No bottle once teeth start coming in??

[dana4nyc]

Hi All,

My DD will be 7 months old on the 26th of this month and she is currently cutting her first tooth. I have read a few articles online stating that once teeth come in the milk at bedtime needs to be stopped because it can cause tooth decay. This has me completely puzzled as our bedtime routine currently consists of bath, play for a bit, bottle, then a bit of breast (if she needs it, I'm her own personal dummy) and she is then cuddled/rocked to sleep. She also generally still wakes up once for a feed which is another bottle.

How am I supposed to stop giving her her night feeds once her teeth come through? Am I just being really daft and not understanding this at all??

TIA

I wouldnt worry too much just now but as your lo gets older they should have a last milk feed, get their teeth brushed and then go to bed. We got to that routine around 1 year I think. Up to 8 months ds also had a feed in the night and of course we didnt do teeth brushing at that point - it might have woken him up again!!

I've never heard of that. It's definitely a good idea to brush her teeth (tooth!) after her last milk feed.

Actually what Seona said, my DD was still having a BF in the night until 10 months and I sure as hell didn't brush her teeth at 4 am!

Also it's advised to try to ditch bottles from around 12 months, as apparently with bottle teats the milk tends to pool in their mouth which it doesn't do with beakers. My DD is 18 months and we've only just managed to crack the bedtime milk from a cup.

i wouldn't worry, she is only very young still. i've never heard this rule about the teeth only the 12 months guideline mentioned by poster above
maybe try her on a beaker in the day and see if she takes to it, then you will be able to eventually switch over to that? but cutting out all bottles because of she's started getting teeth is a bit extreme & unnecessary so would just give it to her for now if she wants it