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As soon as he had a tooth. You don't have to push it when they are little, some nights ds2 gets a good brush, others he isn't in the mood and I just let him chew his brush.

At 4 months when first tooth came. He is now 2 and have had no issues...yet!

Began as soon as first teeth appeared. Had a dinky brush to fit on finger. Also had one with a wide handle with thumb hole for easy baby grip so they could have a go themselves.

The chewable toothbrush mentioned by TwelveLeggedWalk are great.
They are from brush baby, Sainsburys do them to! great with toothpaste and they get tops and bottoms at the same time, also with teething gel after its been in the fridge! Soft silicon bristles are great for cleaning/soothng teething gums.
www.brushbaby.co.uk/

started brushing my Son's teeth about 7/8 months old.

DD is 16 weeks and we mess around in the bath by using a smidgen of toothpaste on the end of my finger & massage her gums. Also use a MAM silicone 'brush' with a moulded end which she gnaws on. She loves it & hope it will pay dividends as she gets older. My mum did similar with me & have no fillings or problems. She took me the dentist from a very young age too and will do the same with DD.

hiya, my son is 6 now but when he was smaller we started brushing his teeth as soon as he got them.

DD1 on the other hand still kicks up about tooth brushing at nearly 4. She does do it though

Reterician my 12 mo DTS is like your DD, he loves having his teeth cleaned and cries when it's over. DTD is the total opposite, I sometimes have to almost put her in a headlock to get the toothbrush in her mouth!

from the start - she is 1 next week, but she loves her toothbrush and cries when you take it off her...

When the first tooth arrived.

We use these - they're like jelly teethers with little jelly plastic 'bristles'. Pop a smudge of toothpaste on them and let them chew/dribble in the bath. Not sure how much actual brushing goes on - although we try and wiggle them around in their mouths for them - but they seem to really love them, especially when teething. You can sometimes get them in Waitrose too.

About 10 months. Let them watch you brush your teeth and hand them their brush and they'll probably want to copy.

About 10 months. Let them watch you brush your teeth and hand them their brush and they'll probably want to copy.

Started with toothpaste on a clean cloth (linen hanky or similar) rubbed it on her gums tooth from as soon as teeth appeared; progressed fairly soon to brushing. At 1yo she's often fine to do it herself, with a bit of encouragement to use the correct end of the brush! Recently she's been tired and teething at the end of the day so if she's refused the toothbrush I've managed to use the cloth method again. Better than nothing!

Yes, after breakfast and after last milk feed of the day

Gosh...I had better crack open the toothpaste then. Possibly another stupid question - do you brush them twice a day?

At 12 weeks when his first tooth came through. He's 7 months now (8 teeth) and happily sits on my knee with his mouth open, teeth bared so I can brush them.

When their teeth first poked through.

Even when toothbrushing was a battle I stuck to it. At 6 and 4 they're pretty good these days, I let them do it once or twice a week. The rest of the time I do it.

You should brush as soon as teeth come through.
No water, just a smear of toothpaste, brush teeth and no need to rinse

5 months, when first tooth broke through on DS (we started his twin sister at the same time even though she had no teeth for another few weeks)

4 months, when first teeth appeared.

As soon as teeth appeared.

We like Tesco's own brand baby toothbrush as it has a chunky handle so DS can grip it. We brush his teeth, then he "brushes" them after to ensure we did it properly

Best first toothbrush?

We did the same as nextphase and it just becomes part of his routine. Xx