You don’t understand it. With your first baby, you figured out breastfeeding pretty quickly, but it’s a painful struggle with your second. You feel like you’re doing everything right, but they aren’t thriving. You think maybe you should give up and start using formula.
Stop!
The benefits of nursing are worth the effort to fix this situation. If you want to continue breastfeeding but are experiencing trouble, your baby may have a tongue or lip tie and need a frenectomy. Keep reading to learn why this procedure has risen nearly 90 percent over recent years.
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Kids love juice for its great taste, and parents love that their kids drink juice because it’s good for them! After all, fruits are brimming with important vitamins and nutrients that your child needs to be healthy. While this is true, letting your little one drink too much juice could do them a lot more harm than good. Here’s how fruit juice affects your child’s teeth and what you can do to protect their precious smile.
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Attempting to clean a child’s teeth and gums can be a difficult task for any parent. Far too often, kids are more concerned with playing and doing whatever is necessary to avoid these morning and nighttime rituals. But these common oral hygiene routines can be even more of a challenge if your child has special needs. Whether it is physical, developmental, or behavioral, your child may be at a higher risk for many of the most common dental problems. A 
After a fun (but exhausting!) day of sharing the exciting news with your loved ones, you settle into bed and pick up one of your many books on what to expect during pregnancy. A few chapters in, your eyes start to get heavy. As you place the bookmark against the page of the next chapter, you contemplate whether getting out of bed to brush your teeth is worth sacrificing the comfortable position you’ve found. But before you can complete the thought, your eyes are closed and sleep is well underway.
From their first gummy smile as a baby to their senior portraits as an emerging adult, seeing your child’s smile lights up your world in a way you never knew was possible. To ensure that their teeth and gums remain healthy throughout the years, they need to practice proper oral hygiene and visit the dentist twice a year. But when does this process start? And at what age should you begin brushing their teeth? A