Caffeine and breastfeeding - when will my hell end?

[Marzipants]

Breast fed 4 month old is having an all night party. She's normally not a terrible sleeper, but I think the problem is that I forgot I wasn't a normal person any more and drank a coffee at 4:30pm.

Clearly I am being punished.

At the moment she's lying in bed gumming her fists and blowing raspberries. She's happy, but also noisy.

Anyone know how long she'll be high for?

Monday.

Not really. But now if I say 'the morning it doesn't sound as bad...

Just after I posted I thought I may as well put her in her cot, thinking that at least if she had a cry it might wear her out. Terrible mother.

She happily gurgled to herself for ten minutes and then fell asleep FOR SIX HOURS. I feel like she's doing psychological trials on me. She must be on MN.

I doubt it was the caffeine, just normal baby tomfoolery!

I slowly started drinking more and more caffeine until back to normal levels and it had absolutely no negative effect!

Glad you got some sleep

A coffee would have made zero difference. It doesn't turn breast milk into espresso.

Yeah I don't think caffeine has anything to do with it! Ok so there will be a small amount of babies who are caffeine sensitive. But I think unless you're chain drinking the espresso, there's nothing to worry about! I avoided caffeine for the first 3 months but now DD is almost 9 months, and shows NO sign of stopping breastfeeding, my two coffees a day are the only thing that keep me going...