Tips on keeping your baby's baby teeth healthy:

1. Sippy Cups:

Once your baby is about one year old you should try to move away from using a bottle and towards using a sippy cup. Why? Sippy cups are better for their newly developing teeth.

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2. Cut Down On Juice Intake:

Another thing that is harmful for baby teeth is too much juice because of the high sugar content of juice. Many people forget how much sugar is in juice. Along with being bad for the teeth too much juice as well as too much milk will make your baby think they are already full when it is time to eat.

3. More Water!

Water is a great thing to offer instead of juice and milk. It's a great thing to get your baby used to drinking lots of water now so they will have this habit throughout life of thinking it's natural to drink water when thirsty instead of sugar drinks like soda. It shouldn't need to be said but you should never let your baby drink soda.

Another good idea is to water down your baby's juice so it's not so sugary.

4. Starting A Toothbrush Routine:

When Alex started teething we started the routine of brushing his teeth twice a day. Now it doesn't bother him at all, in fact, he is trying to do it himself! We just had to make it fun, and we'd let him watch us while we brushed our teeth.

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