extended BFing (16 months) and caffeine

BeachMama7693

i never drank caffeine during pregnancy, and i gave up coffee for breastfeeding. now that my lo is down to nursing just at night, i am drinking coffee again. the last couple weeks i havent given a second thought to drinking 2-3 cups a day because our bedshare transition has left me exhausted. 

i have recently noticed that my lo is sleeping terribly at night *she has always been a bad sleeper* but it has gotten increasingly worse this last couple of weeks. the longest she sleeps is maybe 2.5 hours at night, but other than that she is up at least 6-7 times, crying and nothing i do really soothes her. 

i thought it may be a dairy allergy, so we have cut out dairy, but today i thought about the caffeine and wondered at this age if it is something that could bother her?

anyone have any thoughts?