help with teethbrushing a 18month old

[lizandlulu]

my dd is 18 months and wont let me brush her teeth anymore. she used to be fairly good about it and suck the brush, then i would do it after. now for no apparent reason, she wont even suck the brush anymore. i have tried using a diff brush, and trying strawberry flavour toothpaste, but she just wont let me get in her mouth. i dont want to force her,cause i dont want her to feel its something bad that mummy does, iyknim. but i cant let her not brush her teeth! any advice or just hearing other peoples experiences that might help would be greatly appreciated. im going off line now but will be back soon. thank you.

It only took about 40 secs I reckon

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I would do it again, some things are non-negotiable. I see teeth as similar to running in the road tbh - having to have dental treatment as young child is fairly catastrophic IMO. Necessitates a general anaesthetic for a start - I would do a lot of pinning to avoid that

Aw cod is a big softy when you really get down to it, ENTP

It does seem like a pretty common phase so in retrospect another method could have been to just wait it out, hoping it would be short, but dental treatment is one of my paranoid parenting topics I think

HOw many teeth does she have?

My dentist said that it is acceptible to use a bit of toothpaste on a muslin wrapped around your finger until they have more than 6-8 teeth at the front. In any case if you try that for a week or two maybe you could move back onto a brush afterwards.

My advice would be to buy two toothbrushes that are the same -give one to your dd and you have one and together you sort the teeth brushing out. This has really worked for us!

brushing my teeth at same time seems to get boy to chew his brush fairly willingly, then he tries to brush my teeth for me, which can be alarming. On a good day he will let me do a quick Right left up down at teh end.