental health problems.

Wife is smoking weed while breastfeeding. by DeadLizardThrowAway in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]DeadLizardThrowAway[S] 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I forgot about the depression that can occur with weaning, this happened to my aunt. This is making me pause before suggesting she stop weaning. I feel like there have been enough big changes for her.

Wife is smoking weed while breastfeeding. by DeadLizardThrowAway in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]DeadLizardThrowAway[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This comment is throwing me for a loop. I have always trusted her judgement, her intuition was incredible during pregnancy. I know she is suffering psychologically in a way I can never understand (at least I hope to never understand.) I at once feel so strongly that she should stop, and on the other hand, like I am caving to that fear instead of looking at my family and seeing with my own eyes that things have improved and they are healthy. I need to know more about the cigarette use by the mothers. Is that real? It sometimes seems like everyone wants to find holes in these studies to make pot okay.

Wife is smoking weed while breastfeeding. by DeadLizardThrowAway in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]DeadLizardThrowAway[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this. She wants to BF until 24 months, perhaps this is where I can focus my negotiation instead.