I took my baby to the dentist for the first time recently and I was told that she had a few cavities due to breastfeeding too much. Isn’t breastfeeding supposed to be good for kids? Anyway, that’s another subject. Since the baby could not even sit still in the chair for the initial checkup, they suggested that I take her to the local hospital for general anesthesia so that they could fill and repair her teeth. I am not comfortable about having my child put to sleep for so long. I get nervous thinking about that. And then too, before the operation, they would require that she not eat for eight hours. I have a problem with that one too. I mean is this all really necessary?