A Woman Was Ordered to Stop Breastfeeding to Accommodate the Father’s Visitation Rights

A judge told Arleta Ramirez she needs to put her baby "on a feeding schedule and use a bottle" so that breastfeeding doesn't interfere with her Ex's visits.
A woman in Virginia has been ordered by a judge “to make every effort to place the child on a feeding schedule and use a bottle” in order to accommodate the baby’s father’s visitation rights and schedule, the Washington Post reported this week. The order, originally issued at the end of November, is set to take effect this month.
Since Arleta Ramirez’s daughter was born last July, she’s been breastfed, which Ramirez says is in accordance with all guidance from her doctors. But the judge ordered that her daughter’s father, Mike Ridgway, must be permitted to visit the baby four days per week with overnight visits. Ramirez’s baby needs to be fed once an hour, and feeding time interferes with her ex’s visitation time, prompting the court order for Ramirez to stop breastfeeding.
A Woman Was Ordered to Stop Breastfeeding to Accommodate the Father’s Visitation Rights