November 2012 Moms
vettymama
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Fluoride supplements?
vettymama
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Is anyone using fluoride supplements?
Why or why not?
I need to do more research on it. Our pedi didn't say much about it. Just that usually families with well water or reverse osmosis filters give their babies fluoride supplements.
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Re: Fluoride supplements?
We don't have flouride in our water, but our pedi doesn't recommend supplements at this age because the baby teeth can become too brittle. He says that they get some flouride natually and suggested waiting on supplements until age 2 and then going by what the dentist says to do.
Although I really like this pedi, I do plan to get a 2nd opinion.
I think the recommendation on fluoride supplements is at one year, if your baby does not drink fluoridated water. My city isn't fluoridated, so we will start fluoride supplements at one year.
If you have well water, you need to find out if it already has fluoride in it or not, since fluoride can be naturally occurring-- you don't want to supplement on top of already having it naturally in your water.
I am because I EBF so N isn't getting any fluoride through water. Pedi said that since he will get teeth soon N needs it. If you FF and your water is fluorinated, then you don't need to supplement per my doc. You should be able to find out the levels in your specific city/county. I don't always remember, most days he gets them. It's just 0.5 mL and they are peach.
Edited because well I can't type today