Baby Bad Breath? | Imamother

amother

Mon, May 23 2005, 8:08 pm

my baby 8 months, who is only nursing, has funny/ not the regular pure breath.

does anyone know whats going on? Is that a sign of him not being well?

proudmom

Mon, May 23 2005, 8:10 pm

does he have a cold? if he does he might have an infection

amother

Mon, May 23 2005, 8:17 pm

I forgot to mention there is NO signs of fever, cough, cold... hes a bit chvetchy due to the teeth coming out.. otherwise its just bad breath.

BrachaVHatzlocha

Mon, May 23 2005, 10:33 pm

I thought the same thing....haven't noticed it lately, though. maybe it goes away with time...maybe it's teeth coming in?

miriam

Tue, May 24 2005, 1:46 am

The only time I noticed babies having bad breath is the day after they have sugar. It's still the same way with my three year old. I know you said they are only nursing. I just wanted to add me two cents.

nicole81

Wed, May 25 2005, 11:29 pm

my baby had bad breath for a couple of days. it turned out she had thrush. I'd check it out.

amother

Thu, May 26 2005, 8:00 am

update: it came for a day and I haven't smelled it since. I do remember my first baby going through the same thing- one day I smelled it and the next day it was gone.

nicole as for thrush- I put the purple stuff on the tounge like doc recommended - it doesnt help.

nicole81

Thu, May 26 2005, 8:33 am

amother wrote:

nicole as for thrush- I put the purple stuff on the tounge like doc recommended - it doesnt help.

the doc gave me an rx for nystatin, I'm trying that for now. I hope it works.

buba123

Sun, Jun 05 2005, 8:50 pm

my two older boys had bad breath when using a pacifier. the continuous sucking all night would cause it.

BrachaVHatzlocha

Sun, Jul 17 2005, 10:01 pm

Just to add here -
my son is 12+ months old. I would like to start brushing his teeth, as I think he may get bad breath sometimes. Bad teeth runs in my family and I would really like him to avoid the mouth of silver I have! (or false teeth like my parents!).
Anyone know how to start such a young child on brushing? My dentist said I should just put a drop of tootpaste on a brush...but will my baby let me brush his teeth??

sarahd

Mon, Jul 18 2005, 3:53 am

Try it out, you never know. My son is the same age as yours and he loves when I "brush" his "teeth".

buba123

Mon, Jul 18 2005, 7:07 pm

brachad check out the baby aisle in your neighborhood drugstore. They sell special kits from baby age through toddler age (before teeth - just gums and first teeth). Good habits like this are great to start early - kol hakavod!!

cr2005

Tue, Jul 19 2005, 8:44 pm

when my daughter was 2 years old. she had really bad breath.
It turned out she had worms, I took care of it and the bad breath went away.
hope this helps

indianamom4

Fri, Jul 22 2005, 1:03 am

Whenever I thought one of my kids had bad breath it turned out that I was pregnant and didnt know it yet Exclamation

BrachaVHatzlocha

Sat, Jul 23 2005, 11:03 pm

nicole81 wrote:

amother wrote:

nicole as for thrush- I put the purple stuff on the tounge like doc recommended - it doesnt help.

the doc gave me an rx for nystatin, I'm trying that for now. I hope it works.

is that a cream or a powder? my baby got that for a fungal infection in the diaper area!

buba123

Sun, Jul 24 2005, 9:58 am

Nystatin come in an oral med. and a topical cream. Speak to your dr. about it.

nicole81

Sun, Jul 24 2005, 1:48 pm

brachad wrote:

nicole81 wrote:

amother wrote:

nicole as for thrush- I put the purple stuff on the tounge like doc recommended - it doesnt help.

the doc gave me an rx for nystatin, I'm trying that for now. I hope it works.

is that a cream or a powder? my baby got that for a fungal infection in the diaper area!

it was actually a liquid, with A LOT of sugar in it so the baby wouldn't mind so much!