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Babies Sipping Lattes?
What You Should Know Before You Offer That Sip
By Emily Mendell
But Noah often wants to be a part of the experience. And Gilbert has found a way to pull it off, for now. "They have really good water here – they filter it three times," she says. "So Noah gets 'coffee water,' which consists of ice water in a [coffee house] cup. They are very accommodating and the baristas make it easy to keep it healthy if you want to. Sometimes, I'll bring a snack from home that he can eat while we're here."
On special occasions, Noah will get a treat, which might be an apple juice, chocolate milk, a yogurt with granola or fruit and cheese plate. "But I try not to set up the expectation that this is happening every time," Gilbert says.
Some coffee houses have accessible nutritional information for most of their drinks on their Web site, making it easy to plan what selections might be best for your child, and maybe even for yourself. By sharing your thought process with your child, you are instilling a positive perspective early on about making good nutritional choices.
Like the song says:
Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me.
If I can't have a proper cup of coffee in a proper cup of coffee then I'll have a cup of tea.