My son is 4.5 months old and teething hardcore. Since he was born we do bath, bottle, and bedtime.

Now that he is getting teeth however I want to brush his teeth at bath time and not give him a bedtime bottle. The obvious answer is to feed him before his bath, which I’ve been trying, but he still melts down and insists he needs a bottle at bedtime even if I know he’s not hungry. He will not accept a pacifier either.

I don’t want him to get cavities and I don’t know if I’m overreacting about this or not. My husband doesn’t understand why I’m trying to force the issue, especially since he still wakes up at 4 am to eat anyway, so I wanted to get an idea of what some of you ladies would do and have done with your kids.