My baby is 14 months old and only in last couple of weeks has she got her teeth - 3 coming through you can see at least 2 now clearly. So I've just started cleaning her teeth. She's most of the time knows to open her mouth now to do it however when she does she puts her tongue out because what she really wants is to taste the toothpaste that's on there but her tongue's in the way of her teeth. She doesn't understand I need to clean her teeth and she doesn't move it it's almost impossible to clean them. As well she just wants to toothbrush all the time so she can put it in her mouth- obviously she can't clean her teeth yet and doesn't understand that's what she needs to do - so again I'm lucky if I get to get the toothbrush on her teeth. Does this happen to everyone? I presume this must be a common thing? Do I just have to try and hope one day she understands?
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