Feeding to sleep and cleaning teeth

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So, DD is 6.5 months and has just (today ) got her first tooth coming through. At the moment I feed her to sleep. What's the deal with keeping that little toothy clean and shiny without waking her up?

I've got a rubber finger brush (free in the Bounty Pack ), and a MAM teething cloth to play with.

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I really don't think that breast milk causes problems the same as formula or juice does. Most of the world sleeps with their babies and feeds them all night and nobody gets bad teeth unless they are eating sugar.

breastmilk doesn't tend to pool in behind the front teeth in the way that bottle milk/juice does. Kellymom.com has info on this.

Even the very conservative American Dental Association concede there is no link between frequent night-feeding and dental caries.

Oh good Just after solids then.

thanks

my dd is 3 and a half and still goes to sleep with a cup of milk - cow's milk- after cleaning teeth. her teeth are fine. so far. [hmmm]

Just make sure you clean her teeth in the morning & before bed.

You shouldn't have too many problems.

Thank goodness for that, Highlander. I was about to ask the same question, as 12mo ds2 feeds through the night whenever he can [ugh].

Egypt - ditto my 7yo and nearly 5yo.