To be a bit eyebrow raise when friend gave her 18mo ds coffee?

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Just that really. Let her ds slurp from her latte when we were in caffe Nero.

This is bringing to mind a radio segment I heard a couple of years ago which was basically taking the p* out of people thinking they're so sophis with all their lah-tays and capoos, when they have miniscule amounts of coffee in them compared to the size of the drink, it's just grown ups who like to drink hot milk and disguise it with a bit of coffee. It's one espresso diffused through an enormous bucket of hot milk. I'd like someone to tell me how much caffeine is in one slurp of froth. If someone knows that figure, and the likely impact on a small child's behaviour, then eyebrow-raise away.

YABU, IMO.

My 2 dd's love the coffee froth from the top of my cappuccino and love to slurp the dregs from the cup too, what on earth is the problem?! It's a tiny amount. When I was a toddler my parents used to warm my beaker of milk with a slosh of hot tea from the pot every morning. Why is everyone so hysterical about this stuff these days?!

Oh and she used a bottle from 13 months to her 4th birthday.

Is that an eyebrow raising thing too then?

DD 25 months drinks from cups but has a bottle of milk before bed. Mostly because it helps her sleep but partly because I'm a bit sad and it makes me feel like I have a wee baby again

A milky decaf coffee in a bottle is the most bizarre thing I've heard for a while How did that come about? What made you decide on decaf coffee as a baby beverage?

I don't think its right either ..but then I was flamed just acouple of ddays ago for saying the same thing about tea and my nephew. ...lol

I don't know about "these days" - in my family we weren't allowed caffeinated drinks until we were about 7 when we were children and that's nearly 40 years ago!

I've offered DD a taste of my coffee when out, but its decaf, although onlookers wouldn't know! She's always refused to try it anyway...

maja - I only drank decaf, she would have slurps and kept trying to get my cup when it was hot, I would make her some for her bottle and it kinda stuck!

piano - I believe bottles past the age of 1 are considered a bad parenting choice (paraphrased) However, DD used it for comfort same as yours. No harm done. She left them on the doorstep one Christmas Eve "for the babies" (no idea what babies!)

I don't dare give DD (19m) coffee, as she'd then mither for it even more. I'd rather she not know what she's missing. Why would I want to make my child discontented?

"for the babies" haha!

I'm only finding out loads of this stuff from Mnet since I joined! Before that I never even looked at a baby mag.

I did bf for a year and a half so maybe that cancels out the bad supper bottle - well, in the eyes of people who care anyway. If it doesn't so be it

Df has always gave ds a sip of coffee/ds steals cups from the table I don't like it but I also don't arsey about it anymore either. Turns out he likes black tea and 'red' tea - raspberry - too. He's 21 months.

Bit judgey pants don't you think? A slurp of tea or coffee won't hurt.

piano - me too, 13 months BF cancelled out the 3 years on the bottle In actual fact I'd no idea you were supposed to wean onto a sippy cup!