My son is 4 months old and drink about a pot of coffee a day is this bad for him.
2007-12-25 05:30:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
It depends on your baby. Have you thought about cutting back to half-caf and seeing if you notice any effects on your baby?
2007-12-25 05:37:07 · answer #1 · answered by GranolaMom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By 4 months old both of ours were fine no matter how much coffee I had during the day- or any caffeine product. On the average day, I have 2 cups of coffee and 1 can of diet coke per day. The rest is bottled water.
A pot of coffee a day is A LOT for YOU though. You need to be drinking more water. Coffee has caffeine and it has the diuretic effect. I would be more concerned about your health than the health of your baby.
Good luck to you!
2007-12-25 06:55:11 · answer #2 · answered by NY_Attitude 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Mothers who consume a lot of caffeine during pregnancy often have babies who are jittery. The jitteriness wears off in a few days after birth.
Caffeine is excreted in the breast milk, and may affect the baby. Affected babies are sometimes jittery and poor sleepers. It depends on the age and weight of the infant, the amount of caffeine the mother consumes, and the individual infant's response. There may be a genetic component to the latter issue.
At four months of age, your son should be less sensitive to the effects of your coffee drinking. He also metabolizes caffeine better than a younger infant.
Personally I would recommend that you reduce your coffee intake for both your and your son's sake, but that is my personal bias, not science.
2007-12-25 05:48:30 · answer #3 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Wow -- ordinarily I think coffee's fine, but that's a _lot_.
Do you notice any effect on him?
"According to the Breastfeeding Answer Book (LLLI 2003, p. 599-600), excessive caffeine consumption by the mother (more than 750 mL per day) can result in a baby who shows signs of caffeine stimulation. "A baby who is being overstimulated by caffeine is a wide-eyed, active, alert baby who doesn't sleep for long. He may also be unusually fussy.""
http://www.kellymom.com/health/lifestyle/caffeine.html
2007-12-25 05:34:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
properly, my son is practically 18 months previous and nonetheless nursing (the little pest) and that i usually have one cup of coffee interior the morning, and each so often i'm going to have you will of Coke later interior the afternoon. yet NO caffeine, no longer even tea, after approximately 3PM or he won't sleep till ultimately nighttime. additionally, i did no longer drink any coffee/caffeine (different than green tea) till he grow to be like 6 months previous and on solids. yet genuinely, I advise there are risky chemical compounds on your breastmilk no remember what, we are all uncovered to this crap daily it quite is interior the air, the faucet water, canned ingredients, clean produce, hygiene products, you call it. do no longer sense responsible a pair of million or 2 cups of coffee a week. evade coffee.
2016-10-09 04:08:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I were you I'd cut down. That's a lot of caffeine for your baby, not to mention you! Plus as a breastfeeding mom, you need more plain water.
How about slowly adding decaf to the pot until it's at LEAST half decaf in there? If you do it slowly, you'll be less likely to get those caffeine withdrawal headaches.
2007-12-25 07:10:54 · answer #6 · answered by Irritated Lactivist 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I asked my pediatrician and he said 2-3 cups a day is fine. Anymore than that and your baby may end up fussy.
2007-12-25 05:46:56 · answer #7 · answered by CourtneyRose 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
drink as much as you can stand for him to be bouncing off walls
2007-12-25 05:40:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
not too many.. that is not good to take all that caffine.
2007-12-25 05:37:10 · answer #9 · answered by Michael M 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You can have ONE.
Just take the rest decaf.
2007-12-25 05:48:38 · answer #10 · answered by Just_Me 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋