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Introduction
Most breastfeeding mothers can drink caffeine in moderation. Some babies, particularly those under 6 months, may be more sensitive to mom's caffeine intake. Babies whose mothers avoided caffeine completely during pregnancy seem to react more to caffeine in mom's diet. Even if baby is sensitive to the caffeine now, he may not be when he's a little older -- so if you do have to stop or limit your caffeine intake, you can try again when baby is older.
Caffeine is approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics for use in breastfeeding mothers. Per Medications and Mother's Milk (Hale 2002, p. 100-102) caffeine is in Lactation Risk Category L2 (safer); milk levels are quite low (0.06-1.5% of maternal dose) and usually peak 1 hour after ingestion. One study has indicated that chronic coffee drinking might decrease iron content of breastmilk (Nehlig & Debry, 1994).
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's caffeine intake.
Half-Life of Caffeine
Age Half-Life
Newborn 65-130 hours [2.7-5.4 days]
3 - 5 months approx. 14 hours
4-9 months 3-7 hours
Adult 3-7 hours
References: USP DI 2001, Hale 2002
Is baby sensitive to my caffeine intake?
According to the Breastfeeding Answer Book (LLLI 2003, p. 599-600), excessive caffeine consumption by the mother (more than 750 mL per day) can result in a baby who shows signs of caffeine stimulation. "A baby who is being overstimulated by caffeine is a wide-eyed, active, alert baby who doesn't sleep for long. He may also be unusually fussy."
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.
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.
Does caffeine decrease milk supply?
There is no evidence that caffeine decreases milk supply.
The myth that caffeine will decrease milk supply is widespread. Many moms consume caffeine, and it ought to be easy to document any adverse effects of caffeine on milk supply. No such effect has been observed, however, despite a number of studies of caffeine intake in breastfeeding mothers and years of clinical observations. In fact, one study (Nehlig & Debry, 1994) indicates that caffeine can stimulate milk production. A baby who is fussy and jittery from caffeine stimulation may not nurse well, however, which could lead to a decreased milk supply over time (due to decreased nursing, rather than the mother's caffeine intake).
Caffeine Sources
Caffeine can be found in coffee, tea, soft drinks, sports/energy drinks (including the "sports water" products), some over-the-counter and prescription medications, and foods containing coffee or chocolate. Herbal products containing guarana/paullinea cupana, kola nut/cola nitida, yerba maté, or green tea also contain caffeine. Following is information on caffeine content of various foods.
Typical caffeine content of various foods
(Caffeine in tea & coffee will vary widely depending on brewing, etc)
Product Size
(ounces) Caffeine (mg) Product Size
(ounces) Caffeine (mg)
Coffee Soda
Starbucks Coffee, short 8 250 7-Eleven Big Gulp cola 64 190
Starbucks Coffee, tall 12 375 Mountain Dew 12 55
Starbucks Coffee, grande 16 500 Diet Coke 12 46
Starbucks Caffe Latte or Cappuccino, grande 16 70 Coke Classic 12 36
Starbucks Coffee Frappuccino 9.5 98 Vanilla Coke 12 32
Starbucks Espresso, double 2 70 Dr. Pepper, regular or diet 12 42
Maxwell House Cappuccino (various) 8 45-65 Pepsi-Cola 12 40
Coffee, brewed (non-gourmet) 8 120-180 Sunkist Orange Soda 12 34
Coffee, instant 8 80 Barq's Root Beer 12 22
Coffee, decaffeinated 8 3 Caffeine-free versions of Coke, Diet Coke, Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Barq's, etc. 12 0
Minute Maid Orange, Slice, Sprite, 7-Up, A&W Root Beer, Mug Root Beer 12 0
Tea Ice cream, yogurt, candy
Tea, leaf or bag 8 48 Starbucks Coffee Java Chip Ice Cream 4 28
Tea, green 8 30-35 Häagen-Dazs Coffee Ice Cream 4 24
Arizona Iced Tea, assorted varieties 16 15-30 Breyers Chocolate Ice Cream 8 6
Snapple Iced Tea 16 42 Dannon Coffee Yogurt 6 36
Other drinks Stonyfield Farm Cappuccino Yogurt 8 0
Cocoa or Hot Chocolate 8 2-5 Hershey's Milk Chocolate bar 1.55 10
Herbal iced tea, lemonade, fruit juice, milk, tap water, plain bottled water 12 0 Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate bar 1.45 31
Compiled from various sources.
