do you nurse to sleep?

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Enudely

Discussion Starter · Mar 10, 2007

my friend says her dentist told her that her child (age 2.75)will have cavities if she nurses him to sleep. It's causing lots of sleep problems with them. Do you nurse your toddler to sleep?

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LilMama23

· #2 · Mar 10, 2007

I do nurse DD to sleep; I always have. She can't fall asleep any other way.
I'm not sure about the cavities thing.

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SMR

· #3 · Mar 10, 2007

I nurse to sleep, can't imagine her sleeping without it! I read somewhere about wiping their teeth while they sleep to clean them?? Not sure how well that would work.. seems like it'd wake them up?

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lyttlewon

· #4 · Mar 10, 2007

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Originally Posted by Enudely

my friend says her dentist told her that her child (age 2.75)will have cavities if she nurses him to sleep. It's causing lots of sleep problems with them. Do you nurse your toddler to sleep?

I used to and there is nothing wrong with my DD's teeth. Crap I don't even brush them every day

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Does this help?

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alegna

· #5 · Mar 10, 2007

We do nurse to sleep often. BUT breastmilk alone has been shown to not cause cavities. Brush well to get all other food off and don't worry is my philosophy.

-Angela

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My kids are 2 and 5.5, and both have always nursed to sleep. Both have excellent teeth, no cavities. We brush well before bed. Actually I expect the antibacterial properties of breastmilk to protect their clean teeth, not cause cavities.

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Cardinal

· #7 · Mar 10, 2007

we nurse to sleep. ds is 22 months.

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transylvania_mom

· #8 · Mar 10, 2007

and my ds has cavities. I went to different doctors and they told me to night wean. I don't think nursing alone causes cavities, genetics and other foods contribute too. My son wouldn't drink juice, eat candy, however he had to go through surgery to fix his cavities at 20 months of age. He still nurses, but only during the day.

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NamastePlatypus

· #9 · Mar 10, 2007

yes, and alllll night. He is 23 monthes.

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dawncayden

· #10 · Mar 10, 2007

Yes. We brush twice a day though. It was once a day, and then I noticed some brownish spots on his teeth, and ever since it was twice and really well brushing, the bron spots have vanished.

Dawn

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momuveight2B

· #11 · Mar 10, 2007

yes, no cavities and I nurse to sleep past four years of age

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esmlranch

· #12 · Mar 10, 2007

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Originally Posted by NamastePlatypus

yes, and alllll night. He is 23 monthes.

lol us too. ds is 21 months

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JAL

· #13 · Mar 10, 2007

yes, we nurse to sleep. Seems to work well for us.
dd just turned 14 mo.

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MCatLvrMom2A&X

· #14 · Mar 10, 2007

Yep nursed my dd to sleep till she weaned at 32 months and still nursing my ds to sleep 28 months. Bfing alone does NOT cause cavaties. I think the slight risk is worth the many benifits of nursing. My ds lost his top 4 teeth they came in with weak enamal and they just chipped away and had to be pulled back in december. I got the same crap about night weaning my ds then

: I will not.

This is a great article http://www.hpakids.org/holistic-heal...Cause-Cavities please read it and print it out for your friend.

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Rikki Gard

· #15 · Mar 10, 2007

At 26 months mine nurses to sleep and several times a night. We brush 1 time, before bed, but he does it. He has great teeth, no cavities. I think at that age it has a lot to do with genetics, but he does drink fluoride water.

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