Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 1/8/2004 3:21:00 PM Author: iggy (bigddog803@go.com) Subject: how to - definately too old for a bottle. bottles are to provide nourishment for infants in place of nursing (a water / foodsource) till the child is old enough for a cup. would mom still nurse a 21 month old 3x's a night? baby bottle tooth decay is a sad fact for many kids, and the pain is much worse for the child than breaking him from a bottle. I see too many kids at our agency with this. The bottle with juice rots the BACK of the teeth first, making unnoticeable to parents until to late. When you see it, major dental work needs done (expensive and scary for a toddler, but if you don't do it, the child will be in alot of PAIN). The dentist needs to basically drill and cap the tooth. Worse, the tooth can break at the gumline requiring it to be pulled, and a 'false' temporary one put in place. This must be done to allow the permanent teeth to 'know where to go'. Forget the potty issue, talk to you doctor about weaning your child from the bottle. (I've seen parents go cold-turkey, and prepared for days of screaming, which soimetimes ended quickly. If you want a drink, you drink from a cup since you're a big boy now! great!) Once you convince him he's a big boy now! the potty issue should follow. Remember he's near the 2's! this means power struggles. Don't give in! You are the parent! And you are taking some great steps now to help him through these crazy years.(~this too, shall pass~) Name: Email: Subject

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