Is this an impossible task?

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Ok, so ds has finally got his first tooth (yay), and we have been instructed by the HV to clean it at least once a day. Seriously, how in the name of all that is holy does one clean an eight-month-old baby's tooth? Quite apart from the fact he generally refuses to open his mouth, how do you get him to rinse and spit? Or am I being really stupid?

You are being a tad ambitious with rinsing and spitting! Just get a baby toothbrush or one of those other devices - there's a brush that sits on the end of an adult's finger, for instance, put some toothpaste on and attempt to contact tooth. Good luck...

Btw, advice from dentists when ds was a baby was to use plain adult toothpaste, not baby pastes - they don't contain enough fluoride. Sainsbury's own brand was fine - think it contains the optimum amount. ALthough helpfully can't recall what that was.

You can buy these little toothbrushes from Boots -they fit on your fingertip so you can brush the tooth whilst your finger is clamped in his mouth!
Other than that just but a first toothbrush and lunge for a few seconds

Ok, thanks. So, pretty much like we do with the cat it seems. No problem

i used to also give my ds a tooth brush he could just chew on to get used to one

you can also buy tooth paste wipes that are strawberry flavoured got mine from superdrug not sure if still do them