"Condensed milk, or a cup of milky tea"

[Celesse]

"Condensed milk, or a cup of milky tea"<< MIL's suggestions for helping fill LO up so she will sleep better . (no, we are not giving them to her).

Where do they get these ideas from?! I mean tea contains caffeine and I can't imagine giving it to LO and I'm pretty sure condensed milk is packed with sugar.

 

[lanaross]

funny about condensed milk. Pretty sure I heard the tea advice before. I think they actually have decaff teas and teas for babies? not sure, was never really keen on the idea of my LO sipping tea

 

[hannahR]

My daughter Hollie loves tea....she is 4 though! She has a cup every now and then. Wouldnt have given it to her at 10 months though. x

 

[Mrs Mayhem]

Oh my life! condensed milk is practically pure sugar!!

 

[Cookie1979]

I used to have tea in my bottle but it was really milky, but I loved it...I dont know how old I was though. When I went to school I'd take tea in my flask, I found it comforting.

Theres always decaf tea!!!

 

[Lara310809]

I've been given that advice too. Here it was pretty normal (back in the day) to give your baby condensed milk, and even when I was young (I was born and raised in England), my parents would give me tea. Many people who were parents 20+ years ago will tell you these "miracle" suggestions, but you know what's best for your baby. I don't want my LO hyped up on caffeine, so I won't give her black tea. Herbal tea is another thing altogether, because that contains no caffeine.

 

[Lyndz]

@ condensed milk and kids with tea in bottle looks so terrible!

But condensed milk, i used to drink that by the truck load when i was pregnant!

 

[blahblahblah]

30-40ish years ago, condensed or evaporated milk were routinely given to babies.

 

[oliviarose]

Ohh I havent heard of this. The ones I get told to use is baby rice or rusk in a bottle. My LO is BF too, I can't get rusk into my bood, lol.

Soon people will be telling us to give them baby rice as soon as they are born xxx