so last night I messed up badly and feel so so bad. I’ll try not to drip feed!
my 14 year old daughter can spend hours getting ready and looks beautiful but, for some reason constantly forgets to brush her teeth. Nothing going on - always struggled just lazy. Had a battle with her all her life. Tried ever toothbrush, toothpaste, watching her, leaflets, videos etc. She has been warned she needs to do them more by the dentist as showing signs of decay. Yesterday I lost it! Reminded her / Asked her as usual if she had brushed them before school and told she had. I went up in the day and her tooth brush was still in her overnight bag meaning she hadn’t brushed them the night before either.
when she got home from school I quietly had a word. Promised she would do them. 3 more gentle reminders and still no brushing. I was working at home so I couldn’t stand watch her / turn WiFi off etc.
I then lost it (and really not proud). She was on the phone to her friends and boyfriend so I shouted really loudly “just brush your teeth”.
queue a meltdown where she was screaming she would get bullied and there was no going back from that as she was on a massive group call.
she then went on to show me how she was being tagged all over Snapchat with pictures of her and the fact she doesn’t brush her teeth.
she will now hardly talk to me and recons she will be bullied at school. I’ve apologised but now feel incredibly bad.
She doesn’t want me to go in school, won’t tell me who the people are and has shown me one of the pictures.
dd has struggled with friendships and finally in a good place.
feel worse mum in the world