Stains on her teeth

Couple of months back Belle's teeth appears to have black stains on them especially her bottom front teeth. These stains has been visually disturbing to me, every time I see her smile I will surely see the black stains. The stains looks like cigarette stains but am pretty sure Belle is not smoking.

There the stain can be seen on the picture above. The stains are building up more not only on her bottom front teeth but also on the top front teeth and her back molar teeth.

I have done numerous research online and found that there are many other babies or toddlers out there who has the same problem with their teeth as well. Most of them say that the stains caused by iron built-up either from formula or the extra vitamins. Since I am not giving extra vitamins supplement to Belle, so that will not be the cause of it. Most likely the milk powder is the cause of it. Belle is drinking Gain Plus Eye Q every since she turns 1 years old. I have other friends who's kids are also drinking Gain Plus but they don't have the same problem that Belle is going through so I'm really not very sure if the milk is the culprit.

I make it a point to brush her teeth day and night but getting her to brush is also a a big challenge. Every time she finish her milk, I'll give her water to drink so at least the water helps to rinse her mouth. I've also tried using baking soda on a tooth brush and on a wash cloth (tips I found online from other moms) to rub her teeth but doesn't help remove the stains. I'm so depressed.

However, rather than sitting around and looking at her teeth getting stain more every other day, I try switching her to another brand of formula milk : Mamil Gold. In the beginning of switching she accepted the milk quite well probably because she didn't realise it was different. After a few days, she starts to reject her milk. Belle is a child who loves drinking milk and we never had a problem getting her to drink her milk. Just yesterday and today itself, we struggled to get her to drink. She won't even open her mouth at all. I've tasted both the milk, they taste about the same only difference is the Gain Plus Eye Q has a slightly stronger taste. What else can I do? I have made an dentist appointment for Belle, hopefully doctor can help identify what is the cause of the stains and helps polish her teeth and remove the stains. My other concern with the dental visit, I have no idea how we are going to get her to sit quietly throughout the check-up.

Feelings : Depress, Upset, Stress

Learning more words and into singing

Belle is 23 months old now. She has learn to speak so many words to some extend I get amazed on how she can express herself with proper words and sentences.

She can now recognise all the alphabets A-Z thanks to the little alphabets magnets. Nowadays Belle also loves to sing. Though she can't get all the lyrics perfect but she knows the songs. She loves to sing Baa baa black sheep, Two Little Tikky Bird, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, ABC song, Row Row Row a boat. I wonder if all toddlers at this age develops the same skills at the same pace.

Some of Belle's favourite phrase now are :

- I don't like this. Not nice
- I don't want mommy .....
- Beat you
- I want play big book
- Daddy where? Mommy where?
- I don't want Daniel play bicycle
- I want grape

Belle is half potty trained now. When she wants to poo poo, she will tell us and we'll quickly bring her to her potty. Sometimes she couldn't hold it longer so after she tell us she wants to poopoo, she already pooed abit into her diaper. That is not too bad cause atleast she tries to tell us.

Belle will be turning 2 years old next month September. Time really flies at a blink of our eyes. Now is time to plan for the second lil one.