One year old hates teeth been brushed

[Mummy9431]

I’ve a one year old litter girl and she hates her teeth been brushed.
I’ll make sure I manage to brush them for a couple of seconds but while I’m doing it it’s a full on melt down and she’s fighting with me

What do I do? I’m scared if I carry on brushing them I’m going to make a huge deal out of it but I can’t not brush her teeth 🤦‍♀️

I purposefully brush my teeth in front of my toddler, who then wants to brush their teeth too…

Non negotiable. Pin her between your knees if need be. It's a phase, how long it lasts is down to luck unfortunately. 😬

There are some good tooth brushing songs on YouTube. Hey Duggee and coco melon that might help?

Have you tried letting her pick out a special toothbrush. There are some ones with lights etc, characters, might help?

We did a sticker chart too, working up to a small treat, I.e. magazine? But maybe she's too young to grasp this?

Do a bit of a demo first, then give them a toothbrush to have a try with, but dive in there with a second one to have a go yourself here and there. If they start to object, repeat the cycle. Put it that you're 'helping them' and give lots of praise (despite the fact that they're probably just sucking the toothpaste off the brush!)

Yep it’s non-negotiable in this house, screaming and crying doesn’t stop it happening.

I used to sit on the loo seat with Dd between my legs and have one arm wrapped around hers and use the other one to brush.

Or if really fighty I’d wrap her in a towel so all arms and legs were in and brush when she screamed 😂

If they clamp their mouth shut blow on their face.

Trust me. Dental procedures are far more traumatising than crying for 2 mins to have teeth brushed.

My son was the same it does eventually pass. When we went through this phase I laid him down held him and brushed his teeth. I found an electric baby tooth brush helps I used one called baby sonic near that age.
Also brushing teeth around her, see if she would hold your tooth brush and brush your teeth, sing songs, you tube kids teeth brushing I think coco melon had one.
It eventually does pass, my son has no problem at all now

I'll admit I pinned my DC down several times when she was little to get a proper brushing done. It's a (painful) phase. She now knows it's non negotiable and does it herself proudly and usually without any debate

Thanks everyone, I’ll definitely carry on doing it now, I felt really awful pinning her down to brush them and thought surly this isn’t right but it’s literally the only way I can get anywhere near her teeth :(

Lots of good videos on YouTube. Dd liked blippi and Elmo brushing teeth songs.

DS has just turned 1 and loves having his teeth brushed - I think as PP have said it's because I always brushed my teeth holding him as a baby and now he's normally in the bathroom with me when I do mine so he wants to join in

My kid is the same. He brushed himself, sometimes, but doesn’t really get the job done. Clamps shut & thrashes his head if I try... I’ve been too lax but he’s 19 months now, and I really want to fix it before damage is done!

My little one loved it for first few weeks i think it’s cause it was something new but now it’s like WW3 🤦‍♀️ She’s also teething so I’m scared I’m hurting her gums when I fighting with her to brush the only two teeth she has

@Justmuddlingalong

Non negotiable. Pin her between your knees if need be. It's a phase, how long it lasts is down to luck unfortunately. 😬

Sorry but this is horrible.

Probably already been suggested but have you tried getting a second toothbrush and letting your baby hold that one?

I always try to tell her what a good job she's doing and I have a song I sing sometimes, also let her brush my teeth if she wants too. We try to make it fun, if you know they're really not in a great mood and it's not going well, don't put pressure on yourself.

Have you tried also letting them play in the bath with the tooth brush and watching you brush your teeth?

It could be like a sensory thing maybe

Please don't force them, this is really problematic and there are better ways around it.

My dd went through the same thing at that age, I tried the pinning down thing once and it was awful, I really didn’t want to go down that route, so I found a few vids on you tube aimed at brushing teeth, there was a Sesame Street one and one with monsters on, I put one on and she happily sat there whilst I brushed them , I also let her brush my teeth whilst I brushed hers, let her choose her tooth brush when we get a new one and bought 2 different toothpastes so she can choose which one she wants to use, I basically tried to make it more fun.

DD is 2 now and loves brushing her teeth, no problems.

Thank you everyone, definitely going to try the second tooth brush as I think this is a really good idea! Going to also have a look at a few videos too.