Toddler Teeth

[~Hestia~]

Thanks Heather I'll check out the health food shop this week. Yeah he happily chews on his toothbrush in the bath, it's just when it comes to actual brushing by mum or dad he freaks out!

[Mad Scientist]

What about rubbing his teeth with a wet facewasher just until he gets the hang of it? My DD2 has only just started letting us brush her teeth at 19 months x

[Calluna]

I only do it once a day (before bed) but have been thinking I should do it more...

[~Hestia~]

I forgot I wrote this! Nice toothpaste hasn't helped, he'll happily eat it though!
Facewasher is a great idea, thanks MS. Might be less scary.
Heva we were brushing in the bath (or trying too) but are now doing (trying!) twice a day now he has more teeth. Not that I think it's actually doing anything at the moment LOL.

[feeb]

DS1 still doesnt let us really brush his teeth, he has his toothbrush to chew on while we do our teeth, after we finish we try and do his and dont generally get to far before he clamps mouth shut.

We only generally get to try once a day in the morning.

[UsPlus2]

we brush our 16mths DS's twice a day, after breakfast and before bed. It took a while to get him to actually get the motion right. I started sitting him on the bench while I brushed my teeth, let him hold his brush, and just cause he wanted to copy he would put his brush into in his mouth and I would move it around. Takes a while to get a good clean going but now he opens when I say "aaaah" and laughs when I get his tongue. I still have to hold his brush and move it though.

[appletree]

Have you tried turning it into a game? DD has always loved it when i 'accidentally' find some food she has eaten that day, i will say something silly like 'huh? is that a whole sausage in there?', 'ooh look, its that watermelon you had for morning tea!'. It always makes her laugh and she opens wider and i can get in there.