Stephanie, I want to fly down there and bitch slap the dentist.

Some people are just more prone to cavities (like me). I had lots of fillings and dental work as a child, too. I had to have my baby teeth capped at one point (but I was so young, I barely remember). Can you buy floridated bottle water for Ellie?

I feel for the poor noodle. But it's also good for Joe to get to be the one to comfort her in a traumatic situation like that. I feel badly for him, though because that had to suck.

Is nursing generally thought to cause bad teeth?

Well, it depends on who you ask. I did a lot of reading after the first cavity last year. The assumption is that, like having a bottle during the night, if you nurse at night, the sweet milk remains in the mouth for long periods of time, bathing the teeth and causing cavities.

Since there was no formula until a few decades ago, this seems counterintuitive to me and a lot of the breastfeeding sites on the Web say that nursingbreastmilk works different than a bottle/formula.

I would be inclined to believe them except that my experience says otherwise. I think Ellie has a fairly healthy diet and we do brush her teeth at least 3-4 times a day. Joe has lots of teeth problems, however, and she may have inherited that from him.

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Some people are just more prone to cavities (like me). I had lots of fillings and dental work as a child, too. I had to have my baby teeth capped at one point (but I was so young, I barely remember).

I was just saying the other day that it's so easy to congratulate yourself when your kid does something well and blame yourself when they don't. I was fortunate enough not to have a cavity until I turned 16. I always assumed it was because I had a healthy diet and brushed enough. Parenting is so humbling.

The one silver lining in all of this is that Joe has kind of ben giving me a hard time because I was asking that he not give Ellie so much candy/sweets/junk food. Perhaps the 1.5 hours in the chair with her will bring him over to my side a bit.

I would be inclined to believe them except that my experience says otherwise.

Yeah, me too. Like I said, three years of being breastfed and I've never had a cavity. In any case, I don't think you deserve the Bad Mom moniker for this one. Lets invent a Bad Dentist one though, yeah?

Ahem.

When I was younger, just a bad little kid

My mommy noticed funny things I did

Like shooting puppies with a BB gun

I'd poison guppies, and when I was done

I'd find a pussy cat and bash in its head!

That's when my momma said...

(What did she say?)

She said "My boy, I think some day

You'll find a way

To make your natural tendancies pay....

You'll be a de-entist!

You have a talent for causing things pain!

Son, be a de-entist!

People will pay you to be inhumane!

Your temperament's wrong for the priesthood

And teaching would suit you still less

So be a de-entist

People will pay you to cause them distress!"

I stupidly bought the kids these plastic snow globes that play obnoxious, tinny Christmas carols and I'm now praying the batteries run down quickly.

I suggest removing the batteries while they sleep.

I want to fly down there and bitch slap the dentist.

this.

People will pay you to cause them distress!"

Ah, memories... MiracleMan does a great dentist.

Okay, we so totally need to have a Little Shop of Horrors singalong. DUDE.

Stephanie, I want to fly down there and bitch slap the dentist.

Wants in this line! I breastfed both boys about forever. Brendon has soft cavity prone teeth and Bobby has hard as nails no problem teeth. It is genetics.

My mother is 86 and has all her teeth except one. She had ONE cavity back in the 20s and they pulled the tooth. She never had another cavity. Alas, I got dad's teeth.

DH#1 was the same way. He sometimes brushed, went to the dentist once a decade. Never had a cavity. Genetics.

I had bad teeth when young and really horrible teeth during puberty with excellent care, Stephanie (my uncle was a dentist so I had every flouride treatment and sealant available). So don't blame yourself. After surviving puberty I think I've only had one cavity in the past 20-25 years. Most of my work has been repairs to those 25 year old fillings.

Chatting with Sox on IM I was just reminded of the Christmas morning when my parents set up their gift of a jungle gym in the living room for us since it was snowing outside. Awesome.

is scalping considered a workplace no-no or just gently frowned upon these days? I could totally count coup on this jackhat right now. Instead, I am calmly saying "and you realize this new information/request will delay the launch, right? No? Well, it will."