Caffeine and unhappy baby?

Nautical2012

Have any of you coffee drinkers noticed a change in your baby's behavior when consuming caffeine?  My LC said caffeine was ok.

My 6 week old has been much more fussy lately in the evening, and I'm wondering if it has to do with my drinking a very large iced coffee during the day as well as a couple cans of diet coke?

I have cut out the caffeine to see if she she is less fussy, but I'm wondering if any of you have experienced this?

sadsadie

I don't think cutting the caffeine is a bad idea (you're probably getting more than the recommended minimum of 300mg per day), but a lot of babies experience fussiness in the evening, it is completely normal, so the caffeine might not actually be the problem. Also, consider that at 6 weeks LO is probably due for a good growth spurt; that could be contributing as well. Give it a try though!

ColesMommy0606

sadsadie:

I don't think cutting the caffeine is a bad idea (you're probably getting more than the recommended minimum of 300mg per day), but a lot of babies experience fussiness in the evening, it is completely normal, so the caffeine might not actually be the problem. Also, consider that at 6 weeks LO is probably due for a good growth spurt; that could be contributing as well. Give it a try though!

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jess!ca

There's a post about this a few threads down, so check that out.  It may not be the caffine at all, and my just be regular evening fussiness.  There's also a growth spurt around 6 weeks so that may be causing it.

I drink 1 latte a day.  If you are drinking a large coffee plus sodas, it could be more than your LO can handle, so if all else fails, try to cut back for a few days and see if it makes a difference.  (Although at the end you say you cut it out, so did it work?)

lisac1017

I gave up coffee at 7 weeks with great resistance. It took 5 days to notice an increase in sleeping and decrease in fussiness. It's been 7 months now and I still can't drink it. : sigh oh well....

Soon2BMrsN

6 weeks was the peak point of fussiness for both of my boys, so I doubt it has anything to do with the caffeine.

katiewhompus

I have just now been able to drink caffeine without it affecting dd, but only before noon.most people seem to have no issues but dds behavior was greatly changed by caffeine

LesleyT

If you do your research, you'll find many studies that find that babies cannot process/eliminate caffeine like adults. Therefore, it may be causing your LO to get fussy. It happened to me. I backed off and went back to decaf and gradually increased the caffeine over a few m months. I'm now up to half caff at 4mo and LO is just fine with it. I could prob do full caffeine but I'm ok with half caff for now.

If you try n caffeine for a few days and then caffeine one day and you see a noticeable behavior change- you'll know what it is. Just try a little experiment to see- LO will be ok