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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
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Subject: Re: bottles
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Date: Sun, 26-Jan-86 10:22:14 EST
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> In article <629@ttidcb.UUCP> cushner@ttidcb.UUCP (Jeffrey Cushner) writes:
> >.  This was infant nursing syndrome at its worst and you are just
> >asking for it with your son.   If you MUST give him a bottle at night,
> >make sure it is filled with WATER only!
> 
> Oh, come on!!  There must have been other contributing factors.  My
> older daughter had a bottle of milk every time she went to bed at night
> or for a nap until she was four and half.  She had and still has no
> problems with her teeth.  I know plenty of children who nursed
> themselves to sleep every night until age four or so with no tooth
> problems.
> 
> Care for your children in a way that feels right and natural to you and
> don't listen very hard to all the fantastic theories.

	Just this week, the Washington Post, in an article on dental care
for children, warned parents expressly about the dangers of sleeping with
a bottle (of milk or juice) and even showed pictures of small children with
apallingly rotted teeth. The problem is quite real, not a fantastic theory
at all. Apparently you and your daughter were just lucky.

-- 
jcpatilla

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