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Baby Tooth/Gum Cleanser
I just bought my 12 month old a tube of flouride-free baby tooth and
gum cleanser and a baby toothbrush, to try and get her into the habit early. So far we are brushing once a day as part of her bedtime routine. She really enjoys brushing along with mum. Has anyone else tried this stuff? When should we switch to a pea-drop size flouride kid-paste on her brush? Also - is once a day enough? She doesn't have any refined sugar, but she does eat *alot* of fruit. Medina Wilson |
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Medina Wilson wrote:
I just bought my 12 month old a tube of flouride-free baby tooth and gum cleanser and a baby toothbrush, to try and get her into the habit early. So far we are brushing once a day as part of her bedtime routine. She really enjoys brushing along with mum. Has anyone else tried this stuff? When should we switch to a pea-drop size flouride kid-paste on her brush? Also - is once a day enough? You should not be using fluoride toothpaste before age 2, the concept is that the child should know how to spit it out. My Pillbug is a bit slow developmentally, so we will be using the apple-banana flavoured toothpaste for a long while! It's a great idea to get them used to brushing. Pillbug goes through phases of hating it, but now, at 21 months, it's not a problem at all. I started "brushing" every night around 4 months old. He still needed a teeth cleaning at 19 months. -- Anita -- |
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"Medina Wilson" wrote in message oups.com... I just bought my 12 month old a tube of flouride-free baby tooth and gum cleanser and a baby toothbrush, to try and get her into the habit early. So far we are brushing once a day as part of her bedtime routine. She really enjoys brushing along with mum. Has anyone else tried this stuff? When should we switch to a pea-drop size flouride kid-paste on her brush? Also - is once a day enough? She doesn't have any refined sugar, but she does eat *alot* of fruit. Yes we started brushing our two as soon as they had a tooth to brush. We used toothpaste designed for that age group which doesn't contain flouride. The world seems to disagree on the direction in which to brush (side to side vs up and down ve round and round etc). Perhaps we should ask this over on sci.med.dentistry Fruit is good - fruit juice drinks not so good. The main think to avoid is giving fruit drinks in bottles that can be sipped over long periods of time. That keeps the sugar in contact with teeth longer. I guess you know that fruit juice is a hidden sugar in many baby food products. The makers say "No added Sugar" and load up the vegtable stew with apple juice. They put it in all sorts of baby food you wouldn't expect. |
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My daughter isn't on baby food anymore, but I never thought of the
juice for sweetner thing! I bet its in her teething cookies. (occasional only). I have so far avoided juice. It seems far better to give real fruit than juice. Plus, most commerical juices are devoid of real nutrients (besides, say added vitamin ) so I just give her milk or water in a sippy cup. Thanks! |
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