Teeth brushing issue?

I really beleive thats why children get a second set of teeth! Dont worry about it, let her hold the toothbrush and play whilst you brush yours, she will soon learn to copy. If you relax about it then so will she as its poss she has attatched anxiety to brushing her teeth. Its very common with young children i remember my nephew being like this and my sister let him be. He soon wanted to stand along side her and copy mummy x

With my two girls I bought them a small size soft bristle toothbrush and Orajel Training Toothpaste. I had them brush their teeth the same time I did, only they did it. Then after they were done, I told them mom had to do a check to make sure all the teeth were there so open wide and let me count. As I counted I brushed..Soon they didn't seem to mind it much. Children as young as your daughter should NOT use any kind of rinse, or mouthwash!! They shouldn't use toothpaste with flouride in it either. The Orajel Training Toothpaste tastes good, and if they swallow it, no harm. And all kids swallow toothpaste when they first start out. Most dentist will do the first check up at age 3. I'm mom to 3 and you just have to be creative with them. Showing them you brush yours and making it seem like fun works.

There are a few ways to do that:

1. Get a type of toothpaste and toothbrush that are full of colors and cartoons. Preferably with nice taste toothpaste.

2. get a plastic baby doll and demonstrate the brushing for her to see.

3. make a game out of tooth brushing.

4. get the neighborhood kids to help make the tooth brushing a sort pf party.

Hope these will help.

I had the same problem with my son. We got him a second toothbrush and let him carry it around, so that he got use to the feel of it in his mouth. When it was time to brush his teeth we made a game of it. We would sing little songs, like the brush goes up and down. Now its one of his favorite things to do

First, she is too young to be using toothpaste. We gave our son a toothbrush when he started teething, he would walk around and chew on it, now he loves brushing his teeth (almost 2 yo).

Put water on the toothbrush and get her to suck the water out of it, or get a new brush for yourself, put it in your mouth then try and put it in hers.

I also found that my son will always take stuff off other people, because they have it and it's new to him.

Involve her everytime you brush yours, by letting her play with the water and watching you brush.

Make brushtime fun, sing songs, blow bubbles or make a fool out of youself. You could be in the bathroom for an hour,but she will learn to like the toothbrush.

I tried brushing my sons teeth for a while and he was the same way, he would literally clamp his mouth shut but then i started letting him do it on his own and just before hes done i just "help" and make surehes got all his teeth cleaned, now he loves brushing his teeth bc he feels like hes doing it on his own, good luck.

i'm not sure if they have them in your area, but my kids always liked the firefly toothbrushes. the end of the handle lights up and flashes for a minute. it's a brushing timer, but the kids love it. they actually brush longer than a minute cause they like to watch themselves in the mirror!

let her practice brushing her own teeth it should help her relax even if she doesn't like it thats just something that has to be done after awhile she'll get over it.

new mom baby only has 2 teeth but you could try that new cool blue Listerine stuff that turns your teeth blue to show you where you miss you could make a game out of it.

We just have to keep at it. My youngest daughter is 2.5 and still fights me on it.