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From: larry@cci-bdc.UUCP (Larry DeLuca)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Putting small children to sleep
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Date: Sun, 20-Jan-85 19:12:44 EST
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> (Disclaimer: I am NOT yet a parent)
> In a recent mailing from my dentist, he warned against propping babies
> with bottles in their mouths; it seems that the practice can lead to unnecessary
> tooth decay.  (Something about the baby going to sleep with unswallowed
> food still available to the decay germs in the mouth.)
>  
> Incidentally, whose advice was this?
> Betsy Perry
> -- 
> Elizabeth Hanes Perry
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yes, i've seen warnings on television as well.  it leads to a condition 
known as 'nursing-bottle mouth' and is particularly bad with milk, because
the milk provides an excellent environment for the growth of the bacteria
which cause the decay.  you can give a baby water with no ill effects,
but i think that's about it (as far as sleeping with it goes)...

					larry...

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