Babies are colonized with E. coli bacteria as they come through the
birth canal.  So Dr. Wooten's statement doesn't make sense to me.
Maybe it's a case of trying to prove something with 2 true things that
don't correlate.

2ndly, from talking with my pediatric dentist about my older son's
confusing (to me) mouth full of cavities, my understanding is that you
can't have a cavity without a tooth.  I think the baby would only be at
increased risk once she had teeth come through the skin, and in that
case, her teeth could just be brushed.

There is an interesting section in Mothering Your Nursing Toddler about
dental carries and cavities.  Briefly, it stated that a study was done
showing the following:
        clean teeth in straight breastmilk would actually calcify
        teeth with food on them in breastmilk would decay very rapidly
        teeth in other milk would also decay rapidly

It might be enlightening for this mother of 2 nurslings to read that
section in the that book.

Katie Bredbeck
mama to one boy with teeth and one boy who is teething

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