Brushing teeth!
I guess Jansen is pretty good about letting me brush his teeth, but Natalie hates it. I have pretended she is a dog, rocked her and pretended we were in a boat while I brushed, made her laugh so I could get in her mouth, shared the brush as we do it together, told her about her day as we brushed, straddled her and pinned her, brushed my teeth with her, told her about sugar bugs, etc. It's always such a fight and I have to do it twice a day! All for some teeth that are gonna fall out. I can't wait for the day that I can trust them to do it themselves and do a good job.
I guess Jansen is pretty good about letting me brush his teeth, but Natalie hates it. I have pretended she is a dog, rocked her and pretended we were in a boat while I brushed, made her laugh so I could get in her mouth, shared the brush as we do it together, told her about her day as we brushed, straddled her and pinned her, brushed my teeth with her, told her about sugar bugs, etc. It's always such a fight and I have to do it twice a day! All for some teeth that are gonna fall out. I can't wait for the day that I can trust them to do it themselves and do a good job.
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Baha...more of those funny/scary explanations. Those mean sugar bugs. :) I love it. And I hate brushing Emerson's teeth too. I have nightmares about the sugar bugs that are no doubt congregating on his little pearly whites. Good thing my husband's going to be a doctor, not a dentist.
lol. Sounds fun! Jaycik's a pain about it too. But I always just hurry and do it then let him do it himself. But he obviously doesn't have as many teeth as your kids to worry about! But their cute anyways :)
me too. although i don't have to sing to my kids to brush theirs...i still find it unusually painful!
I hear ya. But cleaning up poop that isn't in a diaper is worse!
We have had the same fight with brookie. Finally, I got a little electric tooth brush from WalMart for like 6 or 7 dollars and she loves it! It "tickles" her teeth and was the only way we could get those little teeth brushed. It might be worth a try! How are you guys surviving? Miss You!
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