They may apply words such as «
cleaning sugar bugs» to make your child understand what is going on.
Luckily for me, I really don't have a sweet tooth — but every oh - so - often
the sugar bug bites.
I was able to find some fantastic recipes that are healthier options (with a few «regular» ones for
the sugar bugs) and I bet that once you try one, you will want to try them all!
I think
the sugar bug was completely out of my system at that time.
But teeth brushing must be done because of
the sugar bugs (proabbly caused by me not forcing the issue sooner) so if you don't cooperate, we do it my way.
«Hmm... you don't want to brush... AND we need to keep those teeth clean so
the sugar bugs don't eat holes in them... What can we do to make this work for both of us?»
Preschoolers» conversations are fascinating as they try to piece information together: looking for
the sugar bugs on their teeth after they eat candy; insisting that Mommy go to time - out when Mommy makes them mad; explaining that they can't start kindergarten yet because they didn't meet the «dead lion» (deadline).
It's time to start rethinking your snacks to keep
those sugar bugs away.
In my research I found a Chinese herbal formula (blue poppy pediatrics — little pearl) which addresses this «
sugar bug».
I would probably try other methods first (abdominal massage, cranial sacral therapy, Chinese herbs) before trying molasses, but personally I would never put brown sugar in a baby's bottle —
sugar bug or not.
My son was born with
a sugar bug.
My daughter has
the sugar bug, it's because of a tongue tie, which is a middle line defect... caused by MTHFR mutation!
There have been so many articles, related to the harmful effects of sugar, this past year and I really want to nip the «
sugar bug» right in the bud.