Which is worse: letting your baby cry it out, or letting them sleep with a bottle of milk/juice?

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I am a firm believer in never letting your baby cry. I think it's awful that parents do so - called sleep training to teach their child to soothe themselves ie teach them that no one is coming so they better shut up. I know there are ways out there to teach your child to sleep but i am a firm believer in picking up and soothing a crying baby.
My daughter is 21 months and only sleeps through the night if she has a bottle of milk or juice. My friend says this is horrible for her teeth. I said it's causing a bit of discoloration to her teeth but it's not causing decay so she's fine. I've researched it and really it's not a problem until they're 2 years old. My friend sleep - trained her daughter so she's not one to talk anyway. I said we all have ways to get a good night's sleep.
We use natural milk and juices so it's good for her anyway. My friend said that doing this is going to ruin her teeth. I say sleep - training your baby is more harmful to development than a little natural milk or juice in a bottle.
What do you think?

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idk seems like you’re more worried about your good nights sleep then your babies health. dental health is very important, seems like you don’t know that

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Yeah, no. You think your kid being 3-months away from 2 somehow makes her immune to tooth problems? You’re rotting your kids teeth by letting her have milk and/or juice (ESPECIALLY juice) in a bottle at night. Bottle rot is a real thing and can damage even unemerged adult teeth. Doesn’t matter if it’s “natural” milk or juices (which unless you’re milking the cow yourself or pulling fruit from your own fruit tree and juicing it, there’s no such thing as “natural” milk or juices in the vast majority of developed nations). You need to stop giving her milk or juice at night in a bottle IMMEDIATELY. You will cause permanent damage by your actions. Water only, or nothing at all. If she cries, too bad. Go and hold her and soothe her. Do not give her milk or juice.

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You are going to rot your childs teeth. That has nothing to do with cry it out. Both things are awful and known to chase damage.

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Switch to water. Milk and juice is horrible before bed especially falling asleep with it. Even before 2. Take your babe to the dentist asap. 
Sleep training does not always mean cry it out or letting babe cry. 
A water cup and snuggles is perfectly fine to get babe to sleep.

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Both having a bottle and getting milk or especially juice is no good for their teeth. Switch til water, in a sippi cup or similar.

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You’re delusional if you think any juice is healthy for her & specially drinking it and milk over night. It’ll rot her teeth. 
You’re selfish in wanting a good nights sleep for yourself. There’s nothing wrong with sleep training.

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She is already experiencing the early visible signs of decay (the not visible comes first) if her teeth are discolored at all. Little kids teeth are rarely discolored unless there is decay. My son is almost 6 and has no discoloration. However he has friends in his preschool class that have cavities, crowns. One poor little girl has had half of her teeth removed already because of bottle rot. Her mom says she hasn’t had a bottle since she was 2 when they first saw signs of a problem. Sounds about the same as your timeline. 
Advice: get to a dentist, get rid of the bottle, offer water in a sippy cup at night and get off your high horse about parents that choose a cry it out method and attend and adapt to your daughter’s needs(not wants).

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It doesn’t matter if one is worse than the other. Letting them sleep with juice or milk in a bottle is harmful to their teeth. At 21 months they shouldn’t have a bottle anyway. You should be fully switched to sippy cups (or regular cups) regardless of what’s in it.

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I would try teaching her to have her milk (never juice before bed!) then go brush her teeth after she’s done. That’s what we do. And she actually loves brushing her teeth. Get her to do that before naps and bedtime will save her teeth. (My daughter is going to be 2 in July)

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Stop bottles to sleep. Give your child a pacifier or a bottle of water but my God... They fall asleep with milk and juice in their mouths and the acids and sugars (no matter how natural) will eat away at their enamel and eventually cause decay.
Discoloration in teeth that are barely 2 years old is not normal! That's the first sign that what you're doing is harmful. Even breastfeeding moms (myself included) are told that if you nurse at night, wipe your baby's gums with a damp cloth.
I don't agree with cry it out, but there are safe ways to teach your baby to self soothe and fall asleep without your help. What you're doing is effective, but harmful to your child's teeth. You need to find a better way for your child to fall asleep and sleep through the night

Which is worse: letting your baby cry it out, or letting them sleep with a bottle of milk/juice?

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