how to brush babas teeth with toothpaste for the first time

[biglips]

how do i do it? as ive been brushing her teething with a toothbrush for a while now (with no toothpaste) but she was sick from last weekend and she got a smelly breath
(she is 10 months old)

[hunkermunker]

Put a dab of paste (baby one) on the brush and just brush her teeth...

[alicatsg]

or give her the toothpaste and chances are she'll chew/mash it around her mouth anyway

[alicatsg]

oh and no need to rinse if you use baby toothpaste

[biglips]

ah thats what i wanted to know about rinsing the toothpaste as i thought do i give her a bottle of water so she can drink it down but no need to now

[bundle]

no need to rinse, but do supervise closely as they tend to try and stick the brush in their gullet and end up gagging...

[biglips]