hot drinks shouldn't be held when holding young children

[Madamolive]

AIBU into thinking that you just shouldn't hold a hot drink whilst holding a baby incase god forbid something terrible happens :(

Family member was over visiting, had usual hot tea whilst cuddling my second DC- 5 weeks.My toddler was running about playing and knocked into family member. Cup nearly went everywhere. Thankfully didn't.
Said family member carried on drinking whilst having cuddles.

AIBU in thinking that hot drinks and young children just don't mix?!

If im not BU should i have said/say something in the future?

Wow, i leave for a couple of hours and i have alot to read through.

Firstly and most importantly im terribly sorry for all those who have suffered and/or children have suffered from burns.

I think my title should have been altered as was mentioned, though i do stand by that hot drinks and my children won't be mixing. Its not a risk i am willing to take. I can live without caffeine (and others too whilst they are in the presence- and by this i mean holding my children, or i will REMOVE us from the situation so others can carry on drinking). If i can reduce one risk slightly in my childs safety, im willing to do so.
Im not judging others who disagree, its your children afterall.

Thankyou for all (mostly) of your responses!

lostinafrica The cabin crew are right to offer you a hot drink and you are right to refuse.

For my own part I would not accept one if there is a parent with a small child next to me - OK, it's not my fault if we hit turbulence or the child gets restless and the worst happens but I would not see it that way if it did.

I don't know... an economy plane seat is an awfully small space for two people to start with; add the risk of sudden turbulence, or restlessness as you say, Andrew - and you can't even cool the tea down with milk because it's powder and it doesn't have the same cooling effect! (Plus it tastes bleurgh.)

If they can tell me to strap my baby in (when some airlines say it's actually safer just to hold the baby!), then it seems inconsistent to offer me a scalding drink! I don't really want them to stop asking, either. I'm impossible to please. I HATE flying with a 1yo on my lap, so I may well be rude - it's all so uncomfortable and impossible and...

Yep, I'll go start my own thread somewhere and whine away to myself...

Not powder, those miniscule pots of longlife milk.

youarekidding, am I getting this right... that you put hot drinks at a higher level than a coffee table or similar and don't give guests the option of sitting on the sofa holding a hot drink because of your seven year old?

No I live in a flat and don't have a coffee table, but a lounge/diner. There is no where to put cups down near seating other than the table to works well anyway. My DS is actually fine with hot drinks but a few of my guests/ friends have children who run everywhere. I put drinks on the dining room table as I have been fed up with cleaning the carpets due to lack of care (where drinks get put because nowhere else!). I actually find it astonishing that one visitor (6yo) will deliberatly swing herself near coffee to get a reaction and has on more than one occassion kicked over a cup because she 'wants' to swing her leg in that particular spot. My take is if guests won't control their children I'll put the drinks out of reach.

I don't think the op IBU though.