How to get your little ones to brush their teeth
It is a battle that every single parent across the world has had to or will have to face: getting your children to do a good job brushing their teeth! Unfortunately, this struggle has to take place twice a day - once in the morning and once just before the kids go to bed.
We’re well aware of how hard getting your little ones to clean their teeth can be. Children often feel most tired at the end of the day or early in the morning (as do we all!) and simply can’t be convinced to brush.
We all know that teaching children the importance of good dental hygiene early in life is important. The question is - how do we get them to do it without a daily battle? Save yourselves the struggle by reading through our list of essential tips to help get your kids in the habit of brushing:
● Make it a part of their morning and bedtime routine followed by an activity that they enjoy such as a bedtime story. Once the same enjoyable routine is stuck to without fail every single day, brushing their teeth will hopefully become second nature.
● Just getting your children to brush their teeth is only half the battle - you need to make sure they do it properly. Try and stop your child from rushing through the teeth brushing process by playing their favourite song for them to brush to.
● Set up a daily reward chart for good deeds and chores completed and include teeth brushing in it. Children are always a little more incentivised if they know they’ll get a sticker and a well done at the end of a task. If stickers aren’t doing the trick, you could promise them a small reward if they stick to good brushing all week.
● Children always want to do what adults around them are doing - they pick up things so quickly! Make sure they see you brushing your teeth often and hopefully they’ll soon want to join in as well.
● If your child hates the taste of toothpaste, start by getting them to brush with just water before building up to paste by using small-sized amounts at first.
Good luck and happy brushing!
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