Ideas on brushing teeth

lynnshey · December 2010

Now that S has teeth coming in, we figured it is time to start brushing them. What ideas/tips/good suggestions can you share? Someone gave us one of the Orajel finger toothbrushes with toothpaste, but I was curious as to how to get S to allow us to put it in her mouth.

Daisiesinmygarden · December 2010

The first time we tried M was having none of it. We got past it by having DH hold her while I brushed DHs teeth with his brush for a second. She was more than happy to let me brush her teeth (*edited with her brush*) after that. Now I only have a few seconds to get in there and clean her teeth before she takes the brush to do it herself.

* Edited to clarify - I used DH's toothbrush on him and used Maddie's little toddler brush on her. Ick at the thought of using DHs brush on DD Ick! .

YaraC · December 2010

Caroline loves the grape oragel baby toothpaste so she happily opens up. We use an actual baby toothbrush not a fingerbrush.

livvielo · December 2010

We use a baby toothbrush with water usually. M actually likes it! I always pretend to do my teeth first and let her know how "fun" it is, then ask her to open up and she does, pretty happily. Sometimes H will hold her and I'll brush along with her using my own toothbrush. A dentist I interviewed for work says it's a good idea to let them hold and play with the brush, too, just to get them used to it.

Pesky · December 2010

BRU has a cute banana toothbrush that is soft and easy. And try a small first one. I pretend to brush my teeth and open up really wide and DS mimics. I do it very quickly and done. I try not to force it too much at this point and do the best I can.

stever · December 2010

We use a silicone toothbrush at bath time and M loves it! No tricks to pass along since he usually opens wide for it on his own. He often bites down on it, but we can usually get his whole mouth done.

Just leave off the toothpaste. I wouldn't use that until they can spit it out.

carladillon · December 2010

We bought her a baby toothbrush and let her play with it a couple times before we actually used it. We use the Orajel starter toothpaste. Then I sing "brusha brusha brusha!", like from 'Grease'. She will sometimes grab it and 'brush' herself!

M.Amy · December 2010

Pesky:
BRU has a cute banana toothbrush that is soft and easy. And try a small first one. I pretend to brush my teeth and open up really wide and DS mimics. I do it very quickly and done. I try not to force it too much at this point and do the best I can.

This.

Matt LOVES his banana toothbrush. He sleeps with it some nights. We make a big deal about bringing out "Mr. Toothbrush" at night and made brushing part of his nighttime routine.

We usually lay Matt down on the changing table and brush his teeth that way. Most times we need to gently hold his arms down from his face at first because he is so wiggly on the table but as soon as he opens his mouth he lets us brush. After I feel like he got a good enough brushing, I let him take the brush and try himself.

We also have Matt watch us brush our teeth in the morning and we talk about how great it is to have clean teeth yadda yadda.

Piranha54 · December 2010

We use a baby tooth brush and originally let her play with it a few times first before actually trying to brush her teeth. I also pretended to brush my teeth to show her what was up. We brush her teeth in the bathroom in front of the mirror and she loves it - likes to brush no matter where, but really likes watching herself. We too sing brusha, brusha, brusha. Our pedi and dentist both said to just use water until they can spit it out.

fiazo · December 2010

Sienna always liked having her teeth brushed, I guess because it felt good on her gums especially when teething. DH likes to use the finger toothbrush, I like regular baby toothbrush. Sometimes she gives us a problem because she wants to do it herself.

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