To be furious that my mother gave my 5 month old Coke Zero?

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Apparently its fine "as it has nothing in it" . To make matters worse it was at my little girls Baptism and she promptly spat it out over her baptism dress.

"Apparently I have mental health problems now also as this explains my unreasonable behaviour."

Cheeky bitch!

ChippingIn, I had to check that this wasn't a first post too!

No harm done (says the tea addict) but there are clearly deeper issues OP.

Still interested in how mum got the coke down babe though.

I am a tea addict, also and gave it to my children, but coke isn't the same as tea. The way that the chemicals and acid in it is processed is bad for making/storing bone/teeth density and your stomach, as well as it completely messing with blood sugers/metabolic rate etc.

A small amount of tea inbetween meals won't do that much harm, coke will.

I know, Birds but we're talking here of a sip of spat out coke, not a regular offering between meals. Hence I said to chill. :)

(Glad to meet a fellow tea addict, btw). :o

YANBU! What a ridiculous thing to do.

Jeeez that is bad, I didn't allow my children any fizzy stuff until they were 5.

YANBU and your mother needs to respect you as the child's mother.

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Jeeez that is bad, I didn't allow my children any fizzy stuff until they were 5.

What is magic about 5?

Smallzooowner - what did she feed you when you were a child? I love the idea that Coke Zero has nothing in it so it's ok. Can just imagine MIL saying that.

Be furious, be really furious. YANBU.

That's so sad, that someone would do that and see no problem with it. I thought it was bad enough when a 2yr school sibling was in the playground at pick up time drinking a lucozade sport.

my dd is 6 and has never tried a fizzy drink - i'd be cross too! although it's unlikely to do harm and i wouldnt make too much fuss - just let her know its not on.

Have you taken the baby to A & E yet? FFS - it may have been a dumb thing for your DM to do but it's not going to cause any long term damage is it? Just explain that you don't want it to happen again and move on. Grandparents do strange stuff - my Grandmother gave my 6 month old a bit of Baileys! He survived.

YANBU. I was about to say YABU cos I thought it said 5 YEAR old. But YADNBU. At least now you know not to leave your mother alone with your child.

Oh for fuck's sake! Deprive the grandmother of contact with her grandchildren because of this? Get a grip!

I agree that it won't have done any harm this time as she spat it out but what other delights will she be offering her. at Baileys! A sall amount of tht actually could harm a baby.

small and that obviously.

At least now you know not to leave your mother alone with your child.

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Im amazed the Op is alive to tell the tale of being brough up by her own mother.

Not leaving someone alone isn't depriving of contact. I think we're on a different page anyway as you seem to be fine with 6 month olds having alcohol

Ask yourself this question. Would someone who thought it was fie to feed 5 month olds coke zero be allowed to look after children in a professional capacity?

lets cut the crap - was it a glass of the stuff or a taste?

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There were whole previous generations brought up with rum or whisky rubbed on teething gums ..... I dont think every one of those children grew up into a roaring alchie

A sense of perspective might be in order.

I think grandparents and their 'crazy ways' get a lot of tolerance on here.

As a one off occasion I wouldn't have been too bothered, especially if the baby spat it out as opposed to downing it and asking for more! In your case it seems like there may be another pblm between you and your DM.

My mum gave DS champagne for his first Xmas (5m), because it's a 'family tradition' apparently, implying it was given to me at that age, and, upon reflection it didn't turn me into a raging alcholholic (never been binge drinking, maybe have one or two drinks a week maximum - bar at Xmas )

My Godmother gave me pink champagne to drink at my christening, and fed me some christening cake. I was about 10 months old.

Can someone please explain to me the meaning of "Respect" (or perhaps I should say "Respeck" as in "showing respek to her as the baby's mother?"

I deduce from the context of the above that it means that no-one must ever feed anything whatsoever to a child under the age of 16 without express permission from the child's mother? Is this how things are done nowadays?

It is obvious - the OP knows what is best for her child as she is the child's mother and doing something stupid out of the ordinary should be checked first. It is not normal to give a baby coke.