Community› The Bump Message Boards› Success after IF
Success after IF
New Discussion

toddler toothbrushing/spitting

JustaKidAtHeartJustaKidAtHeart
in Success after IF

How did you teach your kid to spit the toothpaste?  My boys will spit but they swallow first and it is kinda like just doing raspberries into the sink.

When did you stop using the training paste and move to kids paste?

image
Lilypie Kids Birthday tickers Lilypie First Birthday tickers
Report Reply to Post

Re: toddler toothbrushing/spitting

  • LucyPevensieLucyPevensie member

    I am still using training toothpaste (orajel toddler) because Jack swallows every bit of it.  We'll work on spitting when he's 3.  We tried switching to kids flouride toothpaste but he HATED it, and again, he was swallowing every drop and I didn't want that even though we were only using a very tiny bit.

    Wheee!
    image

    "When it comes to sleeping, whatever your baby does is normal. If one thing has damaged parents enjoyment of their babies, it's rigid expectations about how and when the baby should sleep." ~ James McKenna, Ph.D., Mother Baby Behavioral Sleep Center, University of Notre Dame

    image
    Report Reply
  • Loading the player...
  • madhatter2003madhatter2003
    DD's gotten good at spitting, we switched around 4.  DS still swallows it all so I have both kinds of toothpaste around.
    My two PCOS miracles! Lilypie Kids Birthday tickersLilypie Kids Birthday tickers
    Report Reply
  • futrkingsleyfutrkingsley member

    We tried the flouride kind but he would rather eat it than spit.  So we work on spitting non-flouride stuff.  :)

    We use several different brands of kid's toothpaste but I make sure that it contains Xylitol.  It impedes the grown of bacteria and really does help minimize the teeth gunk and helps us keep our teeth clean. It is NOT in many common brands of kid's flouride free toothpaste for some reason.  Earth's Best has it, though I think most Orajel flavors do not.  I buy our's at Whole Foods.

    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"