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From: bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: bottles
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Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 15:49:26 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
> > 
> > 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. 

My 3 year old son just got back from a trip to the dentist. His two front
teeth have decay spots where the teeth meet. It has gone past the enamil(sp)
and almost into the roots where it can travel up and effect the permanent 
teeth. The dentist (who I trust, and why not?) said it was directly related
to a bottle. 

My 5 year old daughter had a spot on one of her front teeth but thank God
it never grew and in fact is getting palier.

The baby, 11 months, goes off the bottle and onto sipper cups NOW.

You people can say or debate this issue all you want but I would rather
be safe than sorry.

sdcsvax!bmcg!bobn......................................Bob Nebert