I doubt it's a conscious choice. I am an adult and I avoid toothpaste with fluoride because no matter what I do, once toothpaste gets to the back of my tongue i

I doubt it's a conscious choice. I am an adult and I avoid toothpaste with fluoride because no matter what I do, once toothpaste gets to the back of my tongue it simply falls into my throat. I would imagine that for a child without decades of swallowing food it's even harder to control or even notice.