How to maintain dental hygiene while bottle feeding?
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Dental hygiene:
Drinking from a bottle all day and/or all night can cause tooth decay even in teeth that haven't emerged yet. Both breastmilk and formula have lactose in them which provides food for bacteria in the mouth and allow them to produce cavities.
In my case the baby is 1 month old. I find it difficult to feed her with a spoon single handedly hence restored to bottle feeding.
She feeds for around 10 minutes every two hours per day.
What care should be taken to prevent the tooth decay?
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The problem of tooth decay is not so much regular feedings with the bottle itself, but the habit of the baby going to sleep while eating or drinking something with sugar in it and having that sugary liquid sit in the mouth for hours at a time.
I would think trying to feed a 1 month old with a spoon would be nearly impossible. Spoon feeding starts with solids like baby cereals around 4-6 months of age. Even then, they get more on the bib than in their stomach, so they still get the bulk of their food from bottle and/or breast.
More tips are here: www.webmd.com/oral-health/guide/what-is-baby-bottle-tooth-decay
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