According to experts, using your mobile phone and other electronic gadgets during breastfeeding can cause long-term harm to your baby.
According to Dr. Kateyune Kaeni, a psychologist from the Pomona Valley Medical Center in California, looking at your phone rather than making eye-contact with your child as it breastfeeds affects the vital bonding a child makes with its mother.
Furthermore, the electromagnetic radiation that is emitted from mobile phones, as you use them, may cause serious harm to your child. Radiation from mobile phones has been linked to cancer and developmental disorders. The harmful radiation emitted by your phone as you connect to the Wi-Fi, 3G or 4G network can damage your child’s brain.
Not only are you missing out on a crucial bonding phase with your child when you opt to use your phone while breastfeeding, but also putting your child at risk from the radiation emitted from the phone. It is best to wait until your child is done feeding before you can get back to using your smartphone.
Source: Momjunction