Tips for Toddler Tooth Brushing

Whether or not our toddler brushes her teeth is bit like Russian Roulette but we have found the tips below have helped improve her teeth brushing skills!

1. A choice of toddler toothbrushes. Our little one likes the empowerment of being able to choose her toothbrush so we have 2 or 3 that she can choose from.
2. We involve her as much as possible, even squeezing on the baby toothpaste, though mind the mess!
3. Children’s Toothbrushing YouTube videos. Whilst I’m not a massive fan tv before bed, our toddler is much more attentive brushing her teeth when we play one of the many baby toothbrushing videos found on YouTube.

4. Brush your teeth at the same time. This is a great way of allowing your little one to imitate you and learn the best technique.

5. Make it fun! Songs, games, timers etc can all take the focus away from the brushing of teeth and more into a fun activity.

There are a range of great baby toothbrushes and baby toothpastes available nowadays so it might be a case of testing what works best for your family. Getting good dental hygiene practice in now will pay off in later life.

Remember to change toothbrush heads every 3 months and to go the dentist regularly from 1 year. 

Hope that helps!