Brushing my son's teeth?
My son is 20 months old and will fight tooth and nail against me when it comes to brushing his teeth.
I enjoy asked my dentist about it and she said its a case of pinning him down and he will eventually relent.
This sounds pretty harsh to me, but should I do this surrounded by order to make sure his teeth are cleaned.
I have an elder son who took to brushing like a duck to water
My son loves dinosaurs and we brush dinosaurs away...otherwise the dinosaurs will eat his teeth. He enjoys to brush his teeth by himself (under my supervision) and to try to get as several dinosaurs as possible. After that I will brush his teeth to make sure that he brushed all dinosaurs away. Works every time and he is looking forward to brush his teeth.
I don't think pinning him down is a good perception, he will associate the brushing with an unpleasant experience and make things worse.
Children love to emulate older siblings. Have your little boy monitor his older brother. Ask the older child to encourage his little brother agree to mommy brush his teeth too, or if he is old enough have his brother brush the little one's teeth, he may be more suggestible to letting his brother do it; make a big deal about it...smile...clap your hand when he does it, etc.
if you think it's throaty and don't want to do it, then have fun paying for the cavities that'll follow.
you own to be harsh. there's no other way.
mines the same age and is starting impossible to tell apart thing! he used to like it, now he fight it. i tried having him hold it while i hold it and brush, and it worked for a while, but now thats a power struggle i should have see coming! lately ive been doing it in pieces. i say 'ah' and brush the lower right side. after let him sit for a min. then lower left side. sit. top right. sit. top disappeared. and then CHEEEEESE for the front and then lots of giggles and hugs. take a little bit more time, but is definatly worth it because i was starting to notice wan and yuck all over his teeth when we would struggle. now its nice and clean. dutiful luck! and btw, ignore the first answer you got. because like duh approaching i think we knew that like surrounded by our brains like already like!
uhm powerfully he needs to brush his teeth , if not they will get adjectives nasty and yellow . maybe resembling make it fun in a way .
surprise him with foreign flavors of tooth paste or give him colorful tooth brushes to keep brushing teeth exciting.
Answers: Of course buy a cute toothbrush and one that is soft. Last item you want to do is cause him any discomfort with stiff bristles.
Buy bubble gum flavored toothpaste - we like the one from Gerber: http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.j…
20 months is a bit youthful, but when he's older make a reward chart with stickers or prizes/privleges etc. Physically pinning down isn't a right idea (that's going to end up as a battle of wills and making it quality like brushing teeth must be a horrible thing), but you do need to find a way to "pin" this issue down. Make it fun, but within the end "brushing teeth is a rule and we don't do anything else until your teeth are brushed."
The bubble gum toothpaste that is edible can be introduced as something yummy on the ending of a spoon first, and then on the end of a toothbrush that he can just lick and play beside first, before the actual brushing starts.
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I enjoy asked my dentist about it and she said its a case of pinning him down and he will eventually relent.
This sounds pretty harsh to me, but should I do this surrounded by order to make sure his teeth are cleaned.
I have an elder son who took to brushing like a duck to water
My son loves dinosaurs and we brush dinosaurs away...otherwise the dinosaurs will eat his teeth. He enjoys to brush his teeth by himself (under my supervision) and to try to get as several dinosaurs as possible. After that I will brush his teeth to make sure that he brushed all dinosaurs away. Works every time and he is looking forward to brush his teeth.
I don't think pinning him down is a good perception, he will associate the brushing with an unpleasant experience and make things worse.
Children love to emulate older siblings. Have your little boy monitor his older brother. Ask the older child to encourage his little brother agree to mommy brush his teeth too, or if he is old enough have his brother brush the little one's teeth, he may be more suggestible to letting his brother do it; make a big deal about it...smile...clap your hand when he does it, etc.
if you think it's throaty and don't want to do it, then have fun paying for the cavities that'll follow.
you own to be harsh. there's no other way.
mines the same age and is starting impossible to tell apart thing! he used to like it, now he fight it. i tried having him hold it while i hold it and brush, and it worked for a while, but now thats a power struggle i should have see coming! lately ive been doing it in pieces. i say 'ah' and brush the lower right side. after let him sit for a min. then lower left side. sit. top right. sit. top disappeared. and then CHEEEEESE for the front and then lots of giggles and hugs. take a little bit more time, but is definatly worth it because i was starting to notice wan and yuck all over his teeth when we would struggle. now its nice and clean. dutiful luck! and btw, ignore the first answer you got. because like duh approaching i think we knew that like surrounded by our brains like already like!
uhm powerfully he needs to brush his teeth , if not they will get adjectives nasty and yellow . maybe resembling make it fun in a way .
surprise him with foreign flavors of tooth paste or give him colorful tooth brushes to keep brushing teeth exciting.
Answers: Of course buy a cute toothbrush and one that is soft. Last item you want to do is cause him any discomfort with stiff bristles.
Buy bubble gum flavored toothpaste - we like the one from Gerber: http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.j…
20 months is a bit youthful, but when he's older make a reward chart with stickers or prizes/privleges etc. Physically pinning down isn't a right idea (that's going to end up as a battle of wills and making it quality like brushing teeth must be a horrible thing), but you do need to find a way to "pin" this issue down. Make it fun, but within the end "brushing teeth is a rule and we don't do anything else until your teeth are brushed."
The bubble gum toothpaste that is edible can be introduced as something yummy on the ending of a spoon first, and then on the end of a toothbrush that he can just lick and play beside first, before the actual brushing starts.
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