Yesterday I noticed a yellowish spot on the front of one of my 2 year olds molars. I'm pretty sure it's tooth decay, which I feel awful about.
Obviously I will try to get her to the dentist as soon as possible, if they will allow an appointment at the moment. But in the meantime, I'm wondering if anyone has any experiences they can share? How easy or difficult is this to stop? Diet obviously is the main thing, but will the dentist offer any treatments - is there actually anything they can do to help? I have an older child (5) who hasn't had any problems with his teeth, at least so far, but I seem prone to cavities and had some on my milk teeth when I was a child.
FWIW, the sources of sugar in her diet are breastfeeding at bedtime, which I have now stopped (ie. I now feed her and then brush her teeth rather than the other way round), and she has Kiddylicious strawberry bakes as snacks, probably about 2x per week. The only other sugary things we give her would be after a meal, eg a small amount of chocolate once or twice a week, a flavoured yoghurt (the Yeo valley fruity favourites ones) about twice a week. We might have pancakes with maple syrup or croissants and jam for breakfast once a week. She snacks between meals - generally milk, or one of the bars I mentioned above, or maybe a bit of banana or apple.
I'd never thought before that it was a bad diet, but obviously it's too much sugar for her.