LeFlump Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 My sister-in-law has started to give her 4 y.o. son coffee. He likes it sweet, with two sugars, and has lots of milk to keep it cool. Am I alone in finding this madness? Tell me I'm not alone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladesman Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Surely going to make him hyper? Certainly with sugar in. Sit back with some popcorn and watch the chaos unfold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonbird Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Weak milky decaff would be ok in my opinion, same for tea, no more than half a sugar though if any, I wouldn't give them caffeine at 4 unless I wanted a child bouncing off the walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0rd Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Surely going to make him hyper? Certainly with sugar in. Sit back with some popcorn and watch the chaos unfold. This has been shown to be unfounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANGELFIRE1 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Coffee at 4yo, weakish with a small ammonut of sugar - fine I imagine. Angel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laineyiow Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Maybe it depends on the child. My daughter drank tea with milk and sugar when she was under 4 and was never hyper! She also ate sweets and food that mum's these days would I imagine deem 'bad' for their offspring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeFlump Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 No, it's not weak and it's not decaff. It's one spoon of instant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laineyiow Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 No, it's not weak and it's not decaff. It's one spoon of instant. Can't see anything wrong with that at all - am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawny1970 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 my 8 month old keeps nicking the dregs of my tassimo coffee!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladesman Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 This has been shown to be unfounded. I think the whole hyper child, sugar/caffeine thing is probably a myth. I believe some parents use it as a reason to mask the fact their child is being a little brat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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