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Sara the Editor's avatar

Don't forget about nutrition, though. As Weston A Price noted in his research, it takes animal-based, fat soluble vitamins to grow strong bones and good teeth. All the loading in the world won't help if the building blocks aren't there.

Even so, thank you for bringing this important information to everyone's attention. My (breastfeeding, 19mo) toddler is currently using her teeth to open things and I'm not stopping her. I did a lot with my teeth when I was younger, and all the adults who saw me yelled at me for it, but I did it anyway.

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Ash's avatar

Just in case anyone here is blaming themselves for a thing that they didn’t actually have “control” over: genetics is huge here too. I have two kids who are genetically half siblings, and the kid with the parent who has the more crowded mouth has more crowded teeth, despite more breastfeeding and more chewy foods and all that. Other factors like tongue ties, nutrition, and allergies play their roles as well. All we can do is our best.

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