I can’t believe I’m asking this!

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I asked my partner for some more ideas for stocking fillers for our 8 & 9 year olds. He mentioned new toothbrushes. I said oh actually I was thinking of getting them electric ones so we just change the heads. He said no and that he has stabbed hhimselfin the face by his eye when the head has came off the toothbrush of his electric one. I was bewildered and said how on earth does that even happen?! He’s the processed to say I’m argumentative and if I buy the kids one and they stab themselves in the eye when the head comes off it’s all my fault. In my 36 years of life and using one. That has never happened. Am I right in thinking WTF?!

The older oralb pro 3000 has a screwdriver like connector
https://owp.klarna.com/product/3221776504/Braun-Oral-B-Pro-3-3000-White-Junior-Frozen.jpg

The "OralB io 3 ultrasonic" newer model has a flatter and safer looking connector
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however the brush heads are more expensive than the older oralb electric brushes.

https://shop.oralb.co.uk/p/io3-electric-toothbrush-duo-pack-ice-blue-and-matte-black/15213839/?affil=thggpsad&switchcurrency=GBP&shippingcountry=GB&variation=14712479&gadsource=1&gadcampaignid=19970833833&gclid=CjwKCAiA0eTJBhBaEiwA-Pa-hQ4rj6-SMWxuXQ95ESD2M4YyeDP3KQqI2uHJqaFqvluNjK7c9Nxz8BoCxLkQAvDBwE

Three year olds allowed age to use electric toothbrush is probably assumed an adult would be supervising them til age 8.

I think an electric toothbrush is worth it, my teeth feel a lot cleaner from an electric than a manual. If your children are cooperative, sensible and can stay still to brush, it should be safe for them to use and swap heads each time.

My children have always had a toothbrush (or toothbrush heads) in their stockings. They’ve never been upset about it. Just like they know they always get socks in there and aren’t disappointed by those either. They’d probably be disappointed if they didn’t because it’s part of the tradition for them.

My adult son is actually getting nail clippers in his stocking and my daughter is getting tweezers in an attempt to stop mine going wandering!

I’d stick with manual toothbrushes and spend your money on something more fun for them.

Giving kids a toothbrush, underwear etc doesn't really come out of the Christmas budget its stuff you would buy anyway but are just wrapping them up as extra to open as its fun. I wrap allsorts up for my kids but its not in place of toys its just extras as they love a pile of presents.

My DP is insanely clumsy, sort of wanders about causing chaos. He drew the curtains the other day and managed to pull them down. However since I bought him an electric toothbrush two years ago no injuries of any sort have been sustained.

😂😂 Great thread thanks, I love weird MN 🤣

he's one of the people when some silly user error results in an accident so therefore he declares all is wrong with them and they're banned!

Electric toothbrushes are better for cleaning teeth anyway

Like when one customer at work moans so he changes the entire process when there's 5000 other customers happy.

Toothbrushes, fine. Water flossers can be a menace to the uninitiated.

It’s not ok and is it an environment you want your children witnessing??

I am ashamed to say..... I stabbed myself just below the eye and it made a mark......

But I still have electric and so do the kids....

Does he use one now or does he have electric toothbrush phobia?

Yes we wrap everything at Christmas it's just lots of things to unwrap and a few laughs, if it stands still it gets wrapped. Where is that cat?

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Your partner is a bit dim. It’s possible that this has passed down to your children. Hopefully they take after you as intelligence is usually passed on by the mother.

My child has a kids electric toothbrush but it was a bit too powerful for his teeth. I found him a mine craft battery powered toothbrush (for kids) that didn’t have the removal head. It is terrible for the environment but I bought as a once off because my child wasn’t brushing his teeth - he was chewing his toothbrush for 30 seconds and then said he was done.

On sale at the supermarket it was $6 (reduced from $12). I think you might be able to get similar for your children’s stockings.

I do think your partner is being ridiculous and I am an overprotective mother (with OCD). The head of the electric toothbrushes coming off worried me but I realised as long as I kept it clean and ensured it was connected properly it was a non-issue.

I’ve had electric toothbrushes before. The downside is you absolutely need to clean them properly and toothpaste can build up at the connection point. If your partner wasn’t using one of those little circled guard things then toothpaste would absolutely build up. It’s a laziness thing your partner probably did so the attachment didn’t attach properly.

I haven't read all the posts apart from the OP's and it sounds like you have other problems with your husband. However, on the toothbrush thing, he actually has a point. I have been using them for many, many years, but I had one, and I can't remember which make it was, about 5 years ago, and the heads kept coming off, no idea why, and underneath was basically a metal point. One time I genuinely nearly did take my eye out with it when it came off as I was brushing forwards and as it did my hand kind of came up (happened so fast I'm not 100% sure what happened) and I stabbed just under my eye. A few millimetres up and I would have skewered my eyeball. Made me terrified of using it for a while. However, they aren't all made the same and it hasn't stopped me getting another ones since then and never had another problem. But I can see why if it has happened to him, he is worried about kids using them.

Electric toothbrushes are always recommended by dentists. They do a better job of cleaning teeth. An 8/9 year old should easily be able to cope with one.

I have an Oral B one and it's quite hard to get the head off when the time comes to replace it - I can't imagine it coming off accidentally.

Electric toothbrushes are good for teeth health but very high EMF so whilst all the health info says that EMF is no issue to health, I'd avoid exposing young children's brains to EMF for as long as possible.

Perhaps research which brushes have low EMF.

Also they are hugely energy inefficient, so check that out too. Braun used to be terrible, not sure how they now perform.

And no I've never injured myself using mine.

Was he using it to put his contact lenses in?

I thought the wtf moment was going to be giving kids toothbrushes in their stocking.
But no, it got better :)

I can confirm I have never been stabbed anywhere by a toothbrush, electric or not.

Does he mean when he’s trying to pull the head off and then it comes suddenly off? In which case you could just tell the kids to let you change the heads?

🤣🤣🤣 I don’t even know how to respond to what he said that’s not laughing.

My daughters had one from being 1 to try and encourage her to brush her teeth rather than forcing and it worked. She is 3 and only ever brushes her teeth with it. She is aware that her teeth are in her mouth and not in her eye!! 🤷🏻‍♀️

The only time the brush bit has ever come off mine when I was using it was when I had bought cheaper brushes rather than the right ones for my make of toothbrush, and it didn’t fit properly.

MIL tells me that she bsolutely will not use and electric toothbrush as "they electrocute and kill you because you can't put electric things anywhere wet like your mouth." No amount of telling her that I, like millions of others, use electric toothbrushes twice a day with no electrocution, convinces her.

It's a wonder they allow these dangerous, eye-stabbing, electrocuting contraptions to be sold. And that there's anyone left alive. and un-blinded.