What to Avoid During Breastfeeding: Caffeine

what to avoid during breastfeeding: caffeine

Caffeine

Almost all women can take 1 or 2 drinks with it (coffee, black tea, cola or energizing) a day without harming their baby. However, some children are more sensitive, so parents should be vigilant for signs that will give your child to know whether to moderate or stop their use:

Because caffeine stimulates the nervous system, you will notice that affects the child when he revealed colic, sleeplessness, nervousness, irritability and poor appetite.

If the infant is fussy after drinking milk and the mother has drunk coffee or similar, to decrease the dose you consume for a couple of weeks. Newborns can not remove the caffeine from the body as rapidly as children and adults.

When sensitivity persists, definitely stop drinks and other products with stimulants, like chocolate.

Never drink coffee at night and then feeding a child, it can cause insomnia.

Consult your doctor, surely will advise decaffeinated coffee and tea.

credit to: MarĂ­a Elena Moura

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