Re: My wife nurses our 21month old son (overnight) - he has cavities (link ?)

Notice how these gals are so used to having to defend their extreme
ideology, that they never listened to the message that sleeping with
anything besides water in the mouth promotes carries, not that breastfeeding
is bad. Everyone agreed that breastfeeding is good for the developing baby.
Oh well, if you guys are going to continue responding, how about removing
SMD from the cross-post?

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Stephen Mancuso, D.D.S.
Troy, Michigan, USA
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"Cathy Weeks" <kathyspam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> NOYB wrote:
>> "Cathy Weeks" <kathyspam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1113360294.169761.80920@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > NOYB wrote:
>> >
>> >> It's not short-sighted. Read back to the first post that started
>> > this
>> >> thread. She wanted to know why her 21 month old baby had a bunch
> of
>> >> cavities. The dentist told her it's because she's nursing the
> child
>> > at
>> >> night time in her bed.
>> >
>> > So, maybe the dentist is wrong? We don't know what kind of oral
>> > hygiene they had. It's easy to blame breastfeeding, but what if
> they
>> > never brushed his teeth before bed, doing it only in the morning?
>>
>> I'd bet dollars to dimes that that child wouldn't have developed
> cavities
>> *EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF BRUSHING* if the breast-feeding was limited
> to day
>> time.
>>
>> Why do I say this? Because I see parents of 1 1/2 to 2 year olds
> come in
>> and ask "when should I start brushing his/her teeth?" Ummmm. A
> year ago.
>> Surprisingly, the kids typically don't have decay at that age.
>
> Do you know
>
> a) if they were breastfeeding (most mothers probably wouldn't bother to
> tell you
> b) what their diet was like?
>
> Cathy Weeks
> Mommy to Kivi Alexis 12/01
>


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