15 Month Old and BAD Breath

If she is drinking/eating a lot of juice, fruit or sugary things it can cause the teeth to rot and bad breath. Also, if she is going to bed/nap with a bottle of milk or juice (anything other than water) and falling asleep with the bottle in her mouth, then the liquid is basically sitting there and fermenting in her mouth. That could definately cause bad breath. If it's not something simple like this, I would try a dentist. But if she is still swallowing the toothpaste (which I imagine she is at only 15 months) ask the dentist before upgrading from the toddler kind.

(Mom of a 24 mo. old boy w/lots of young nieces and nephews)

She may have some type of infection somewhere, i would talk to her pedi or ask her dentist about it (pedi first though). As far as the toothpaste i will tell you what my kids dentist told me, since you are not able to use the "big kids" toothpaste because of the floride yet until she can learn to spit it all out and not swallow anything while you are brushing, the baby or toddler toothpaste without the floride, just wasting money. Their dentist told me that i could just brush his teeth with water, because all that is is gel flavoring. Just passing that on, he said that but the baby (now 18 months) likes the toothpaste everynow and then. Hope this helps ya.

Hello T.!
I have always been told by my dentist that if you brush your teeth and tounge and you still have bad breath in the morning, it is due to lack of water. So me and the kids drink more water and no more bad breath! It's amazing! Hope this helps.

Could be bacteria on the tonuge.The kids brush their teeth and their tounge.Try it if not take her to your dentist.Have a great day

It could be something that she is eating. Bad breath is usually caused by something going on within. My kids get very bad breath when they are sick, and especially when they are constipated.

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She might be drinking to much milk before bed or during the day. My son is 14 months and he has bad breath when I don't let him drink enough water thur out the day. Kids need a lot of water and even though you are brushing a lot maybe she might just need alittle water, you know when us as adults our mouth gets dry it causes your breath to smell.

I'd check with your pedi for an infection too. Sinus issues frequently cause bad breath in infants.

My son had extremely bad breath when he was small. It was due to the fact that he had asthma and would have a certain amount of acid reflux in his sleep. If your child is a snorer this could be a first sign and if your child has allergies that are medicated you might follow up with and ENT for assistance.

Once he reached the age of about 3 we had him start using a mouth rinse like Act to help and we cut down on his milk intake.

It is also possible that her diet is causing this issue. I wish you the best on this.

Keep in mind not to switch her to adult toothpaste until the dentist lets you know as too much flouride can actually cause permanent white spots on her teeth and can actually be toxic.

This is going to sound strange, but maybe baby has put something in her nose. You might want to get that checked out by a doctor.
Good Luck and God Bless
P.