What causes a baby to have bad breath?
Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at
5:35 pm
My boy isn’t sleeping as well as usual, actually he’s a having a really hard time, is off his food and milk, and just miserable all day… and his breath smells really bad. What causes bad breath in a baby?
He’s 11mths. It’s not normal bad breath from not brushing teeth, it’s horrible foul smelling bad breath, I’m 100% sure he’s sick with something, just wondered if bad breath was a clue to what he’s sick from…
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name is Lesli Paterson, and welcome to my blog. I created this blog to
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every person not just babys have bad breath. Its the same thing
Bacteria. Bacteria has a smell. because you don’t brush their teeth or mouth . Bacteria is formed more under heat.
He could be sick, that cause bad breath.
Or rotting milk in his throat.
Feed him more water.
I know this might sound silly, but, my mom swears that when a child or baby is getting a stomach virus they always have bad breath, a sour smell. She’s been right on every time my son would start puking within a day of her saying he had bad breath.
I agree with the other posters about his teeth too.
My daughter had really sudden onset of bad breath and it turned into a viral infection… she got a fever and coldlike symptoms
Bacteria. More than likely. You can brush baby’s teeth//gums at a young age…it’s important for good oral health…and their budding teeth.
Also, water is wonderful!!
blessings!
Babies too young to have teeth can have bad breath because the major cause of bad breath is the top of the tongue, not the teeth, where bacteria grow and produce all those bad smells. Bacteria love baby food to grow on so these bacteria live well. Mints, gum, mouthwash and even toothpaste will cover up this bad breath for a short time but they do not cure it because they do not get rid of the bacteria. Most of us cannot smell our own bad breath so be assured your child is happy and does not know he has bad breath.
To get rid of bad breath you must clean off the top of the tongue and get rid of bad breath. I have used OraBrush tongue cleaner for 6 months with great success. It is a brush and a scraper and the bristles of the brush are very soft and can be used on a baby’s tongue.
Get several OraBrushes, one for each of your family members. Works for my family. OraBrush will work for yours.