Baby bottle syndrome causes damage to primary teeth, especially the top four teeth. The cause of this syndrome is when your baby falls asleep when you breastfeed him/her or goes to sleep with a bottle of milk, fruit juice or sweetened fluid (such as tea with sugar).
How you can prevent it:
- Let your baby finish drinking before you put him/her down.
- If your baby is used to falling asleep with a bottle, only give a bottle containing clean water.
- Don’t add sugar to fluids.
- Avoid acid-containing fluids such as fruit juice.
- If your baby is used to drinking fruit juice when he goes to sleep, dilute it gradually.
- Try to remove the bottle as soon as possible.