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I drink coffee daily and my son hasn't been affected by it. I usually drink a cup/day and sometimes I'll have a latte with 2 shots of espresso.

It never hurts to give it a try to rule it out. Caffeine never effected my little guy, but I also had a cup a day through pregnancy.

Coffee did bother M. It made her gassy and harder to sleep. I noticed an improvement when I cut it out.
During the 4 month regression I brought back decaf VERY slowly and she's been fine since. Her little newborn tummy just couldn't handle it.

Just because it doesn't affect *most* babies doesn't mean it's the same for yours. Doesn't hurt to give it a try!

P was intolerant to coffee bean... she got really gassy, green poo, and a horrible diaper rash (beet red, out of now where, and wouldn't go away until the bean was out of her system). She was fine with caffeine though so I just drank tea or *dun dun dun* soda for my caffeine fix.

LO doesn't seem affected by it - I drink 2 cups a day first thing in the morning (16 oz).

@kodybear: @runsyellowlites: haha I'm glad I'm not the only one!
Did you ladies drink coffee during pregnancy? I didn't and I wonder if that's why she's so sensitive.

@locavore_mama: Yep I did. I also drank milk, ate wheat, peanuts, and egg.. all things that I had to cut to bf. lol

@Foodnerd81: Have you been drinking coffee since she was born? If so, I can't imagine that all of a sudden it bothers her. I have been slowly introducing caffeine back into my diet, and so far it doesn't seem to bother her. I was reading a blog post yesterday (on alphamom, I think) about how small of a percentage of babies actually have sensitivities to these kinda things (coffee, dairy, etc.) and that they are usually just going through a fussy period. I hope that's what it is for you so that you can keep drinking your coffee!

I thought my baby was sensitive to caffeine around that age, but it just turns out that he was sensitive to life in general between 6-8 weeks Hang in there, Mama!

I didn't have any caffeine through pregnancy so I was afraid that I screwed myself for coffee while breastfeeding but I started a few weeks after LO was born with tea, then moved up to coffee and she's been fine. She's 7 months now and I always have one cup a day and every once in a while, I'll have a tea in the afternoon/evening. Maybe try and cut back, or have tea instead and see if it helps. There are totally just fussy periods though. LO is a very mellow baby, but weeks 3 - 7 were a bit crazy!

@locavore_mama: yep! i drank during pregnancy. not during the first trimester but the 2nd and 3rd i drank about a cup a day.

@Foodnerd81: yeah i think if you've been drinking caffeine all along its probably a wonder week or growth spurt or teething (who really knows right?? ) when i would drink, within a day i could tell she was alot fussier

DS was a crap sleeper his entire first year, but it was REALLY bad when I had coffee. I switched to a decaf with a very very low caffeine content and it was much better.