Help!!! Tooth brushing
Tooth brushing has mostly been a struggle for us but up until recently we’ve just about managed to get every tooth through a combo of letting our little girl brush and with our assistance. We actually even went through a phase where she wanted to brush her teeth all the time. HOWEVER things have drastically changed and no matter what song (or video) I play, what game I do, what distraction technique I use, no matter how patient and gentle I am I just cannot get them brushed. It’s been very stressful and I have (wrongly) given up and admitted defeat a few times. I’m starting to get worried about the consequences so tonight I held her down and forced the brushing (which goes against everything I feel I know 😖) and it ended in catastrophic tears, so much so she was gagging. And it wasn’t even a full brushing 😢 I can’t bear to do that to my baby but also know tooth brushing is so important, I just don’t know what to do.
I’m guess I’m looking both for tips and I just to hear that people are also having a terrible time with toothbrushing? Feel like such a bad parent whichever way it goes at the moment
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Have you tried getting a toothbrush with her favourite character
Or asking her which one does she want to brush her teeth with and to pick a bubblegum toothpaste
I’ve always said tooth brushing is a non negotiable and hold her down it’s got to be done
Most days this is a struggle for us as well regardless of how fun we try to make it. So unfortunately I am with Christina here, I hold him down and just do it eventually when nothing else works. We are the parents and we are doing all these things for their own good. They'll know that one day when they are older. It's a bit like struggling with nappy changing. What should we do, not get them cleaned if they refuse?
Is she teething at all? My daughter can be hit and miss with brushing teeth but when those very back molars came through she was pretty distraught with teeth brushing 😩 she’s back to being ok (ish 🤣) now though
Thanks ladies. I went ahead with the hold down and force and although at first it was horrific she now seems to have accepted it and we’ve had some of the most successful brushes ever over the past couple of days! Well aware it could change again with a finger snap but I’ll take it for now!!
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