2 year old having cup of tea at nursery

[Pumpkinsoup22]

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.

[LaurieMarlow]

I wouldn't want my child drinking ANY caffeine

Who say they were? It could well have been decaff.

Also you do know there’s caffeine in chocolate, right?

[Nothingunpleasant]

Just no!

ratetea.com/topic/aluminum-in-tea/108/

[Camomila]

I'm very surprised they have hot drinks at nursery (even though I'm sure its luke warm)

DS likes any hot drink for its biscuit dunking properties. I occassionally let him have a fingers worth of tea in his own cup to dunk biscuits in if Im having tea with soneone.

[amusedbush]

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

[Samind]

This is making me laugh. The caffeinated babies of yesteryear proudly defending their tea drinking status as babies 😂😂 I still have my first tea cup from over 20 years ago which my gran bought!!! Mine's will be offered tea when she's older an if she doesn't like it, then I'll be devastated but deal with it.😂 Lolling at the wooden wine bottles 😂😂

[PickledLimes]

MN is insane. Heaven forbid that toddlers have some milky weak tea but once they're 13 it's fine to ply them with alcohol because they'll only drink it anyway and they couldn't possibly consider having a party without it.

[insancerre]

I’ve worked in early years for 30 years and I’ve never seen or heard of children having tea to drink, it’s milk or water most places
Hell, most nurseries don’t even serve biscuits

Op, just tell the nursey no tea for your dc

[IVEgottheDECAF]

I would be asking to see their health and nutrition policy, what is the food and drink like usually?

[LaurieMarlow]

Heaven forbid that toddlers have some milky weak tea but once they're 13 it's fine to ply them with alcohol because they'll only drink it anyway

So true.

Is tea seen as ‘common’? Is that the problem?

[darkandtwistyinside]

My 3 yo ds needs movicol for his bowels. He needs it. After months and months of perseverance trying to get him to take it in water, juice, even fizzy flavoured water, choc milk etc, the only thing he accepts it I is one of those cold Starbucks latte things that come ready to drink with a little straw 🙈

Has has half of one every single day. I feel like an awful mum but what can I do.

This will be very outing if anyone I know reads this as I don't know many 3yo that drink them haha

[Thurmanmurman]

Nobody is going to give a toddler proper tea
What nonsense! Everyone loves a brew, as proved by a previous thread about office tea making politics☕️

[Orangepear]

My 2yo and 5yo like the odd cup of tea. I won't allow them squash though. Everyone has different ideas on parenting!

[Siriismyonlyfriend]

Start conversation, nursery ,please stop giving my ds tea, I’m not happy with it, end conversation.
Doesn’t need to be a big deal

[WineIsMyCarb]

What exactly is there to worry about? That children will be given so many hundreds of lorry-driver strength tea a day that the iron will leech out of their bones?!?!

It's a cup of tea ffs! Willing to be there's pollution, sugary cereals, tablet computers, flu virus and stairs in your lives too. All of the above far more dangerous to child's health and well-being.

If you'd rather he not have tea then politely mention to nursery that you would rather he only drank milk and water.

[user789653241]

Did you check what kind of tea it was? In my native country, babies have tea as a regular drink. Not the English tea with caffeine, but the harmless one without it.

[JockTamsonsBairns]

I would be asking to see their health and nutrition policy

Oh, hell's teeth! This place is hilarious

[RichPetunia]

Don't see the problem 😊

[Windingstreams]

www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/drinks-and-cups-children/

From the NHS site ‘tea and coffee aren’t suitable for babies or young children’.

Tea has caffeine but also inhibits iron absorption so whilst it’s not going to hurt as a one off every day drinking of it would not be good. I’m very surprised a nursery is doing this

[IVEgottheDECAF]

Oh, hell's teeth! This place is hilarious

I actually work in early years. I know what I am talking about.

[Crinkle77]

Jeez it's not like they're giving them crack

[Kismetjayn]

We have tea and snack time after nursery every day :')

Builders tea, camomile, green, fruit, jasmine, earl grey... I love our little post-nursery ritual, gets her into a nice habit of telling me about her day over a cup of tea which I'd happily extend until I'm geriatric

[SilentSister]

My two started having "tea" at quite a young age. Not regularly, and always very weak. To those saying why not give them milk or water.... well that's pretty much what it was. Warm water, milk and a waft of a teabag.

Really, so many rules nowadays. Personally I never gave mine squash, too much sugar, so swings and roundabouts I suppose.

As teens they drink lots of tea and coffee. Morning and night. Nespresso machine went to uni with DD1, along with loose leaf tea, and special filters. All very middle class.

[LaurieMarlow]

For those asking to see the nutrition policies, I trust you’re also questioning any use of sugar (even in baking) and processed meat (sausages/ham/nugget type stuff) as these are much more detrimental to health than tea.

[IVEgottheDECAF]

I would be looking to see if things like that were covered in the policy yes laurie