In my continual search for products to make my life as a mom easier, I came across this little do-dad.  It’s the MilkScreen at home breast milk alcohol test.  Basically it’s just like it sounds.  You saturate the strip with your breast milk and it tells you if you have alcohol in your milk.  It’s suppose to prevent you from having to pump and dump your milk after drinking alcohol.

I have to say that I’m slightly upset that a product like this exists.  I think I feel the same way about this as I do about handing out free condoms to teenagers.  If you make it “safer” for people to do something that causes them harm, isn’t that the same as saying it’s okay?  I’m not against drinking.  But I think there is a big difference between having the occasional glass of champaine or beer with your hubby at home, and going on an all night binge fest.  Personally, I don’t drink.  It doesn’t add anything to my life that is absolutely necessary, so I can go with out.

And for crying out loud, when you become a mother there’s just some things that you shouldn’t do.  Like smoking.  Come on, you can’t hold off on that drink until you’re not breast feeding anymore?  I would hope that a woman would not have drank alcohol while she was pregnant, so if she can go 9 months with out it, surely she can go another few months for the sake of her child.  Perhaps I’m being overly conservative, but I think it’s a huge reflection of the culture we live in today.  Every thing is permissible, but not everything is beneficial.  I’m left with a sudden urge to search my house and see what kind of products I have laying around that might be making it easier for me to live a lifestyle that isn’t beneficial to me or my family.  What do the products you buy say about your lifestyle and beliefs?