When do you clean your LO's teeth

After watching the programme last night about Alder Hey, I was horrified at the tooth decay in the kiddies. But I clean Martha's teeth at night and then give her her bedtime milk. I think this is not good. She doesn't go to bed with a bottle, which seems to be the worst offender.

What does anyone else do? I'm thinking we should change our routine

I clean Tylers in the morning when I do mine (usually after breakfast) and in the evening when he is in the bath - he then has a BF before he goes to bed though so the same as you. The only problem I would have I think is the bf chills him out and then he goes to bed fine whereas cleaning his teeth would wake him right up again

I clean them in the morning after his milk and breakfast and in the evening after his milk. Makes it easier that he has it downstarirs I think. If he had his milk upstairs it would be harder to do it that way tbh.

How funny, I was thinking about asking this question as it looks like Antonia's teeth are finally (at 14 months) going to make an appearance!

At the moment she still feeds to sleep really - at least she is very, very sleepy from her (breast milk) feed when I put her into her bed and I am not liking the thought of waking her up and brushing her teeth.

Unless she's having breast milk, I would probably change the routine. Having said that, DS used to have milk after he cleaned his teeth. He also ate loads of dried fruit and drank gallons of fruit juice (have the MIL to thank for his refusal to drink anything else), both things that get blamed for tooth decay. But.... the dentist has always said his teeth are perfect. Ask the dentist next time you go.

We clean our Martha's teeth before her bedtime milk, but she is still breast-fed and mummy milk doesn't decay teeth the way cows milk can, (despite what certain "experts" on GMTV might say)

We clean our Martha's teeth before her bedtime milk, but she is still breast-fed and mummy milk doesn't decay teeth the way cows milk can, (despite what certain "experts" on GMTV might say)

That puts my mind at ease a bit - will change the routine once he isn't bf anymore

Mostly after breakfast and then again just before bedtime.

After morning milk, and after bedtime milk - last thing before a cuddle and kiss goodnight.
Wasn't that programme sad - such a shame to see all those children only having problems because of the things we parents do....

I do both boys' teeth after breakfast and last thing before bed. They have supper and milk downstairs, then upstairs to get ready for bed, wash and clean teeth. They have a bath on alternate nights and brush teeth in the bath those nights.