Mothers-to-be are often super careful as to what they drink and eat during pregnancy.
Clearly, the physical link between mother and child means that whatever the mother consumes is passed on to her growing baby.
With this in mind, you might be interested to hear about a recent study which has been carried out in Brazil.
According to reports, this research has indicated that a mother who consumes caffeine while she is pregnant, is not linked to sleep problems in her baby.
It seems that if the expectant mother only consumes moderate quantities of caffeine, the study indicates that healthy babies’ sleep patterns are not posed with a danger.
The head of this research project was Dr Ina Santos from the Federal University of Pelotas.
As part of the study, it is said that some 885 mothers were interviewed and asked about their intake of caffeine and also their babies’ sleep habits when they were 3 months old.
According to reports, most of the mothers consumed caffeine in their drinks during pregnancy (with the sole exception of one mother) and, of this number, around one fifth were ‘heavy’ drinkers, that is to say that they consumed a minimum of 300mg on a daily basis.
To put this in perspective, an ordinary cup contains around 200mg caffeine.
As a general conclusion, the study thus indicated that there was no obvious link between caffeine consumption and the likelihood of sleep problems in infants.
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