My son is turning 2 in June. MashaAllah he is so adorable and intelligent and overall he is very easy child.
But when it comes to brushing his teeth we really need to do it by force and he cries a lot. Sometimes it is impossible to get it done and then his mouth smells to badly that I feel like washing it with soap:p
any suggestions to get his teeth brushed properly?
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It takes a while getting used to it. It took us a month of fierce resistance and lots of crying and tantrums, before our son got used to the daily routine of brushing his teeth.
It helps to have a playful routine along with it. I would tell my son that we will count to 100 while brushing his teeth, and will stop brushing when we get there. Now he seems to enjoy the count down, and doesnt notice the brush as much.
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It takes some time for them to get used to to it.My daughter (now 3 years old) knows that she has to do it in the morning and before bed and likes it.When we first started brushing she used to close her mouth so tight that it was impossible to do it.Then she had issues when we started using the toothpaste (did not like it!!) but it is all ok now.I used to sing the ABCs or count while we brushed our teeth and also once I had helped her with hers I brushed mine with her making it all look like great fun.I used to praise her that her teeth were amazingly shiny and we have to take a look in the mirror or show to Abu etc etc…she just followed.
It has become a morning and bedtime ritual now.So be persistent and make it look like fun and he will start liking it soon…
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omg Chameli you have a son congrats…remember the drama pre-marriage!
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get him a cute toothbrush… spiderman, postman pat etc.. and let him do it himself whislt he copies one of you parents. and get him his own toothpaste made for kids. see what happens.
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take him for a visit to the dentist to have his teeth checked…let then show him what needs to be done…
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I have got this small plastic toothbrush tht I wear on my finger n then brush my baby’s teeth, she is also 2 years old, I know she now needs to use regular one, but wth tht she only plays , so I use this one, atleast something is better than nothing 
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That might intimidate the 2 year old even more.Kids that age are generally not too keen on going to a doc’s office.
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depends on how you present it to them…and if the dentist you select is a child friendly one.
I took my daughter when she was one year old. (Mainly because I’ve grown up with a major dentist phobia and I wanted to make sure that she didn’t.)
Thankfully we were able to catch some things that needed attention as well as get her accustomed to the process of being checked.
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Pediatric dentists and dental offices are very warm overall and very kid friendly,generally.
It is recommended by the pediatricians to start dental follow ups once the kid turns 1.My kid at 3 years of age,loves going to the dentist now but before,not so much (she has been seeing one every 6 months since she was a year old).That is why I said that a 2 year old might be more comfortable learning the teeth-brushing at home rather than at a doctor’s office.
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Get your child a toddler tooth brush with toddler toothpaste … and what worked for me is making up a song and doing a dance while brushing. To this day we sing the song together every morning.