Mum in the park drinking squash from baby's bottle

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Takes all sorts I guess but a woman has just sat down with a child in a buggy and a toddler scooting around. She's drinking from her baby's bottle. Is this a bit yuk or is it the latest thing? Is it replacing cocktails in jars? I couldn't grasp that either!

Connor, you've no idea how bad that is for your child's teeth. My colleague removed 60 teeth from children under 6 in 2 GA sessions on Friday. Your helpful instructions for how to make squash will seem a bit fucking shit when your child goes under the anaesthetic.

I've done that before well not squash but water from my charges water bottle. Kinda not really seeing the problem?

I do that quite often, me and my son share my bottle of water with the sports cap or I sometimes have a sip of my sons tippy.

Get a life.

Mrsmorton- very wise words. I grew up in the 1960s and was fed squash from a bottle. I had 8 teeth removed at the age of 6 under GA. I remember it so clearly, coming around from the GA vomiting, blood mixed with vomit pouring down the sink at the clinic t.
My children drink water if they are thirsty. The very occasional glass of fruit juice- maybe two a week. I never buy squash.
I feel very strongly about this.
I think one of our responsibilities as parents is to encourage a love of fresh, cold tap water. Which is in abundance, free, and we are very lucky in this country to have such a resource.
My ( now almost adult children) have perfect teeth, not a fleck, no fillings, and what is more when they come in hot and thirsty from activity feel that nothing will quench the thirst like water.

Ooh, I could kiss you keep it's so saddening to see a child in agony and not be able to help them because they're so young. Just add em to the GA list. Tragic.

You've given your children a wonderful gift! No toothache!! Even as adults. They should be incredibly grateful.

The worst thing about this is that the baby was drinking squash at all, let alone in a bottle.

Thanks Mrs M. XX. The reward is seeing my children's teeth.
And we have had a brilliant dentist, who kept up with fluoride sealants as soon as the second teeth erupted ( not sure of the technical details- I am sure you know. They lasted 18 months or so and dropped out replaced. He also advised a low dosage fluoride tablet - apparently we live in an are with low natural levels, so I gave my kids supplements from the age of 3 to 12. I know the jury is maybe out of this one- interested in your views mrs M.

Maybe the bottle had gin in it?

I once got a really tickly cough in the middle of the park and felt like I was choking. Only thing to hand was ds' bottle of water which I necked, so??

I did used to know someone who took a babies bottle to bed with them so they could have a drink without having to sit up. I did find that a little odd. They didn't have and had never had a baby.

I'll pm you mrsd when I get to my computer rather than derail! I'm sure we've chatted before

I'm always pinching drinks of my toddlers. There's only room in the nappy bag for one bottle!

MIL once drank DSs formula from a bottle. She said she liked it. Used to put DSDs on her cereal.

Now THAT is something to start an AIBU about. This? Not so much.

I share/steal DS's drinks when I'm very thirsty. It's just a question of being thirsty enough to block out the mental image of the long strings of snotty dribble that stretched from his mouth to the spout the last time he took a drink from it

Goodness op you need to get a life you clearly have too much time on your hands.

I recently drank water from my toddler's sippy cup thing with a straw. In public. I was parched.

Am I scum?

I am very definitely scum ...

One sports day DS2 took a massive swig from what he thought was a bottle of blackcurrant juice ( An understandable mistake, what with it being in a blackcurrant juice bottle an' all ) And got a mouthful of Rioja instead as me and his mate's mum had taken steps to cushion ourselves against the pain and humiliation of coming joint last in the mother's race ... Scarred him for life!

mrsdevere why block off the kitchen? That sounds very extreme. You could simply stop buying sugar.

I don't count sugar as a food. I don't buy sugar.

Do you not buy fruit then?

specially sugar. Over the years he has managed to get his hands on lbs and lbs of the stuff despite our best efforts.

mrsdevere was talking about sugar- not fruit.

"best efforts" don't seem up to much if she is still buying sucrose.

mrsdv what about fitting a lock on one kitchen cabinet and putting the forbidden foods in there? I'm assuming only certain foods cause issues.