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Sunday, April 02, 2006

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buffi

Yes those AP books ARE a trifle, um, yep "fanatic" is the word. I take the bits I like and trash the rest.

Oh, the brushing of the teeth is one of the biggest power struggles EVER with my boys. Don't know why. We go for weeks with nary a problem and then out of the blue NOBODY wants Mommy near those pearly whites. The struggles are many and varied, and I won't bore you with them on your own blog. Suffice to say, I hear you and you have my deepest sympathy (and empathy!!).

Sarah

I let my kids brush their own teeth most of the time. I fear the pediatric dentist because of this. I don't really have any better advice (except the toothpaste that tastes like bubblegum, which I would guess you've tried already).

Sarah

I let my kids brush their own teeth most of the time. I fear the pediatric dentist because of this. I don't really have any better advice (except the toothpaste that tastes like bubblegum, which I would guess you've tried already).

Karen

Oh, have I been here! And it's hell. We didn't start brushing until she was a year, and by then she was too smart. But here's the upside: now she's 4, she brushes on her own and lets me brush too, and the dentist thinks she's fine. Add to that she was bottle drinker after 8 weeks, was allowed massive amounts of juice from a sippy cup, and STILL takes her binky to bed. (I don't keep a blog b/c after admitting all that I would only ever get hate mail.)

That's why people have more than one child: our second had his teeth brushed from the time his first tooth came in. (But he still drinks juice!)

Heather

We have the same problem. When we first gave him the toothbrush many months ago, he liked chewing on it. Then he decided that it was the third most tortuous thing in life (the first being post-meal face-wiping, and the second being diaper changes). Brian has no cavities, I have a mouth-full of filings. I hope he gets Brian's teeth.

Holly

Good God, the brushing of the teeth - TORTURE only begins to describe it.

My 4.5 yo is better about it now, and actually does a half-assed job of it by himself (I always have to complete the job though, just to be SURE). But my 2.5 yo makes this task agony... for both of us.

I have resigned myself to doing a half-assed job of brushing his teeth now, and just calling it good (enough). He's just taken all the fight out of me on this one.

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