Coffee break

[ailbhe]

Decaf coffee and the last Oreo.

I'm rising bread; I feel badly enough about Emer's teeth that I'm making all the white bread with eggs and calcium-enriched rice milk. I'd feed her chalk if I thought it would help. Eggs and beans and calcium rice milk and brown pasta and brown rice... what else has calcium in it? We're practically letting her eat fluoride toothpaste.

I keep hearing about Xylitol but she's only two. So I'm really not sure. Besides, sweets with Xylitol often have acids and things too.

Comments

[geek-kitten.livejournal.com]

Well, over here they give xylitol chew-tablets or chewing gum to kids after every meal, starting as soon as they have any teeth to chew with really.

Ronja loves her tablets and alays asks for them if we forget.

[ailbhe]

The side-effects aren't too bad for babies then? I must see if I can find a source.

[geek-kitten.livejournal.com]

Never heard of any ill effects, the only one I know of is that it does have a laxative effect if you eat too much, but as long as they don't eat it by the hand full it shouldn't be a problem.

If you like I can send you a some to try? They're not expensive, and you can get them in normal food shops here, or the pharmacy, there are several brands, all a bit different in their consistency and xylitol content.