It’s been such a long time since I did an update on baby girl, in fact her last one was at her 11 month Health Visitor checkup.
She has grown and developed loads in the past 5 months, the most noticeable thing is her pearly white smile with those gleaming white teeth.
Ever since baby girl’s first teeth popped through, I have been religiously teaching her that she must brush her teeth everyday. It’s a big part of our routine now. She has two little bottom front teeth and then her two big front teeth and not forgetting those two top front pointy teeth, so six milk teeth altogether.
I love how white and perfect they are, and I want to keep them that way!
Baby girl has her special first soft toothbrush and first toothpaste kept together in her little pot on the bathroom sink. She loves to brush her teeth.
I ask her around 6:30pm,
“Are you going to bed now?”
“Yes” she replies.
“Shall we go and brush your teeth?”
“Pleeeasee” she replies and then off she toddles to the bathroom.
Here are some suggestions for brushing a toddler’s teeth:
- Find a comfortable position for both you and your toddler. You can either sit on a stool or chair and have your child sit on your lap.
- Use a small amount of toothpaste, for minuscule brushing and no more than a grain-of-rice-sized amount for babies and toddlers under three, and a pea-sized amount for three and older.
- Ask advice from your dentist Essex for toddler brushing tips if you are unsure. Brush the inside and outside of their teeth at a 45° angle toward the gumline in a back-and-forth motion. Then, brush the top surface of their teeth.
- Get a tooth brushing chart for toddlers.
- Encourage your toddler to spit out the toothpaste after brushing when they are old enough.
- Use a timer, a short song, or count as a game to encourage brushing for 2 minutes and keep the child engaged. The Aquafresh timer app is a great one!
- Make it fun. Brush yours as well and let your toddler try brushing first, but supervise to ensure they are brushing correctly.
Brushing teeth
I hold her up to the bathroom mirror and we brush her teeth together. She is so good at opening her mouth for me to brush her teeth at only 17 months old. I always pretend to brush my teeth with her so she will learn to understand that it’s what we all do. She is into copying everything I do at the moment!
Like any other toddler, I’m sure, she will try and eat the brush and suck the minuscule amount of toothpaste from the brush! I try to make it a fun game for her and not turn it into a chore.
She is now wanting to hold her brush herself and she does try to brush her teeth, it’s so cute!
And whenever I need extra dental care advice to ensure that I am doing all the right things so that her teeth grow healthily, I will source for online dental sites that provide all the necessary information. I also find it extra helpful to have a list of reliable dentist on hand in case of emergencies. For instance, I would usually contact Dentistry 4 Children And Adults 2 in Pearland for urgent dental care as they come highly recommended and provide top notch services. After all, every mother wants the best for her child and preparing all these beforehand will do a ton of good.
Do you have any tips for brushing a toddler’s teeth? As always I love to read your thoughts.
Thanks for stopping by today.
