Mom gave E coffee?!?!

hersheykiss · December 2011

OMG I want to hurt my mom. So instead I am coming here to vent.

I love my mom but sometimes I wonder where her brain went. I was doing some work on the computer and Emme comes in and tells me, "Mommy! Look I got coffee! It's yummy." And me being me thought that she was pretending and my mom had given her oj, or at the very worst chocolate milk. The room was dark and I didn't really look in her cup (stupid me). So I played along. An hour later I see 2 cups on E's highchair and one has light brown liquid in it that wasn't choc. milk.

"Momma, did you really give Emme coffee?" "Well, of course I did. It was only a couple of tablespoons with LOTS of milk. Nothing bad"

Due to the fact that my mom and her husband are here for another week I just gave her a very ugly look and poured out the drink. I cannot believe she thought it was OK to give Emme ANY coffee. I went and locked myself in the bathroom so I wouldn't hurt her.

Kara5109 · December 2011

I would have said something, but my mom knows better than that.

hersheykiss · December 2011

Kara5109:
I would have said something, but my mom knows better than that.

Mine does too. I don't know why she thought it was ok.

ames71 · December 2011

A full cup of coffee and I'd definitely be WTF?! A couple of tablespoons though? Eh. I think you're overreacting, but she's your kid, so your rules.

cynnichinny13 · December 2011

My mom knows better. I'm also not afraid to let her know how I feel. I see her all the time though and we treat each other like teenage girls. So I can see why holding it in would be best since she's visiting for the week. I would suggest making a comment about you not appreciating her doing that & that she shouldn't do it again.

joliemariée · December 2011

is a few tablespoons with milk really that big of a deal?

melody921 · December 2011

I probably would have just said, "Hey, no coffee for the LO. We're waiting until she's at least school-aged." Gets your point across without having to get into a fight about it. FWIW, I wouldn't want DS having coffee either.

MrsSR · December 2011

My niece would sometimes get a tablespoon of coffee mixed in with lots of milk. I don't see an issue, but that's just me.

g8trkim · December 2011

I dunno. I would just drop it. I can understand why you're annoyed but I would just let this one go. Hopefully your mom realized you were annoyed and won't do it again. Every time we see my grandmother she lets Grant take a sip of her coke. He gets to see her maybe 3 times a year so I just bite my tongue.

historychick79 · December 2011

ames17:
A full cup of coffee and I'd definitely be WTF?! A couple of tablespoons though? Eh. I think you're overreacting, but she's your kid, so your rules.

My POV. I can understand why you're upset, but I wouldn't be.

ANJ410 · December 2011

Yeah, that is sheer stupidity, but I think that goes along with the generation. My FIL let my son drink soda out of a can (don't know what's worse, the soda or the fact he could have sliced his entire lip and mouth open on the edge of the can) when he was 7 months old and to this day thinks I am totally uptight because I got annoyed about it!

drewiekc · December 2011

Meh, annoying but not rage worthy.

Also, why would it be considered "chocolate milk at the VERY WORST"?

jlthompson19 · December 2011

I'd be pissed, but I'm a food/beverage nazi. DD has only ever had milk and water to drink.

Kitiara5512 · December 2011

ames17:
A full cup of coffee and I'd definitely be WTF?! A couple of tablespoons though? Eh. I think you're overreacting, but she's your kid, so your rules.

This.

delg23 · December 2011

No way in hellllllll I would have shut my mouth about that. That is freaken ridiculous.

Temp937723687505543 · December 2011

If your mom knows how you feel about giving E anything besides, say, milk and water, then I can see why you would be upset. The fact that it's coffee to me isn't that big of a deal. Anna will take a sip or two of my coffee after it's cooled- black, with no sugar or milk.

kg_08 · December 2011

I'm in the "not a big deal" camp. You're really freaking out that badly about a couple tablespoons in an entire cup of milk?

My kid has chocolate milk at least a couple times a week, dessert a few times a week, taco bell or mcdonalds, and if I'm drinking coffee/cappuccino she gets a couple sips. She also eats carrots, broccoli, cheese, yogurt, etc.. in a balanced diet with a multivitamin.

Everything in moderation, and honestly I'm one of those parents that says if you deprive your kit from certain things that's when they go crazy over it later.

My two cents.

pink.dutch.tulips · December 2011

ames17:
A full cup of coffee and I'd definitely be WTF?! A couple of tablespoons though? Eh. I think you're overreacting, but she's your kid, so your rules.

this only b/c it was a fairly common occurrance in my dad's family to give toddlers coffee w/ LOTS of milk in it - couple tablespoons of coffee to a half cup or more of milk. fwiw, it didn't stunt his growth (the shortest of the siblings is my dad's 6'0" sister) and he never suffered from any learning disabilities either ( add or adhd).

dd knows what coffee is, she knows what it smells like (and LOVES the smell too) but i have yet to give her any ... fully leaded starbucks french roast is NOT meant for toddlers.

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