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Post by sweetpeamom25 on Oct 31, 2012 7:39:46 GMT -6
Any tricks for brushing teeth on a 2 year old? It has become a fight every night to brush our daughter’s teeth. I feel like we’ve tried everything—her sitting on the counter so she can watch in the mirror, letting her brush her teeth first-all she does is chew/suck on the brush, us brushing our teeth with her, Daddy brushing Mama’s teeth/Mama brushing Daddy’s teeth to show her it’s ok for someone to help, laying her down on the floor, etc. She will not let us help. I’m worried the battle will continue and she will come to hate brushing her teeth. I know this is completely normal, but I’m just looking for any tricks that worked for you.
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Post by onlyoneboy on Oct 31, 2012 7:42:08 GMT -6
Does she like her tooth brush? What about the tooth paste? What about rewarding her with stickers or small toys for brushing her teeth? I'm not of much help as we never had a problem with DS1
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Post by angel22 on Oct 31, 2012 7:53:36 GMT -6
Hmm, I didn't have those problems with my girls, they LOVED brushing their teeth at that age, to the point that I'd have to take their toothbrushes away (now is a different story, however.) But like OOB said, offer a reward. Also, our dentist told us that just letting the kid chew on the toothbrush helps alot as long as they are using all of the different parts of the mouth. Do you ever "play dentist?" Lay her back and use a funny voice, count her teeth, brush them a bit, talk to her about what a great job she's doing keeping her teeth clean, etc- then let her do the same to YOU! (Or let her be your dentist first.) I know that this takes a LOT of time, but if it helps her get used to it... GOOD LUCK!
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Post by jrose on Oct 31, 2012 8:10:01 GMT -6
Let her brush your teeth, put a puppet on your hand and make it fun, rewards, let her pick out her own toothbrush and kiddie toothpaste. I think the one thing that finally did it for us was taking DD1 to the dentist...for some reason she didn't give other people problems lol and since that visit we never had a fight about brushing teeth again!  |
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Post by dara1012 on Oct 31, 2012 9:17:34 GMT -6
DS went through a phase and we let him pick his toothbrush and that helped a lot. Keep at it and she'll learn it is something you have to do
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Post by ReneeW on Oct 31, 2012 20:16:37 GMT -6
A special and fun toothbrush may help. When my kids were that age we had a little routine where we said goodbye to all the food they ate that day, starting with breakfast on. And later we made up funny songs about teeth too. Keep trying fun ideas!!
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