New member, Chrissie

[chrissie79]

Hi i'm having problems getting my 19 month old son to brush his teeth, has anybody got any ideas?

 

[turbo_mom]

are you using those tasty bubblegum toothpaste?

 

[Angel]

yeah the bubblegum tooth paste and let him pick a toothbrush(you know how they come with different characters on it).Goodluck

 

[chrissie79]

are you using those tasty bubblegum toothpaste?

Yep, i've tried those, he just eats it and won't brush his teeth or let me help him. I think I have a terrible two early!!!

 

[Wobbles]

I think its a case of helping him ... and Mummy brushing teeth with him making it fun too

Welcome to BabyandBump

 

[turbo_mom]

yeah maybe if you brush your teeth with him and show him how "fun
" it is than he will try

 

[bek74]

1st welcome to baby and bump.

that sounds so much like a boy thing, lol. I have three sons.

I bought mine those Braun Disney electric tooth brushes, they are alot slower than the adult ones and the brush heads are smaller and softer.

Once I bought those, my boys thought it was the best. I also bought those tablets ( harmless) that they chew up swish around and spit out, it makes all the unbrushed areas go pink. Well my boys had heaps of fun trying to brush that pink stuff off ( of course I had to do it with them).

Good luck. They do say at this age they never really brush their teeth, they more or less play around and suck on it, they will out grow that phase, trust me.

 

[Suz]

Looks like you got some great advice so Im just here to say Welcome to BnB!!!!

 

[Iwantone!!!]

Welcome to BnB all the best good luck