{"id":85,"date":"2022-03-24T15:48:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T15:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibclcmaryam.com\/?p=85"},"modified":"2022-03-24T15:54:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T15:54:24","slug":"breastfeeding-and-caffeine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibclcmaryam.com\/ar\/breastfeeding-and-caffeine\/","title":{"rendered":"Breastfeeding and Caffeine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"introduction\">Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>Most breastfeeding mothers can drink caffeine in moderation. Some babies, particularly those under 6 months, may be more sensitive to mom\u2019s caffeine intake. Babies whose mothers avoided caffeine completely during pregnancy seem to react more to caffeine in mom\u2019s diet. Even if baby is sensitive to the caffeine now, he may not be when he\u2019s a little older \u2014 so if you do have to stop or limit your caffeine intake, you can try again when baby is older.<\/p>\n<p>Per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0826128580\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0826128580&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=kellysattachm-20&amp;linkId=4a9506687976e47fdaceca93f240f1fe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Medications and Mother\u2019s Milk<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Hale 2017, p. 139-140) caffeine is in Lactation Risk Category L2 (safer); milk levels are quite low (0.06-1.5% of maternal dose) and usually peak 1-2 hours after ingestion. One study has indicated that chronic coffee drinking might decrease iron content of breastmilk (Nehlig &amp; Debry, 1994). The American Academy of Pediatrics has classified caffeine as a \u201cMaternal Medication Usually Compatible with Breastfeeding.\u201d Caffeine is given directly to premature babies (as a treatment for breathing problems) in much higher levels than than those generally found in the breastmilk of mothers who consume caffeine.<\/p>\n<p>If your baby is sensitive to caffeine, it will typically become less of an issue as baby gets older. Newborns have a much harder time metabolizing caffeine than older infants. Preterm or ill infants might also have more problems with mom\u2019s caffeine intake.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"is-baby-sensitive-to-my-caffeine-intake\">Is baby sensitive to my caffeine intake?<\/h2>\n<p>According to\u00a0<em>Breastfeeding Answers Made Simple<\/em>\u00a0(Hale Publishing 2010, p. 521), excessive caffeine consumption by the mother (more than 750 mg per day) can result in a baby who shows signs of caffeine stimulation. \u201cIf a mother consumes daily 750 mg of caffeine or more \u2013 the amount of caffeine in five 5-oz cups of coffee \u2013 and her baby seems irritable, fussy, and doesn\u2019t sleep long\u201d she can try substituting caffeine-free beverages for a week or two.<\/p>\n<p>If your baby seems particularly wakeful or fussy and there is a significant amount of caffeine in your diet, you might want to cut back or stop the caffeine for 2-3 weeks to see if it makes a difference. If you cut out caffeine, consider decreasing it slowly since abruptly stopping caffeine can result in headaches or other symptoms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">If caffeine stimulation is a problem for baby, it may take a few days to a week after mom eliminates caffeine for baby to become less fussy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Most breastfeeding mothers can drink caffeine in moderation. Some  [&#8230;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibclcmaryam.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibclcmaryam.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibclcmaryam.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibclcmaryam.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibclcmaryam.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ibclcmaryam.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibclcmaryam.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibclcmaryam.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibclcmaryam.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibclcmaryam.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}