Problem brushing teeth

My sons like this, I have to pin him down still. I’ll let him have a go first but he’ll only brush the front lot of teeth and I’ll try get the rest without pinning him down but it always leads to being pinned down.

So what I did at that age was "We have to brush teeth before bed. You want to do it the easy way or the hard way?" The hard way is to lay the child spine down across my lap with the head slid off my thigh. The mouth usually drops open like that and I can get a quick brush in. If the kid is being super stubborn a little tickle opens the mouth. When it is bad night I brush for less than 10 seconds. The goal is to make brushing non optional then improve technique and duration. The kid learned pretty fast that the easy way was better. Good luck!

My husband is in charge of brushing my daughter’s teeth (she is more accepting of him doing it lol) and he turns it into a game. After her shower/bath she lays down in between his legs head closest to him. He starts by “brushing” different parts of her body with the bottom of the tooth brush and she giggles and laughs and it helps her learn her body parts and bodily awareness. Then her arms get “locked” (put under his legs) so he secures her head in place so she can’t turn away and he sings songs while brushing her teeth. It’s a method we found from a pediatric OT on Facebook on how to easily brush teeth for strong willed argumentative kiddos 😂

We've all been through it. Don't stress yourself too much. Pin him down and brush. It will be 5 mins of a tantrum but he'll forget about it when it's done. We refuse to have silver mouth kids 😆.

Btw, Night brushing is the best bc we are eating throughout the day and if not brushed, the acid, sugar, etc builds. If u brush at night, a morning brush for a kid is not essential. Breath may stink but no decay. The goal is to keep tartar and cavities away. Don't stress too much momma!