My Toddler Wants To Eat Tooothpaste!!?!


Question:

My Toddler Wants To Eat Tooothpaste!!?

I have a problem with my twenty one month old wanting to suck the toothpaste out of the tube. When her older sister forgets to put it away, she will grab it and walk around with it, sucking on the top of the tube. When I take it away, she screams and cries until I find something else to occupy her. Does anyone else have this toothpaste issue, and is it dangerous?


Answers:

Most children do like to eat toothpaste. If you are using childrens toothpaste that has no fluoride, training toothpaste nothing to worry about. If you are using fluoride toothpaste this is a great concern b/c too much fluoride can be dangerous, even deadly and it can cause fluorosis of permanent teeth if they eat too much now. Keep fluoride toothpaste locked up and superivse usage of it. And, only allow children to use it once they learn not to swallow it.




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