toothpaste for 11 month old?

[finn74]

i've started brushing my sons teeth about a month ago. he eats a lot of different types of food & gets BM at night. i brush them twice a day. should i be using an infants toothpaste? and if not what else is out there thats made with natural ingredients? what do you ladies use? thanks for any suggestions!

[seventy]

we use this for my 13 month old ds. we use only the teeny tiniest bit... he likes it and allows me to brush his four little teeth.

[NaturalMamma]

Originally Posted by seventy

we use this for my 13 month old ds. we use only the teeny tiniest bit... he likes it and allows me to brush his four little teeth.

We also used Weleda toothpaste for our DD when she was younger--still do sometimes. I had one doc tell me that the simple act of cleaning the teeth often was enough and if they like their toothpaste--all the better. And I wouldn't get an ultra-sweet toothpaste b/c I think it conditions the child to desire more sweets.

FWIW, my DD nursed until her 4th bday (including night nursing). I had a sippy cup of water in bed as well. I suppose some docs may have opinions about sippy cups related to malocclusion, but our DD is fine (she did inherit my small mouth so that may cause some crowding issues). She drank a lot of water so her mouth was constantly being bathed w/water and that's one of the best things you can do to lessen the acidity in the mouth as I understand it. She didn't drink juice until older...even now I keep it to a minimum.

She hasn't had any cavities whatsoever and she is almost 8. She must have inherited my DH's wonderful dental health.