So went to the dentist yesterday and hot talking about my 6 month old still waking me regularly in the night to feed. She expressed surprise I was still breast feeding initially then suggested I stop sooner rather than later because of the risk of tooth decay as 'breast milk is very sweet'.
I said that babies relied on milk as their primary food source until 1, so I had planned to breast feed until 1 and see what I felt like then (my older DC weaned himself at 1 which was fine). She said I should quit then ideally . I said WHO guidelines were to feed till 2 and she was horrified.
So I go downstairs and start chit chatting to the receptionists who were telling me stories of recent referred cases where the children had decayed teeth because of extended breast feeding and everyone in the surgery was shocked.
Here is my question. Surely it depends on whether the child is feeding through the night as they get older so the teeth are constantly awash with milk? If my youngest starts to sleep through and I just feed in the day then surely that's ok? How is it different to giving cows milk in the day?
They made me feel like breast milk was the Devils drink for teeth and I should just give the whole thing up immediately.
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Really weird negative message from my dentist and others yesterday re. extended breastfeeding
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SleepFreeZone · 18/08/2016 12:25
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