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If you nurse LO to sleep?what to you do about brushing their teeth?

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The only way DD will fall asleep is if I nurse her.  She reaches for me twice a day?once at naptime and once at bedtime and usually sttn.  I brush her teeth before bedtime, but she literally falls asleep nursing.  I don?t want to contribute to tooth decay and I know I have to change our ?bad? habit.  I?ve seen recommendations for the ?No Cry Sleep Solution?, would it help to get the book at this point?    We are ?away? from home for several months and I do not have my glider with me, so, I can not rock her to sleep?unless I buy a 2nd one.  Any suggestions are appreciated.

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  • randa603randa603 member
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  • aggieabbie02aggieabbie02
    Do you have a carrier that she will fall asleep in? We have had great luck with putting LO to sleep in the Ergo and then setting her down... 
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  • aggieabbie02aggieabbie02
    Also, see Kellymom's article... https://www.kellymom.com/bf/older-baby/tooth-decay.html
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  • randa603randa603 member

    imageaggieabbie02:
    Do you have a carrier that she will fall asleep in? We have had great luck with putting LO to sleep in the Ergo and then setting her down... 

    I have an ergo and DD will take her daytime nap in it if I'm out.   I'll give it a try at home...thanks for the suggestion! 


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    imageaggieabbie02:
    Also, see Kellymom's article... https://www.kellymom.com/bf/older-baby/tooth-decay.html

    Thanks for posting this link, very interesting

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  • ncbellencbelle member
    I don't usually nurse to sleep but he night nurses - I don't worry about it really.  Teeth get brushed after his bath.


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  • randa603randa603 member
    Our ped made it sound like I'm rotting dd's teeth.   You know doctors...everything has got to be by the book. 
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  • mr+msmr+ms member

    imageaggieabbie02:
    Also, see Kellymom's article... https://www.kellymom.com/bf/older-baby/tooth-decay.html

    I would take this article with a grain of salt. Personally, the BF literature on the topic kind of lulled me into not worrying about it after DD's dentist gave us the spiel about no more on-demand and night nursing. I thought, wtf are you smoking lady 'cause I am not night nursing for fun. A few months later we were looking at cavities on the front and back of all 4 top teeth and recommendations for having crowns placed under general anesthesia.

    Tooth decay in babies is no joke - their enamel is immature when the teeth erupt and it's thin. Within weeks and months it's possible to witness teeth chipping away before your eyes :/ We are doing really intensive home care and just spent about $1K on ozone treatment to try and halt DD's decay and remineralize her teeth as much as possible... trying to avoid the conventional crowns treatment. 

    You really have to look at your LO's individual risk level for tooth decay. Night time nursing may be no big deal for a low-risk kid but put a high risk kid over the edge. Google "caries risk assessment" for more info on that, especially if you or any of LO's care taker's have tooth decay. 

    We used Dr. Jay's night weaning plan and it was more or less successful (took a lot longer than 2 weeks). DD has her nighttime nursing, then brush teeth and after that she only gets water with xylitol (a sugar alcohol - good thing to use in preventive care and for some reason dentists don't talk about it). She still nurses before naps so I wipe her teeth after she's asleep. The brushing before bedtime is most important because of the long stretch of time with reduced saliva flow and possible mouth breathing/dry mouth. Next best would be to brush and rinse so that any non-breast milk foods are cleared, nurse to sleep and then wipe teeth.

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  • mrs.baummrs.baum
    We brush DS teeth as part of our before bed routine and we are trying to be better about brushing his teeth in the morning.
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  • randa603randa603 member
    imagemr+ms:

    imageaggieabbie02:
    Also, see Kellymom's article... https://www.kellymom.com/bf/older-baby/tooth-decay.html

    I would take this article with a grain of salt. Personally, the BF literature on the topic kind of lulled me into not worrying about it after DD's dentist gave us the spiel about no more on-demand and night nursing. I thought, wtf are you smoking lady 'cause I am not night nursing for fun. A few months later we were looking at cavities on the front and back of all 4 top teeth and recommendations for having crowns placed under general anesthesia.

    Tooth decay in babies is no joke - their enamel is immature when the teeth erupt and it's thin. Within weeks and months it's possible to witness teeth chipping away before your eyes :/ We are doing really intensive home care and just spent about $1K on ozone treatment to try and halt DD's decay and remineralize her teeth as much as possible... trying to avoid the conventional crowns treatment. 

    You really have to look at your LO's individual risk level for tooth decay. Night time nursing may be no big deal for a low-risk kid but put a high risk kid over the edge. Google "caries risk assessment" for more info on that, especially if you or any of LO's care taker's have tooth decay. 

    We used Dr. Jay's night weaning plan and it was more or less successful (took a lot longer than 2 weeks). DD has her nighttime nursing, then brush teeth and after that she only gets water with xylitol (a sugar alcohol - good thing to use in preventive care and for some reason dentists don't talk about it). She still nurses before naps so I wipe her teeth after she's asleep. The brushing before bedtime is most important because of the long stretch of time with reduced saliva flow and possible mouth breathing/dry mouth. Next best would be to brush and rinse so that any non-breast milk foods are cleared, nurse to sleep and then wipe teeth.

    Thank you!
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