Caffeine is evil. I stopped drinking caffeinated coffee 15 months ago because I was tired of the headaches I would get if I didn’t have the exactly perfect amount of caffeine at the exact right minute of the morning. This turned out to be a Good Thing, since I didn’t have to go through caffeine withdrawal at the same time as morning sickness when I found out I was pregnant a couple months later.
Fast-forward to six weeks ago.
My parents bought Denis one of those pod coffeemakers for his birthday. I stuck to decaf coffee pods. For about, oh, 4 days. Then, after a particularly bad night dealing with a non-sleeping baby, I put in a regular pod. (Oh, just once won’t hurt.) The next week, I did it twice. Then the next week I had regular coffee every morning.
And ever since then, I’ve had awful, awful headaches that no amount of advil or tylenol can cure.
So this morning, I quit caffeine cold-turkey. I didn’t even have decaf coffee lest I be tempted – or in my sleep-deprived state simply put in a regular pod thinking it was decaf. And, of course, I now have the headache to end all headaches. Between that and the coming night of non-sleeping baby duty, I imagine I’ll be waking up in a very sunny mood tomorrow…
(Quick, someone hide the regular coffee pods!)