TIPS NEEDED !! My nearly 2 year old hates me brushing his teeth but will sit like this chewing on his tooth brush the…

My daughter used to hate it. I let her pick a new tooth brush, which was paw patrol, she uses the blue toothpaste which is Minnie Mouse, she won't touch a mint toothpaste. Then I give them a good clean for asking as she lets me, she then stands on her little stool

and finishes them herself.

I'm abit horrible when it comes to brushing teeth! Haha my 21 month old hated it so much! But I lay her on our bed when getting ready for bed and just scrub her teeth! And hold her arms! It's sounds horrible but to be honest she needs them done and she has got abit better with it now xx

Luckily my 2 year old loves brushing her teeth, character tooth brushes are a good start so maybe let your little one choose their own toothbrush in the shop. When we started brushing teeth I let Olivia brush my teeth while I did hers - she absolutely loved it and found it funny when I made silly faces or whatever. It doesn't need to be a proper teeth clean like we do though so don't put too much pressure on yourself x

Oh yes i forgot to add i do put tooth paste on it before he chews it. So do you reckon for now this will be enough for his teeth. Im so over paranoid now as his 5 yeah old cousin has just had teeth removed because they were rotten !!

Yes I would use toothpaste also xx

I let Sonny do his in the morning and I do it in the evening. I normally sing him funny songs when I do it too make him smile so I can get the tops properly xx

I have the same problem with my nearly 3 year old. She is getting better at letting me do it first but she won't have tooth paste on it. It seems to make her gag. Is it a problem if she doesn't use tooth paste? x

I should add I also give her the option first lol

Dad pins her I scrub the teeth!

It's not as brutal as it sounds tho - we always give the option of being a 'big girl' and having her turn first etc and tell her that we will have to hold her if she doesn't cooperate. It's 50:50 now whether she just lets me do it or if she's pinned!

I'm soft on most things, but not teeth brushing. X

It looks a bit mean but this is what I do

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5cgPeUc4t3k

My 20 month old pretty much lays there now and let's me do it!

I'm a theatre nurse and seen so many children come into hospital with rotten teeth over the years so slightly paranoid ?

Cartez is like this my dentist told me it doesn't really matter if they aren't brushing them properly aslong as the teeth are having contact with toothpaste its ok so I just leave him to it he loves tooth paste lol xx

We tried a few different things... Threatening no treats, saying there's a lion in her mouth, eventually OH stumbled upon sugarbugs. Now if we say there's a sugarbug in her mouth, she opens wide and lets us clean her teeth thoroughly.

It might be worth trying a different brush and/or toothpaste as well, Bethany wouldn't let us brush with boots spearmint paste but she doesn't mind colgate milk teeth paste.

Following! It's a row we have twice a day!

I have the same problem with Ronnie, I just try and brush best I can then give him the brush after I'm done. I'm stuck with what to do xx

No tips sorry. We were quite harsh and scrubbed them through screaming. One day he gave up and let us do it and has done since. He knows he'll get to have the toothbrush after we've brushed first x

We have a mirror, and an electric toothbrush that has a light (from Asda)

I say "mummy's turn first" then once brushing is done I let him have a go.

I just say things like "what do lions do? Rooooaar" and open my mouth wide so he copies ?