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Hellobee Boards Topic: How do you make sure you've brushed well? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:49:05 +0000 Mamaof2 on "How do you make sure you've brushed well?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-make-sure-youve-brushed-well#post-2159290 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:55:53 +0000 Mamaof2 2159290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I guess I just assumed I was? I would brush in quadrants and be done - we visit the dentist every 6 months and they tell me I am doing a good job on their teeth :silly: birdofafeather on "How do you make sure you've brushed well?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-make-sure-youve-brushed-well#post-2159285 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:52:30 +0000 birdofafeather 2159285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ For a while, we had to hold her down, but we got her involved in the process so she is happier now. We sing a song, she brushes, then I brush. Anagram on "How do you make sure you've brushed well?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-make-sure-youve-brushed-well#post-2159029 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 21:25:17 +0000 Anagram 2159029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My LO stopped fighting when we all started brushing our teeth together as a family. We use a real toothbrush on her, but I always make sure to brush really gently. Now at 22 months, she will let me really get in there and get all her teeth. I brush first and I show her how I brush my top teeth, my bottom teeth, and my "back teeth" and I open my mouth huge to show her. Then I do her teeth and I tell her I'm going to do her top teeth, then her bottom teeth, then her back teeth on each side. yellowbird on "How do you make sure you've brushed well?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-make-sure-youve-brushed-well#post-2158933 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:18:17 +0000 yellowbird 2158933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When my Lo was a fighter I would lay her back on the bed and brush from behind her. Sometimes it takes two people if they're really fighting so one can hold the arms down. My lo is pretty good now and I lift up her lips and make her tilt her head a hundred different ways so I can see all of her teeth and really get near the gumline Applesandbananas on "How do you make sure you've brushed well?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-make-sure-youve-brushed-well#post-2158930 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:13:47 +0000 Applesandbananas 2158930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are currently using a fingertip toothbrush for LO, 2, but he's bitten is pretty brutally a few times so we're looking at switching to a toddler toothbrush. We'd tried once before but I felt like I couldn't tell if I was reaching all his teeth and brushing well. He fights pretty mercilessly. Any tips?