Stephanie - posted on 05/22/2009 ( 13 moms have responded )
I am having the hardest time brushing my 16 month old's teeth. She'll let me do the molars and bottom teeth pretty well, but the top two front teeth turns into a nightmare. She actually has stuff along her gum line at the top of her teeth from poor brushing, but I just can't get it. If I want to make sure they get well brushed, I'd have to pin her down so she can't move her arms or her head and while she's screaming try to clean them. But she also sticks her tongue between her teeth and the toothbrush, so I'm brushing more of the tip of her tongue than her teeth! And needless to say, it doesn't get done because it's just too much of a fight. So, does anyone have any fun ways of teeth brushing that'll allow me to properly clean her teeth without it being a scream fest? Thanks!