Baby Drinks Vodka: 1-Month-Old Baby Hospitalized After Drinking Formula Mixed With Vodka

A Wisconsin baby drank vodka when the alcohol was mixed in with her baby formula. She was hospitalized Monday evening at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee after it was discovered that she had a blood alcohol level of 0.29 percent.

Lieutenant Brad Hetlet, a spokesman for the Kenosha Police Department, told USA Today that the whole incident occurred over an apparent accident between the parents at home. The child’s mother, 20, said that baby’s father emptied a water bottle in the kitchen and filled it with vodka to bring with him to a friend’s house. Hetlet said the mother claimed she used 2-ounces from the water bottle to mix in with the baby’s formula.

Not long after the baby drank the vodka, her mother noticed that her toes were red, her eyes were halfway closed, and wasn’t responding to her name.

Hetlet explains that couple soon concluded that the mother mistakenly used vodka instead of water to combine with the baby formula. When the father realized this, Hetlet says he grew furious and strangled the mother.

Hetlet continues that the couple fighting over the baby drinking the vodka was more important than trying to help their daughter.

“The argument started, and the focus did not become let’s make sure our baby is ok, it became let’s blame each other for this.”

The father is facing multiple charges, but none are related to the baby consuming alcohol.

Hetlet said the hospital was preparing discharge papers so the infant could be released Wednesday morning. She appeared in good health otherwise, Hetlet shares.

“The baby is going to be fine. This could have been tragic because when you hit.3 [blood alcohol level] normally it will cause you to pass out and at a point.4 you are dead.”

It’s unknown what charges were filed against the child’s father after he allegedly attacked the baby’s mother following the accidental vodka incident.

The Inquisitr wrote about a similar story in May, 2014, about a baby who was hospitalized after consuming formula mixed with alcohol. The child’s mother had left her baby in the care of her boyfriend — a known drug and alcohol addict. She inadvertently mixed the child’s formula with vodka that was left in a bottle on the counter. Later on, the mother noticed that her baby was acting “like a zombie.”

The child was treated at the hospital and didn’t suffer any serious injuries. Police were unable to locate the woman’s boyfriend after the incident, and the mother’s custody of the child was in jeopardy.

A baby drinking vodka in any shape or form is potentially deadly, and luckily, the infants in these stories made it through alright.

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