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As bad as it probably is we ignore the last milk and just try to do it morning and night.

i started gently rubbing his gums with my finger or washcloth during bathtime before he had teeth, at the advice of a dentist friend. when he started growing teeth, i used a little toothbrush with non fluoridated toothpaste. i tried to do it morning and night but wasn't super regimented about it. then around 8 months we went to the dentist because LO knocked a tooth out, and the dentist said we could use fluoridated toothpaste, and actually the advice on using non-fluoridated toothpaste has changed (as in, they now say go ahead and use fluoridated).

We cut out the bedtime milk and he was night weaned by the time we started the toothbrush. After dinner, its only water and now he looks forward to his water cup after a hot bath. We give bath at 630pm and started handing him a small baby toothbrush with a drop of training toothpaste while he was in the tub. We would guide the brush into his mouth initially and then we would brush our own teeth while sitting next to him so he got an idea of what he should be doing. Most of the time, he's just sucking the paste off and sorta wiggling the brush around, but we feel that's good enough for now and that its more important to get him into the habit without building a negative association. If he's not into it, we'll sometimes try to brush his teeth gently a few times for him, or as long as he'll tolerate it, but we try to avoid any struggles. After age 1, we started using a flouride toothpaste, so we feel like he's getting a little extra help that way. We have been handing him a toothbrush with paste in the mornings during his diaper change, but not super regularly, so I think we need to get better about that in the new year.

We brush DS's teeth during bath time at night. We always just used a regular toothbrush and tiny bit of paste. We started around 9 months?

I used the finger toothbrush as soon as he had teeth. Then he used a regular baby toothbrush around a year. At 16 months we switched to a kids electric toothbrush and he loves it.

My niece had to have fillings at age four and a tooth removed because her parents put her to bed with a bottle so it freaks me out to not brush his teeth.

i can't remember when i started, probably sometime after his tooth came in and i used the finger brush for a while. at some point i switched to an infant brush and non flouride toothpaste. we have always let him have milk after brushing his teeth even though i knew it wasn't the best. He just had his first dentist appt at 3 years old and they emphasized no food or drink after brushing so we just told him he can have water or has to brush his teeth again and he is fine with it. Lucky he had no cavities, but i was worried because i heard stories from other moms whose toddler had several cavities at a young age.