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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would you give your 3 month old baby a tiny sip of alcohol? Where do you draw the line?[/quote]

You jest, but rubbing alcohol on babies gums used to be VERY common for teething. We survived... [/quote]

But it clearly f***ed with your intelligence. [/quote]

I do not understand how historical context of drinking in pregnancy is just thrown off as crazy in this forum over and over on this issue.

Historically MANY drinks had alcohol content. In the middle ages people drank mead and ale at almost every meal. Water was frequently dirty. Pregnant women had no reason to avoid alcohol historically and so throughout human history probably drank alcoholic beverages with meals.

The whole of human history didn't have FASD (although certainly many did).

The body is pretty good at sorting out impurities. It has kept the human race alive and thriving. I certainly think that knowing alcohol does damage and removing its consumption as a regular/frequent thing that pregnant women do is a good thing. But we actually DO have some evidence that moderate drinking isn't that damaging, and that is the whole of human history and the fact that our species didn't turn out like a light back in times when people drank alcohol the same way we drink iced tea. [/quote]
Because you can't compare ancient societies - where the options of killing a newborn with defects, locking up or beating kids with abandon were on the table - with modern society. People in those times led much different lives. Women started having children much younger, generally had no problem finding a way to dump an unwanted baby.. and it really hasn't been until the 20th century in Western societies that women have had social permission to sit on their asses sipping cocktails instead of doing an endless cycle of domestic labor and serving men their ale.

Plus, we know alcohol exposure poses very individualized risks on people. Many children of moms who drank are just fine, others have severe disorders, and every shade in between. [/quote]

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