Brushing your Toddlers Teeth - tell me what you do

[_JeSs_]

i used to have trouble with DS, but now he loves it, the kids electric toothbrush worked wonders when he was going through the not wanting to brush stage, i had trouble STOPPING him brushing lol... now he just uses a normal one and brushes his teeth with me and for as long as i do, i try to make it a little routine

[Frangipani]

We have a song we sing for teeth brushing- which has a routine to it and would probably last about 2minutes (i didn't know there was a preferred brush time). We sing 'this is the way we brush our teeth, brush our teeth, brush our teeth, this is the way we brush our teeth before we go to bed/go and play (depends on time of day). I can't think what the original tune is- cause i've always used this tune with my lyrics to get alot of things done, eg washing hands, washing body in bath, washing hair, even changing nappy...everything i've needed it for...lol! It works 99% of the time. Actually it could be the 'Here we go round the mulberry bush' tune. I also always let them (both DS's- 16months and almost 3 year old) have a go at brushing themselves too- then its mummy's turn.

As for dentist visits- yet to do so here too. I checked with my dentist last year and he said there was no rush- i can't remember if he said an age- but DS1 was almost 2 at the time. I'm a big chicken when it comes to dentists- so I might have to get DH to take them.