A new dad was left furious when he arrived at the hospital to see his wife and newborn son only to find another woman attempting to nurse his child. 

 

Carlos Urrutia was left baffled when the nurse then told him that the mistake had happened as the babies have “similar surnames”. 

 

Little Marcello was born 44 days early and so was spending time in the NICU section of the Californian hospital when the mix-up occurred and Carlos has said he was shocked to see another woman breastfeeding his son: “The lady is holding my son, skin-to-skin, with her breast near his face. So my first reaction is, I’m like, ‘You’re breastfeeding my child, he’s not even a day old. I don’t know you.’”

 

Feeling angry but not wishing to make a scene in the NICU, Carlos left a message on the whiteboard that read: “Make sure you check the [name] bands! If the names aren’t Carlos - Dad, or Tenisha - Mom, he’s not yours. Don’t touch my son. Love, the Father.”

 

The new dad has been left even angrier after learning that the hospital is not requited to register the mistake with the state and is trying to change this: “What I really want is basically for them to get a wake-up call to know that this isn’t ok.”

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