How do you clean LO's tongue?

VeilSdeGTO · July 2012

DD used to love it when I would brush her teeth and tongue with a washcloth. Then she actually got teeth and now will tolerate the teeth brushing, but clamps down when I try to clean her tongue.

I've tried making noises/faces, doing it on me and then her (I don't actually touch the washcloth to my tongue), distracting her, making her laugh so that her mouth is open, etc. Nothing really works well.

How do you guys do it?

katie4253 · July 2012

I don't.

What does she do if you give her a wet washcloth to chew? My LO brushes his own teeth (read: chews on the brush for a couple of minutes).

lisamoe · July 2012

katie4253:

I don't.

What does she do if you give her a wet washcloth to chew? My LO brushes his own teeth (read: chews on the brush for a couple of minutes).

This is us, too. DS is not having it when I try to brush his teeth. He "brushes" his own by chewing on the brush. When he's in the tub I give him a clean wet washcloth to suck on too.

dairygirl19 · July 2012

katie4253:

I don't.

What does she do if you give her a wet washcloth to chew? My LO brushes his own teeth (read: chews on the brush for a couple of minutes).

Us too! I also give her a cup of (clean) water while she's in the tub and she kind drinks/swishes it around her mouth.

The tantrum that will ensue if I do it for her is so awful that I'm perfectly happy to call chewing a rag, swishing a cup and sucking a toothbrush good enough at this point!

buskey2011 · July 2012

same as pp. I do recommend the banana toothbrush, I tried the mam toothbrush as a emergency and he refuses to even look at it he just hucks it! I put a knot on one of the burp cloth to help with teething and we have 3 or 4 of those in the house or in the car.

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