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Brushing Baby Teeth

Em&BeeEm&Bee
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When are you supposed to start oral hygiene and what is recommended or what do you do?
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Re: Brushing Baby Teeth

  • Married2003Married2003 member

    DS has 7 teeth.  I bought a finger brush but still have yet to use it.

     

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  • ntyravgmomntyravgmom

    I don't recommend the finger brush...babies bite when they get teeth! I got one for my first and he bit me twice, so I got a soft toddler brush after that. (I thought I could just tell him no, but that didn't work because the urge to bite when something is in the mouth is too great.

    Victor has 1 1/2 teeth right now and I plan on wiping them with a wet cloth. He loves to chew on one anyway while he's teething, so it's a great way to wipe away any food.

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  • BrideBuddiesBrideBuddies member

    As soon as his teeth popped out, we used the finger brush, but I was admittedly very lazy about it and not a fan of getting my finger bitten off.

    Now that he has a full mouth, we have a soft toddler brush and a fruit flavored toothpaste gel that he likes.  Still a struggle, but he's getting better about it.  We brush every night before bed (unless he falls asleep during story time.)

     

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  • SassystaceSassystace
    DS went to the dentist for the first time around 10 months.  We brush his teeth 1- 2x per day with an infant toothbrush (not a finger one) and use a fluoride-free infant toothpaste (Weleda).  I took my older DD to the dentist for the first time at 3yrs old and baby brother came along (at 4mos)--the dentist said she likes to see them as soon as they have teeth so I made him an appt along with DD in 6 mo.  DS is better at the dentist than my 3 yr old and happily cooperates for teeth brushing too.
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  • IlumineIlumine member

    I was using a finger brush from 3 months on. 

    Then about 6 months, I gave her the first baby toothbrush to gnaw on for teething.  She loved the feel of the bristles on her gums.  I never let her use it unsupervised, but she would go to town on it.

    So when she was about 9 months old, I started in on actually brushing her teeth with it.  By 12 months, she was attemptign to "brush" too.

     

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  • M.AmyM.Amy member

    We started brushing as soon as teeth popped out.  We used the finger brush (ouch!) then moved to a toddler banana shaped toothbrush.  Matt brushes his own teeth now.  According to my dentist at this point it is more important to make sure they make it a habit.

    DH and I both have electric toothbrushes and after Matt walked around the house with his finger in his mouth going "brummmm" I bought one for him.  The dentist was worried that Matt could do damage on his gums so we only let Matt use it for a minute or two.

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  • Priscy2011Priscy2011
    I started with a wet toddler towel during bath time when they where 3mths old and from 9mths a toddler's soft bristle tooth brush will do the magic. by the time they are one they want to try out brushing the teeth themselves. 
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