snacks between meals are recommended.
Of more importance are the frequency,
duration,
retentiveness,
and cleaning properties of the foods consumed.
Frequency refer to how often foods are in the mouth.
Nursing on demand is recommended through 6 months of age,
but once the teeth begin erupting the infant is able to have regularly spaced feedings with appropriate care of the teeth. Likewise,
babies should not use a bottle as a pacifier because of the frequency with which the teeth will be milk coated.
Babies should lying down,