bad breath for a 1 year old normal???

Both my boys have rather horrid morning breath, but it is cos they both lie on their backs with their mouths open - not sure how this works, but that was the doc explantaion when I rushed them of to him thinking they has tonsilitis.

Also spoke to the dentist about it when I took Brandon for his first check up and as he had beautiful teeth and no problems with the tonsils, she also said it was probably cos they sleep with their mouths open and breath thru the mouth, rather than the nose.

oh my, wow, what a story. Reluctant mom, you never fail to make my day, thanks!!!

No, I never give her warm milk.

Maybe I should have mentioned, I have noticed it 4 times, so, it's not a constant thing.

But I will watch her carefully, since I understand bad breath at this age is not normal?

thanks ladies.

Thanks RM. x

My son had something stuck up his nose a few years ago, he must have been about 2 1/2 - I did not know there was something up his nose.

But the result is that he smelt like a dead rat, and I just could not figure out where the problem was - he brushed, he washed, he rewashed, but this smell permuated all over him.

I am not sure why I ended up at the ENT (probably because I was practically living there at the time) but I walked in, doctor looked up Connor's nose - and said "there is something up his nose.."

They managed to pull it out - it looked a bit like a smartie, with about a ton of snot on it, the smell when it came out was enough to make you run screaming ... but as soon as it was out, the smell immediately went away.

Just thought I would share the story of the missing smartie ....

My lo gets bad breathe at times when I have give her milk that is a bit too hot or I've warmed the food a little bit to much for her without noticing. Then the following morning her breathe will be a bit stinky.

I noticed with my 13months old son on the few ocassions that he had bad breath he had tonsilitis.

Hi

It isn't normal. Often if we get a cold we tend to have breath that smells a bit off.

Consider taking lo to the dentist. I need to take Dylan too.