Every morning and every night is a whole story to get my little girl of two and a half years, the oldest, brush her teeth.
Of course, we end up doing it by the father or me in exchange for promises to open his mouth and warn him that he will not eat any more candy if he does not brush his teeth.
Once the baby's teeth have come out you have to brush them frequently, especially when the teeth that have irregular surfaces have come out and the food sticks easily.
Easy to say, but not so much to do it.
One of my failures is that I place it with my back to the mirror. If you put the child in front of the mirror so he can see himself, it will be more fun. Even you can take your own hand and teach it where and how it should be cleaned.
It is very important that the child cooperates so as not to brush his teeth blindly. You can go to some tricks to get him to open his mouth. With my girl we play that it is a lion that opens its mouth very large.
You can invent the game of counting the teeth and that of naming them with the intention of having a good time to perform a complete brushing and clean all the faces of the teeth.
Specialists recommend supplementing brushing with dental floss and a mouthwash. For that I will have to take a course.
