AIBU in thinking that people that pour tea into their baby's bottle...

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I've just seen a woman in the park pour a cup of tea into her baby's bottle, add milk and then give it to her baby. Is this some sort of chavy behaviour or do normal people do this?

AIBU in thinking WTF

I gave my 4 tea in bottles, lovely on a cold day in the park.

Mind your business you silly mare.

thought the word chav was outdated

dont agree in giving a baby a bottle of tea

maybe it was herbal and how does council houses make you a chav, ridiculous

What about tea with breastmilk? Would that be ok?

fruit shoots yes - earl grey no

yabu

I hadn't thought about it. Although they would have similar caffeine content if made that way, coffee is generally seen more as an adults drink. It has a much stronger flavour I would say.

I wouldn't get my frillys in a knot over it to be honest, though I would find it questionable if I saw a one year old knocking back an expresso.

someone calling others a chav is stupid and rather pathetic. someone giving tea (as in pg tips) to a young baby is foolish too, unless its is caffiene free and they are not able to drink milk maybe it is an option

but you have made yourself look a twat op, well done :)

Yes, except if it is Earl Grey.

YABU, gave my daughter tea (in a sippy cup not a bottle ) from her being about one & there is nothing she loves more (well maybe a hot choccie) than her afternoon cuppa & a biscuit, I'm not council housed though I have been known to get a little violent when provoked.........

BTW did tell my HV at the time & she said was absolutely fine as long as she didn't have it to accompany a meal as it does stop iron absorbing, so there speaks a health professional.........

Coffee has way more caffeine than tea

my health visitor told me to give dd1 coffee or tea in a cup when she was 6 months old, I didn't as she seemed fine with just milk - but I bets lots of her parents did do this with tea and coffee.

I take it that advise has changed in the last 20 years

it was me, i sometimes give my 17 month old tea in a bottle. His gran sometimes gives him barleycup (minging barley drink) but ds2 likes and drinks it so why not. Everything in moderation, i say. So YABU.

I remember tea from a tippee cup, sometime in the 70s. Don't offer it to DS (3) but he often pinches tea and coffee from my own mug. If he asked for tea I'd probably give him some decaff. Probably better than his obsession with diet coke

YANBU my son was drinking a grande double shot cappuccino with extra foam by then. Bloody chavs.

We give weak chamomile tea in bottles to babies with upset stomachs were I'm from.

And I used to regularly have something called 'cafe d'orzo' (barley 'coffee') from 3ish onwards.

YANBU. Tea for babies is ridiculous. Dons medical hat Not to mention no good for them as it can interfere with iron absorption.
What on earth's wrong with good old milk and water and the odd bit of fruit juice?! It's not like they'll be any the wiser if you don't introduce them to tea. If they've never tried it, they won't miss it!

How do you know it was tea? It could have been piss for all you know.

What's wrong with tea? DS2 is 13 months and drinks milky tea from his tommee tippee lid cup (doesn't have bottles). I used to do the same. I also had my ears pierced when I was 2 () and my mum is no way a chav, she prides herself a lot on being educated and cultured.

Right so there are two objections to tea - caffeine and tannins.

Caffeine content of tea is very variable, a lot depends on type of tea, how long it is brewed for etc. As a general rule children under two should not be given bottles containing strong builders tea brewed for five minutes with 3 or more teaspoons of sugar per cup since this will rot their teeth and even worse keep them awake. But a weak cup of tea with milk no sugar will contain roughly the same amount of caffeine as a small bar of chocolate, be a lot better for your child's teeth and be vastly more dainty.

Tannin affects the absorption of non-haem iron only. If your child's main dietary source of iron is red meat then you probably don't need to fret. If they are not keen on red meat then tea should definitely be avoided near meals and if they drink it a lot you should up the amount of non-haem iron sources in their diet. Plus make sure they get plenty of vit c at meals since this improves iron absorption.

Hurrah for penelope the saviour of tea!

this thread confuses me, I live in a council house but I don't even like tea...

I was at a health visitor conference about 5 years ago and went to a research presentation which found lots of health benefits from tea, and they were RECOMMENDING it for kids (although dunno from what age so don't anyone start feeding their DCs tea now, as I don't want to be sued. Do your own research!).

The conference was the CPHVA. Not quite the same as CHAV but nearly.

Am I the only one who had no idea anyone did this? How bizarre... How come I've never met anyone giving their baby tea?!! I'm going to start asking around to establish whether this is one of those "only on MN" things or an actual real-life occurrence

I live for tannins and caffeine. I don't drink much tea though. I prefer coffee and red wine. So do my babies.

I do puffpants