re: PMkiolguofyudtdtu

<blockquote><b>Quoting Manda❤Alayna:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Will☮Creedence:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting ... [snip!] ... http://kellymom.com/health/baby-health/tooth-decay/ Did my research- you're wrong. OP- continue to breastfeed at night."</blockquote>



  There are tons of websites that say it can happen and tons of other parents who have been through it.
I never said it happens to every single child, I said her dentist isn't full of smurf.
My sons cavities did not magically appear for no freaking reason with no cause.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Will☮Creedence:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Manda❤Alayna:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting ... [snip!] ... child, I said her dentist isn't full of smurf. My sons cavities did not magically appear for no freaking reason with no cause."</blockquote>


Maybe his enamel wasn't strong enough? Maybe the sugars in the fruits was too much? Antibiotics? Etc.
According to this research, a baby who is exclusively breastfed (no supplemental bottles, juice, or solids) will not have decay unless he is genetically predisposed, i.e.. soft or no enamel. In a baby who does have a genetic problem, weaning will not slow down the rate of decay and may speed it up due to lack of lactoferrin.

Much research indicates that it’s the other foods in baby’s diet (rather than breastmilk) that tend to be the main problem when it comes to tooth decay. The 1999 Erickson study (in which healthy teeth were immersed in different solutions) indicated that breastmilk alone was practically identical to water and did not cause tooth decay – another experiment even indicated that the teeth became stronger when immersed in breastmilk. However, when a small amount of sugar was added to the breastmilk, the mixture was worse than a sugar solution when it came to causing tooth decay. This study emphasizes the importance of tooth brushing and good dental hygiene.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Manda❤Alayna:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Will☮Creedence:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting ... [snip!] ... solution when it came to causing tooth decay. This study emphasizes the importance of tooth brushing and good dental hygiene."</blockquote>


You rock. <3 I'm on my phone so I can't get all the info lol.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Manda❤Alayna:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Will☮Creedence:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting ... [snip!] ... solution when it came to causing tooth decay. This study emphasizes the importance of tooth brushing and good dental hygiene."</blockquote>


Idk the cavities started forming before he even turned one. He mostly liked vegetables and I refused to give him juice, even watered down, until after he turned 1. He still doesn't have sweets or soda and rarely drinks juice, mostly Loves water and almond milk.
I just don't see how it could be anything else especially with me brushing and being so careful.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Will☮Creedence:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Manda❤Alayna:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting ... [snip!] ... Loves water and almond milk. I just don't see how it could be anything else especially with me brushing and being so careful."</blockquote>

Eating off your spoon, mouth to mouth kisses etc which spreads strep mutans that cause tooth decay. There's a ton of reasons OTHER than breastfeeding.

Besides, when they nurse, they have to suck and swallow to get more milk, pooling is very unlikely. Also, milk from the breast enters the baby’s mouth behind the teeth. If the baby is actively sucking then he is also swallowing.

<blockquote><b>Quoting martinez♥:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Manda❤Alayna:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting ... [snip!] ... tooth brushing and good dental hygiene."</blockquote> You rock. <3 I'm on my phone so I can't get all the info lol."</blockquote>

  ill inbox you the whole thing. I'm on my phone too and can't link it

Also, it could be the toothpaste. If you're using a toothpaste with flouride and not rinsing well its worse than not brushing at all. Not saying you're at fault I just know it was a pain trying to rinse my daughters teeth until a few months ago.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Manda❤Alayna:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Will☮Creedence:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting ... [snip!] ... milk from the breast enters the baby’s mouth behind the teeth. If the baby is actively sucking then he is also swallowing."</blockquote>


He used to fall asleep with milk in his mouth all the time and we also coslept and he breastfed all throughout the night most times just sucking a little and falling back asleep.
I'm. Sure my case is rare but I took extra good care of his teeth and I really really don't see any other way he got horrible cavities on the fronts and backs of all his top front teeth so bad that one had to be pulled and cavities in molars as well from sharing utensils or kisses. All parents do that and it doesn't make cavities lol
Anyway I found a lot of parents who went through the same thing and I felt really guilty about it for a long time. Now I'm just as confused as I was when we first took him 2 yrs ago.

<blockquote><b>Quoting martinez♥:</b>" Also, it could be the toothpaste. If you're using a toothpaste with flouride and not rinsing well its ... [snip!] ... at all. Not saying you're at fault I just know it was a pain trying to rinse my daughters teeth until a few months ago."</blockquote>



I don't use toothpaste with fluoride in it because it is found to be bad for your teeth.
I used a fluoride paste for a while that his dentist gave me to put and leave on his teeth every night before bed when he was around 20 months which is when I attempted to night wean. She said it would hold the cavities off so he wouldn't have to get put to sleep etc and could possibly make it a few more years until they started to fall out on their own but we went back a month later and they were still getting worse.
It took me a while to get insurance straightened out because I moved to a different state, get a new dentist, get a recomendation to a pdiatric dentist who works with anesthesia etc and he finally got everything fixed last week. He has 2 caps and tons of fillings and had his top side tooth pulled. The one next to the eye tooth.