Sil giving my baby tea

[abi9396]

My baby is 6 months in 2 weeks. He stayed the night and mil and sil house last night. He came back with tea stains over his bib and sock. My eldest son then told me that sil had given him some of her tea to drink. Mil, sil and my partner are all denying this and claims the baby spilled her tea on accident and that’s how it’s over his bib and sock. If they did can this be harmful at his age I am worried?

He's 7. The OP already said that.

Mine loved a drink of milky tea. Far better than sweetened drinks. They drink tea and coffee now as adults in preference to fizzy and juice drinks.

I’m pointing out that the ‘I’m alright’ is dodgy logic.

Why did you want to have children if you couldn’t be bothered to do the absolute basics with a newborn?

Why on earth would you give a baby tea? What's the point?

You know it’s not a case of “tea or fizzy drinks” right!m? They can just drink water.

Meh as a seventies baby we were reared on tea ,can't stand the stuff now or coffee for that matter but a drop of milky tea is hardly the end of the world .

And if you were my child’s grandmother and you gave it to them without my permission you wouldn’t see them unsupervised again. How do you manage this in practice? Do you pack up meals for your child, or do you ask her to phone you every time she’s considering giving your child something to eat? All sorts of things that were routinely fed to babies 30 years ago are now not recommended. How is grandmother to know?

I remember babies with tea in their bottles when I was young. It was considered common as were dummies back then.

Where has the OP said it was hot tea? I was imagining a forgotten about cup left on the floor that has gone cold, particularly as no burns are mentioned.

No not to baby's under six months it's dangerous to give water.

So none of yous were given tea as a baby..... I'm early 40s and my mum done this with my kids 15yrs ago.

Its hardly child abuse, i see it more being spoilt with other relatives.

In 20yrs time were going to have a generation of kids with no immunity or personalities.

Drinking tea doesn’t give you immunity or personality HTH.

Of course I'm not saying it should be done.

Not sure how you got that from my post at all as I pointed out exactly why babies should NOT have tea (caffeine, tannins etc.)

I was simply sharing that it used to be common to tell OP that if her baby has swallowed a small amount of tea as a one off she shouldn't worry about him being seriously ill from it.

Please try to actually read what someone has said thoroughly before feeling like you need to jump on and correct it

How do you manage this in practice? Do you pack up meals for your child, or do you ask her to phone you every time she’s considering giving your child something to eat?

@MereDintofPandiculation Easily. I said she wouldn’t see them unsupervised again and I would mean it. So I wouldn’t need to pack anything to send or need her to ask me for guidance because my child wouldn’t being there without me or my husband.

So this was a sip of tea? Which the baby didn't like and that the 7 year old noticed? A sip?

Water is dangerous? WTAF?

Batshit

So much drama over a few sips of tea!
I'm truly baffled by some of these reactions. Exactly what damage is a tiny bit of tea going to do?
"Survivor bias" doesn't apply to tasting a cuppa for God's sake.

For a baby under 6 months it is, yes, because baby’s cannot regulate their water and electrolyte balance due to their kidneys not being fully formed yet.

What a judgemental thing to say about kids!
In reality, they usually lie when they are embarrassed/ ashamed and feel the need to hide it (usually because they don't expect understanding).

The adults here are the embarrassed ones and making up stories, trying to explain the tea stains.

When dc get older you can laugh about certain things but at six months after giving birth someone had hot tea near my baby with watercress intention I'd be hitting the roof.

Formula fed babies under 6 months can be given cooled boiled water according to the nhs website

You’ve made me feel like I’m more relaxed than I thought I was so thank you for that.

Yes, but that is only for FF babies and only small amounts if necessary during hot weather.

So there are lots of conditions with it and generally isn’t necessary in the UK where we don’t often get hot enough weather to necessitate it.

The point still stands that it can be dangerous for all babies to have water due to the developing kidneys as you risk water intoxication and over hydration.

So it can be given, which contradicts your point that it couldn’t