2 year old having cup of tea at nursery

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My dshas just moved out of baby room. When I collected him the other day was told he'd just had a cup of tea and biscuit. I assumed they were role playing and really meant water or milk. However the staff member said no real tea. AIBU to think this isn't really appropriate for 2 year olds.? Before this I've never had any concerns at all with the nursery.

I didn't give my DS's tea or coffee until they were much older. Guess what? They didn't like either and still don't as adults.
I now wish I'd been less precious about it and we could all have a nice cup of tea together!!

My two year old often swipes my coffee.

Arsehole.

Come on folks it’s weak tea not methadone

my son hated milk but hv said he had to have it so i put decaff coffee in it and he drank it but we ran out he sobbed on the bus all the way to the town crying I NEED MY COFFEE I NEEEEEEEED COFFEE!! the morning commuters were all " i hear you son i know how you feel" never been on a more sympathetic bus ever

he has now started to drink tea when he goes to his friends house ive bought him some for home

Aww, this has reminded me how my Grandma used to give me the lukewarm tea off her saucer after my Grandpa had brought her a cup in bed.

What sort of tea? Herbal, fruit all fine to me. Black not so much

While it’s super cute tea and biscuits is actually a bad habit to get them into. Tea is a hit if a nonissue but daily biscuits isn’t good considering that they will already be having puddings.

My HV advised me not to give DS tea when he was little because of the iron absorption issue.

I wouldn’t be happy with a toddler having tea as the tannins make it harder to absorb iron.

Not heard of it at nursery, but my oldest DC has had the occasional cup since she was a toddler. I will give younger one some if he shows an interest and probably baby once born and older. I've heard it can effect iron absorption so I keep it to every now and then (maximum of once a week) and it's basically tea flavoured as I don't seep the bags for long.

I would not like this either, the only drinks they should be giving him at nursery are milk or water.
Even if it liewarm/weak or whatever, it's not up to them.

Come on folks it’s weak tea not methadone

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What?! I'd be livid.

Are they giving a boiling cup of tea to toddlers? Is it the regular 'English tea' with caffeine? If so, I'd be asking them WHY?

It may be a fruit tea or something, but I'd be seriously questioning why they do this. Warm milk would suffice surely....

I don’t understand why black tea has suddenly gotten such a bad rep.

You’d have to be drinking buckets of the stuff to affect iron absorption.

If the staff want tea and biscuits then they don’t have to give them same to the children! When I worked in schools, we’d have a tea or coffee in a sealed mug whilst the children had their squash or milk. We didn’t think ‘oh shit, I’m having a black coffee, better give little Jeremy one too’

I know a two year old who drinks Lapsang Soughing - he started having sips of his mum's and now asks for his own cup. She just makes it week with tons of milk. I very much doubt the nursery are handing boiling hot cups of builders tea to two year olds. I'd just clarify what they actually had.

I know this will go against the census, but honestly, I'd move nurseries.

I'd not like that. I have what is probably an entirely unreasonable dislike of kids drinking tea. But neither DH nor i drink it so it's never been offered to DD at home. I'd have been put out if someone gave it to her as a toddler and I wouldn't be happy now. She's 9.

My DC are now 15 and 17. I used to give them cups of tea when they were toddlers.They had tea for breakfast and mid afternoon (i.e. when DH and I did). Theirs was pretty weak and milky, but tea all the same. If I had toddlers now, I'd do the same again.

i very much doubt the nursery are handing boiling hot cups of builders tea to two year olds

Is your child going to nursery in 1976?

I know this will go against the census, but honestly, I'd move nurseries.

Seriously?

You wouldn’t just ask them not to give your child tea? Would that be too easy?

I wouldn't want my child drinking ANY caffeine, if it was a one off i would have been okay about one tea but no, my child drinks squash or water and thats it.