- Limit the number of times a day
your child eats or drinks sugars. If your child sips juice or pop while
playing, he or she will have sugars in the mouth over and over again. Water
is the best drink to have between meals.
- Do not give your child sugar-rich
foods that stay in the mouth for a long time like gum with sugar in it,
suckers (or lollipops) and other hard candy. Stay away from soft, sticky
sweets that get stuck in the mouth such as toffee, raisins and rolled-up
fruit snacks or fruit leather.
- Keep good snacks handy, where your
child can get them. Have carrot sticks or cheese cubes on the bottom shelf
of the fridge. Children like small things like small boxes of cereal, small
fruits and vegetables, and small packs of nuts or seeds (provided they are
safe for your child). Keep them in a low cupboard.
- To keep your child from asking for
sweets, do not buy them. If they are not in the house, you can't give them
out. If you do serve sweets, limit them to meals. When your child is eating
a meal, there is more saliva in the mouth. This helps to wash away the
sugars.
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