I'm really, and I mean REALLY terrible at remembering to brush DD's teeth.
Any recommendations on how to stay accountable?
And share your confessions. We all have bad mom tendencies in us. 
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We are really bad at giving DD baths and always have been. We force ourselves to do it twice a week but there are times when that doesn't happen. I am bathing DS every other day to get in the habit and DH was joking that he has had more baths at 6m than DD who is almost 4!
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I am bad at cutting fingernails. It's such a battle and there are so many mornings running out of the house where I get a glimpse of their length and cringe. I recently started letting her watch a YouTube video so I can quickly get them done.
We stink at brushing teeth too. In the past week we've started incorporating it into the bedtime routine. Bath, jammas, teeth, books, songs, sleep.
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Brushing teeth is a fight most nights, but we do it....we hold her down and I sing ABC'sABC' s lol
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Not a toddler mom yet, but I have always envisioned brushing teeth with LO. Basically we do it together. He sees me do it and then I go and help him. ETA: I brush daily so, maybe then he would too?
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I brush daily too but some days it's not worth the fight to get H to do it. Most days, she is okay with it, but some days I choose my battles.
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Yep, that worked for a month....lol
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@sweetcaroline omg the fingernails. I feel like I'm going to get a call from his daycare asking us to cut his nails every week because they are SO LONG. I put it off until they're really REALLY bad. Because he screams and kicks and it is just impossible.
We do brush teeth I would say 6/7 nights, but it takes me and DH to hold him down and do a quick, not even getting all the teeth brushing. I hate it and we have tried literally everything!
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Yep, I'm terrible at getting my kids' teeth brushed too!(and I brush twice a day, lol). It needs to fit into our routine somewhere to get done consistently, and that just hasn't happened yet.
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Umm yeah I always forget to brush her teeth! She actually asks to occasionally, I think when she wants attention and I'm in the bathroom putting on make up or whatever. That's about the only time she brushes...
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@schubr03: my daughter is 2 and loves having her teeth brushed. I brush them first, add more yummy toothpaste, then let her brush. It's part of her bedtime routine. We use the Oragel toothpaste with Sesame Street characters on the bottle.
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: this kind of works. Except my lo's version of brushing her teeth is not nearly good enough and the 'then I help part' does not happen so easily....
@schubr03: my confession is today I tried to convince my toddler to watch a show when she didn't want to! I needed to make dinner and wanted her contained....
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My son misbehaves (hurts his sister) if I'm trying to talk to someone else. Yesterday I had a friend over for coffee and let him have the iPad for an hour so I could talk in peace. 3rd day or solo parenting and I needed some adult time!
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We are prettt good about brushing the 3 year olds teeth now, but I have never even tried for my 16 month old. She has almost all her teeth. I just can't bear to add one more thing to the bedtime routine.
And I don't even feel bad about how rarely they have baths. They have dry skin, it's good for them.
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@Foodnerd81: lol that reminds me I've never brushed my 10 month olds. She only has 6 though.... woops
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Ugh, today I shouted at my 2 year old because he was getting wild close to bedtime and dumping out MegaBlocks. He just looked at me and smiled, but I felt guilty immediately
The regular thing I suck at is getting him to eat. He's super picky so I regularly give in and let him have yogurt for every meal. I also totally give him snacks whenever he asks, but not always exactly what he asks for (fruit snacks, muffins, and lately cake since his birthday).
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I'd say we remember DS's teeth 6/7 nights but only with water. He hates ant toothpaste we've tried and it just isn't worth it. And if he doesn't want to give me a turn I don't make him.
@SweetCaroline: DS's most frequent note when he was in the toddler room was that he needed his nails trimmed. The battle has finally ended at 4, it was a long hard one.
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She eats too many pouches plus yogurt plus crackers for meals especially since I threw out my shoulder and am survival mode.
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My 20 month old hates to have her teeth brushed. But letting her sit on the bathroom counter, giving her a turn after I'm done, and letting her wash her hands with foaming soap afterward helps.
I regularly give my toddler processed snacks. Fruit leather, granola bars, crackers. She's hungry. I'm pregnant and tired.
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: yeah...Things with a toddler never go quite how you envisioned
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@avivoca: @FaithFertility: @Peasinapod: @SweetCaroline: so what you're saying is that I will refer back to this thread in a year or two?
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: for something I am sure
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I let my two year old drink iced tea when we go out to restaurants. I allowed her to steal mine when she was one and have never been up for the fight of discontinuing it. Sometimes I see the judgement (cause, yeah, it has a little caffeine). Oh well.
My recommendation for teeth brushing is to make it a set part of your routine. For us, tooth brushing always comes right after putting on pajamas. And I brush ON the bed; it is much easier with her laying down. Mornings are less consistent for us, but I tend to give her a toothbrush to practice doing it herself while I brush mine. Sometimes she enjoys the electric one for kids.
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I remember to brush DD's teeth most nights but minimal tooth brushing actually occurs... I can usually do it for about 15 seconds before she starts screaming and fighting me.
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When my son was a toddler, I would carry a cup of water for him, and I would often take a drink from it because I'd inevitably forget my own water bottle.
As for teeth brushing, with many other things, begin as you mean to go on. The earlier you give your kid a toothbrush, the better, even if they're just chewing on it.
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@Iced Tea: My 2 year old has been drinking tea, in very small amounts, since she was 1! Haha. She LOVES it.
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@Peasinapod: omg yes.. she loves "brushing her teeth" ie sucking the toothpaste off the brush. But then I have to pin her across my lap and search for different coloured dinos.. or occasionally we'll find monkeys or elephants in her mouth (with sound effects) but it's like wrestling a greased up pig to get it done!
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@delight: You're not the only one. We're also really bad at giving baths. I always aim for 3 times a week, but it usually only happens twice a week (or less...).
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I don't feel bad for infrequent baths! We intentionally don't bathe them that much! Winter we def only do once a week and summer it's "as needed" so probably 2-3 times a week. We wipe down on no bath days and that's clean enough for me!
I only brush my toddler's teeth at night... We don't bother in the morning...
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@schubr03: I am the psychotic opposite of most of these ... I am way too obsessive about DS's nails, hair, cleanliness while eating and in general, etc. DW is constantly on my case to LET IT GO so he can be a toddler! Haha. Fine line I suppose!
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@snowjewelz: Now I feel better that I'm not the only one!
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I agree with teeth as part of the bedtime routine (PJ, Teeth, Books, Bed).
But in the morning we are much more all over the place. usually I just send them in to brush with water on their own.
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Im REALLY bad at making them wash their hands before they eat.
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@Adira: I'm glad I'm not the only one!!!
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