Advice to limit nighttime nursing in order to avoid possible dental decay has
always seemed to me like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.  There are
plenty of extended nursers who enjoy perfect teeth.  I just can't see where
the *possibility* of dental decay is enough of a justification to limit night
nursing.  And for a pediatric dentist to recommend <<separate, discreet
feeds>> is just plain unrealistic, in my experience. (I also had a child who
wanted to marathon nurse at times.  Do you think I stayed awake for that?  No
way!)  Seems to me more reasonable to employ diligent tooth brushing as soon
as teeth appear, particularly when there is  a history of weak enamel in the
family.  (OK, I'll admit it- dentists who tell parents not to nurse at night,
and dentists who don't allow parents into the examining room push my buttons.
I'll move on... but I also highly recommend the Irish dentist's 1995 LLLI
conference tape.)  E-mail me privately for ordering info.
 Sue Jacoby, IBCLC & LLLL who always stayed with her children in the
dentist's office "until they outgrew the need." (basically an all-purpose
helpful guideline for how to raise children, I think!)