To be furious at DH for giving DD2 coffee?

[chldev]

DD2 turned 2 just over a week ago. We also had a 3yo and I'm 7 months pregnant. DH went to Starbucks and got himself a coffee, I came down stairs and he was giving DD2 a drink of it. I'm already exhausted due to this pregnancy, DD2 is now running around and it's safe to say she won't nap. DH doesn't seem to think it's an issue and that I'm BU to be furious.

AIBU?

A sip of coffee isn't going to make her extra wild or unable to nap honestly.

A sip? Yabu

A few sips of a coffee isn’t making anyone hyper , you need to calm down a bit OP

I think you are overreacting too but it's easily done when you are exhausted and heavily pregnant.

I’ve let mine literally have a drop from the cup because they’re soooo interested in it
they don’t even like it it’s just to satiate their interest
there is no way unless she drank half the cup that this is affecting her energy levels
its like people that swear certain foods make their child wild, there’s been studies to show there’s actually not much of a link. It’s psychological- confirmation bias so you think dd is going crazy due to a sip of coffee because you’ve seen her drink it

I think you are overthinking this. If you are tired and you are both home can you take yourself off to bed for a nap?

Get him to take her to the park and run some laps

YABU

it’s a sip of coffee

not crack cocaine

Major over reaction. Kids are interested in what adults have, it's how they learn.

“For kids, there are a lot of potential health implications of caffeine,” says pediatric endocrinologist Roy Kim, MD. So many, in fact, that the American Academy of Pediatrics says there’s currently no proven safe dose of caffeine for children.

Dr. Kim explains what you need to know about kids and caffeine, including what it can do and how much is safe.

health.clevelandclinic.org/is-caffeine-bad-for-kids/amp/

@chldev YANBU

YANBU. He’s her parent, he needs to learn how to say no to her.

I do think you are over-reacting- probably hormones?

Try and chill, he didn’t do anything that bad and I really doubt it’s the coffee making your daughter hyper (unless she had loads).

But maybe he could keep her busy or take her out for a bit to wear her out before nap time… give you a chance to rest

Yes YABU

A little sip won't hurt her.

A drink of it or a little sip?
I think you're taking it a bit out of proportion, but I get it ... sleep deprivation is tough!

Oh, for the love of God. He's talking about people giving kids their own drink of something containing caffeine on a daily basis, not a child being given a one-off sip of coffee. Have some sense.

American Academy of Pediatrics says there’s currently no proven safe dose of caffeine for children

That will be because it would not be ethical to run a study to find out.

Mil used to give kids foam of her cappuccino- it gave me the rage - I was very sleep deprived

It’s a sip. Yabu. My dd1 first taste of food was a chocolate magnum I caught her dad letting her suck on when she was 4 months old. I was a bit pissed off and he got some educating that day, no one died though🙄

Key word there ‘potential’

there is also no safe level as you can’t ethically study it

How some on here made it through school baffles me

YABU but you’re tired.

I think it sounds like you need your husband to give you more of a break from the kids if the thought of a nap time being disrupted is so devastating for your but not a problem for him.

If it’s only a sip then your over reacting. If he let her chug half the cup you have every right to be annoyed.

It was a drink of it not just a sip. He can't have her as he's going to play football this afternoon as he does every Sunday. So therefore I have to look after DD2 that wont nap and try and make sure she doesn't wake up DD1.

If she's truly running around more than usual that sounds like placebo by proxy - kid's reacting to your own behaviour rather than the minimitesimal amount of caffeine she ingested. Shove both kids at DH and go get some sleep.