The problem with toddlers and teeth as Sandra mentions is due to the habit of putting sugary drinks in bottles. The child is usually sucking on the bottle for several minutes (or hours) and the drink is held in the mouth for some time before being swallowed. Babies don't have the ability to just open their throats and chug it down. Drinking plain water is best but if you must give fruit drinks, use a sippy cup or beaker.

I'm of the opinion that it's sheer laziness on the part of some parents to have a child that has been weaned, still sucking on a bottle (and how many times is it referred to as their 'bot bot' euurrghghgghghgh). Children over 2 do not need bottles. They can drink perfectly well out of cups, sippy cups, beakers, water fountains, sports bottles and cat bowls. And don't get me started on dummies, binkies, comforters, dum-dums, suckydums, or pacifiers!

LTS