brushing baby teeth

[ann n mick]

hi
my son wont let me brush his top teeth
he dosent care if i do the others just the top ones
his teeth have to get brushed how can i do it so it dosent hurt him ?
his teeth will get holes if i dont do them he has 12 and 2 more to come out
any advice welcome

[CJJHRA]

Have you tried giving him the tooth brush, maybe he will play with it and at least get used to it and mean while at least get them brushed a bit. Brush your teeth together and let him see you doing yours too perhaps.

I gave my kids a little baby's tooth brush while they were in the bath to do their teeth, and they get the fronts of the top teeth done a bit.

thats all I can suggest, maybe others have some other ideas

My kids giggle when I do their top teeth.

[ann n mick]

thanks
i have done that
but now he is getting plark and in the corner he has a bit of a black mark he has a condition called breath holding he crys and goes blue
if he gets hurt he goes blue i dont want to force him and later be scared of the brush

[Kamaikia]

As hard as it may be if his teeth are starting to rot at his age you have no choice but to brush. A wet washer will do the same - a quick rub after all meals.
If his teeth are showing signs of rotting I would get him into a dentist asap - you don't want to leave it and have to have his teeth pulled.
Until he learns to brush cut back on juice and sugar - no bottles to go to sleep etc.
My son didn't like the top teeth getting done either so we have turned it into a game - I get to hold his lip up (for about 3 seconds at a time) and brush his teeth then he gets to do it to me. My boy is 17 months so maybe it will work for your boy.

[Elfin]

From the chemist you can buy a rubber thing which fits over your finger for brushing teeth, it works well and he might put up with that. YOu could also try letting him look in the mirror while brushing that sometimes works too.

I found the best thing however was one of those battery operated character toothbrushes. We have a colgate one and it says from age 2 so you might want to keep it in mind. They are very soft and do a very good job. You just have to run them over the teeth quickly. I actually used one before 2 (bad mummy moment here) and truly it was the only way I could get into my stubborn dd's mouth. She loves it and we all use them now and I think they do a better job.

[ann n mick]

ok he dosent have juice all the time only for a treat
he is only 14months
he is still breastfeed so can i brush his teeth b4 he has a feed to go to sleep or wont that work
im willing to try everyones thoughts
so keep them coming
ill let everyone know what one worked
thanks again

[ann n mick]

hay i tryed to brush his teeth last night and he let me i let him play with the toothpast and the box well that was last night will see how to night goes


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