The association's oral health educator, Deepa Krishnan, said some parents were bottle-feeding their babies the wrong way. Bad practices included parents applying honey or sugar on the bottle teat to encourage the child to drink. Another was bottle-feeding children to sleep and then letting the child hold the bottle the whole night, sucking on the teat while asleep. Bottle-feeding for long periods would ultimately affect the growth and development of a baby's teeth, as the tea