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Dear MIMsters: How Do I Prevent My Toddler From Having Bad Breath?

Dear MIMsters: How Do I Prevent My Toddler From Having Bad Breath?

Good day MIMsters, I need advice on how to take proper care of a 17-month-old baby’s mouth.

I have been using a soft baby towel soaked in warm water and a pinch of salt to clean her tongue from the time she was 3 days old.

Sometime in July, I decided to buy Milk teeth toothpaste and start using that instead of the salt, because her teeth had began sprouting. So, last month, I discovered that she had begun to have bad breath which my husband and I ascribed to the flu she had. I bought Moko glycerine to use that and clean her mouth, but there has been no improvement.

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I have taken permission from work to take her to the hospital on Monday. She just has 7 teeth and the others are yet to come out, even though they are showing signs of sprouting. I feel brushing is too early and won’t be a good idea.

Please, has anyone gone through this situation with their child? if you did, what did you do to sort this issue out? These days I find it hard to clean the back of her tongue because she refuses to allow me clean it. A friend of mine said that antibiotics will do the magic, but I will see a doctor first before I administer any drugs.

Please share what you think I can do, thank you.

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  • Check her nose. Look deep in there, she may have stuck something in there. This happened to my tei years old daughter, she stuck paper up her nose and it caused an infection that made her breath to smell like poop. It was on d internet i saw a suggestion to look deep into her nostrils. Behold, i found the culprit

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