Hi Carrie,

The worst part is that this dentist is a woman and the minute a patient
walks or crawls into her office, the assistant gives a hand-out about
the dangers of baby bottle tooth decay, even if the mother says, "But my
baby has never had a bottle."

From my experience, some dentists assume that the baby is still bottle
feeding past age 1 and automatically give the hand-out to ALL young
patients.

So I guess this means that the dentist is an equal opportunity
discriminator . . . she says she will not treat patients who are still
breastfeeding OR using a bottle. But I bet there are a few who aren't
exactly truthful.

It's terrible when mothers have to choose between having their
children's dental health treated or being forced to wean from the bottle
or breast.  Maybe someone should sue the dentist.

Heidi, in NM, where speaking of suing, I've been *invited* to serve jury
duty. I've requested an exemption due to being my children's primary
caregiver, year-round homeschool parent and a breastfeeding mother.

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