{"id":73403,"date":"2024-07-20T09:55:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T02:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=73403"},"modified":"2024-07-20T09:56:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T02:56:52","slug":"i-came-home-and-found-my-sister-breastfeeding-my-son-i-called-the-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/i-came-home-and-found-my-sister-breastfeeding-my-son-i-called-the-cops\/","title":{"rendered":"I came home and found my sister breastfeeding my son \u2014 I called the cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style='\"text-align:' left>Their sons are now three and five weeks old and Phoebe\u2019s baby is\u00a0breastfed\u00a0while Simone\u2019s isn\u2019t.\n</p><p style='\"text-align:' left>Recently, Simone needed surgery and because her son\u2019s father isn\u2019t around, Phoebe and her husband offered to\u00a0babysit\u00a0while she was in the hospital.\n</p><p style='\"text-align:' left>But while she was away for those three days, her sister decided to take baby-feeding matters into her own hands\u2026\n</p><p style='\"text-align:' left>\u201cWhen I came home, I walked into my son on my sister\u2019s breast,\u201d Simone explained to a\u00a0forum.\n</p><h2 style='\"text-align:' left><strong>\u201cI called the police but there was nothing they could do\u201d\n<p style='\"text-align:' left>Simone admitted she \u201cdidn\u2019t have an issue with the situation to begin with\u201d as \u201cit was probably easier to breastfeed him than make bottles\u201d but what her sister told her next left Simone completely speechless.\n</p><p style='\"text-align:' left>\u201cShe said she had thrown out all the \u2018garbage\u2019 I was feeding him and she was going to pump and donate milk to him.\u201d\n<figure id='\"attachment_73405\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-73405\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-73405' size-full src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/07%5C/newspress-collage-peiy87aa9-1692.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"While' simone was in the hospital phoebe breastfeeding child. width='\"2000\"' height='\"1333\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-73405\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>While Simone was in the hospital, Phoebe was breastfeeding Simone\u2019s child.\n<p style='\"text-align:' left>While Simone was in the hospital, Phoebe was breastfeeding Simone\u2019s child.Getty Images\/iStockphoto\n</p><p style='\"text-align:' left>The mom didn\u2019t react straight away but instead, went into the bathroom and called the police, only to find out what her sister did wasn\u2019t a crime.\n</p><p style='\"text-align:' left>\u201cApparently, the child is being fed so they couldn\u2019t do anything about it,\u201d she explained.\n</p><p style='\"text-align:' left>When Phoebe learnt what Simone did, she blew up at her and told her she was \u201cjust trying to help.\u201d\n</p><p style='\"text-align:' left>But Simone wasn\u2019t buying it and told her sister: \u201cYou dumped 14 cans of formula without even consulting me and currently have nothing to replace it with, just plans to.\u201d\n</p><p style='\"text-align:' left>Phoebe ended up storming out and blocking Simone on everything.\n<figure id='\"attachment_73407\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-73407\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"wp-image-73407' size-full src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/07%5C/formul.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Because' phoebe doesn believe in formula she threw out canisters that simone had bought. width='\"2000\"' height='\"1333\"' title='\"\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/formul.jpg' https: sizes='\"auto,'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-73407\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>Because Phoebe doesn\u2019t believe in formula, she threw out canisters that Simone had bought.\n<p style='\"text-align:' left>The mom concluded: \u201cOur parents were able to replace two of the cans she threw out but can\u2019t do much else. They also think I was a d**k for calling the police on her because getting a record could affect her government job and therefore my nephew.\u201d\n</p><p style='\"text-align:' left>Simone emphasized that her sister was staunchly against formula feeding so wouldn\u2019t have replaced them herself. \u201cThe only way she could have been feeding my son over the next few weeks would be to put him on the boob, which would take time away from me,\u201d she concluded.\n</p><h2 style='\"text-align:' left><strong>\u201cI would have done the same thing in your situation\u201d\n<p style='\"text-align:' left>Half of parents have \u2018no idea\u2019 how to raise kids without smartphone: study\n</p><p style='\"text-align:' left>After sharing her story, the forum rallied around the mom and assured her that she wasn\u2019t in the wrong.\n</p><p style='\"text-align:' left>One commenter noted, \u201cShe just literally dumped hundreds of dollars of formula that YOU BOUGHT because of her own personal opinions on formula.\u201d\n</p><p style='\"text-align:' left>\u201cI would have done the same thing, in your situation.\u201d\n</p><p style='\"text-align:' left>A second wrote: \u201cHow is that not a crime? It\u2019s straightforward theft. Why did the police do nothing?\u201d\n</p><p style='\"text-align:' left>And a third said: \u201cMy heart is legit hurting. Even before the formula crisis, 14 CANS of formula were expensive as hell. I would be ready to commit some crimes over this situation.\u201d\n</p><p style='\"text-align:' left>Meanwhile, another user remarked: \u201cShe owes you for the 14 cans of formula that she stole and threw away. She can disagree with you all she wants, but theft is theft \u2013 and now that she\u2019s blocked you everywhere, she\u2019s leaving your child to go hungry.\u201d They then suggested she goes to small claims court.\n</p><h2>What do you think? Post a comment.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</h2><p>Their sons are now three and five weeks old and Phoebe\u2019s baby is\u00a0breastfed\u00a0while Simone\u2019s isn\u2019t. Recently, Simone needed surgery and because her son\u2019s father isn\u2019t around, Phoebe and her husband offered to\u00a0babysit\u00a0while she was in the hospital. 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