I am a true coffee lover but I have been holding back and only having one small cup in the morning because I am BFing. But I'm very tempted to have a second cup in the afternoon when I start to feel sluggish. How much coffee/ caffeine do you have in a day?
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As much as I want.
I don't limit even though I'm breastfeeding.
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I've never limited my caffeine intake, but until recently, I didn't have caffeine every day. So, if some days I had two (or more...) cokes/coffees it didn't bother me, and I just made sure to chug extra water. But, LO has never been sensitive to caffeine.
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I'm a little paranoid about the caffeine, but I have a medium half-decaf coffee from Dunkin's every morning. Then I have soda or iced tea during the day. I think I usually have around 200mg a day, same as when I was pregnant.
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@mediagirl: Ditto. I don't limit myself either.
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i don't limit myself, but i typically don't have more than 2 cups of coffee a day anyways
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I drink a 16-ounce travel cup every morning. If I go to Starbucks, I get a grande instead of my usual venti. I try not to have a second cup (and usually don't need it) but if I do, I know it's fine because it's not all the time. Sometimes too I'll have a couple of glasses of iced tea when we're out to eat, or a diet coke for lunch or something. I don't really track it too closely, especially because he doesn't seem to suffer any ill effects (he sleeps fine, I mean, he sleeps like he sleeps... and he's not cranky or having intestinal upset, etc.).
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I love my coffee too, but around one month I noticed that it was potentially affecting A. Either that or he had a crappy few days and it just coincided with the days when I had afternoon caffeine.
I switched to decaf, but now at 10 weeks and working back to half-caf. I figure after 3 months they can metabolize caffeine better so I'll probably go back to 1 or 2 cups of regular per day.
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I have as much as I want (usually 2 cups) before 1pm so that it doesn't interfere with my sleep at night.
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I cut it all out during pregnancy so I think due to that she was a little sensitive. The first time I tried a cup after she was born she was a bear at night time. Didn't know if it was a coincidence but I didn't want to risk it. Finally during the insane 4 month regression I could not survive so I slowly reintroduced decaf. So now I have a morning cup of decaf. She's a bit older now so I'll occasionally have a afternoon cup of decaf when I need it.
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@autumn865: I thought I remember reading on KellyMom that caffeine isn't passed through breastmilk. So, I drank it as I needed it.
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@BabyBoecksMom: Oh really?? One of the LCs at my hospital told me that if I drank caffeine, I might notice Xander being more awake because of it. I haven't noticed anything like that yet though, but I also don't drink a ton of it.
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It does pass through...
http://kellymom.com/bf/can-i-breastfeed/lifestyle/caffeine/
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@Adira: Ok, it's been a while since I looked, so I wasn't 100% accurate. BUT, you can have up to 2-3 cups a day without it affecting your baby.
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@regberadaisy: @BabyBoecksMom: Ahhh!!! According to that, I can drink soooooooo much more caffeine than I have been!!! I'm quitting the half-decaf I've been getting and going to full-caffeinated coffee! Yay!
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@Adira: bahahah but it depends on your baby too! If LO has been used to one cup of decaf I wouldn't drastically increase it to say 3 cups of regular in one day either! That could be a drastic shock to their system! haha
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I had a cup a day throughout pregnancy, usually I'll have a cup, but won't hesitate for a second cup later in the day if I need it
And DS is a sleeper has been STTN since 12 weeks.
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I dont limit myself. It never bother my kids thank goodness!
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@regberadaisy: haha, well, I normally just drink one cup of half-decaf in the morning, and then I might have a soda or iced tea later in the day. So I'll just switch my one cup of half-decaf to one cup of full-caffiene, and I assume he'll be okay. Though maybe I'll wait to try it on the weekend. I'd hate to send him to daycare with fully caffeinated BM and then find out he was totally strung out there!
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@Adira: I'm struggling with the same about switching to regular coffee. But I'm scared! LO is finally (mostly) sleeping good!
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@regberadaisy: Yes, so is Xander! I don't want to mess that up!! Maybe I'll just stick to half-decaf until we wean, haha.
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I haven't had any since LO was born almost two weeks ago but I'm going to petition DH to buy a coffee maker. I miss my one cup a day!
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My pediatrician said not to limit yourself until you see an effect in baby. LMW has never had any problems falling asleep drinking her bottle... or staying asleep...!! So I actually have 2 cups in the morning (after I pump, about 6 hours before I pump again) and several diet sodas through the day. Sometimes I'll have another cup when I get home around 5 (5 hours before I pump again).
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I've become pretty lax about it now that my son is 8 months. I have my very large thermos of coffee in the morning and then occasionally have afternoon coffee or tea or soda. It has never seemed to affect him.
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I have a cup of coffee every morning and sometimes another caffeinated beverage in the afternoon. My kid is not affected by anything I eat or drink so far, so I'll probably end up having more caffeine once I go back to work
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The "rule" is 300mg a day b/c it does pass through.. P was intolerant to coffee bean though so I cut it for the majority of the first year! Now what I'll usually do is make a cup but split it for iced coffee through the day. P never had any reactions to being more wakeful or having trouble sleeping though, I just limit it so she isn't exposed to alot of caffeine as a growing bub.
I don't limit even though I'm breastfeeding.
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