{"id":7218,"date":"2015-10-23T09:20:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T13:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?p=7218"},"modified":"2024-01-25T21:35:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T02:35:01","slug":"tips-to-get-your-kids-brushing-their-teeth-regularly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/tips-to-get-your-kids-brushing-their-teeth-regularly\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to get your kids brushing their teeth regularly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Back in August I took my oldest son Kyle to the dentist at his dental office and dental crown lab<\/span><\/a>. While he might have been excited (he LOVES going to the dentist<\/span>), it wasn’t a great parenting day because he was going in to get two fillings. The truth is, my kids love eating lots of sweets. While we limit them, we obviously weren’t doing a good job making sure they brush their teeth enough.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I think that the biggest issue is that we didn’t have it as part of our routine. \u00a0The mornings are often too hectic as we all wake up at different times and we pretty much have just over an hour to get up, eat, get dressed and get out the door. That’s not enough time for two adults and three kids to keep things calm and stress free. \u00a0While the alternative is waking up earlier, I’m just not mentally or physically ready for that yet (I’m still waking up at nights to feed our one year old, but that’s a whole other post). Nights are more calm but too often, we forget to get the kids to brush their teeth before they head to bed because that’s not when we brush our teeth. If you want to know more about oral health, you can check out this guide to dental hygiene from Durham Dental<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I reached out to my amazing readers for some of their best tips and tricks on how they get their kids to brush their teeth regularly.  Here are some of the best tips:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Incorporated it as part of our morning\/night time routine. Before they get dressed they brush their teeth in the morning and after they put their pj’s on at night they brush. I find it easier to remember that way – revolving around when they get dressed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Keep a <\/span>tooth brush in every bathroom for both kids really helps when they forget to do it while getting dressed and remember on their way out the door!! My oldest also has a travel kit he keeps at school for when he remembers or can be bothered to do it. <\/span><\/span><\/span>It was also something else to make it ‘fun’ for him.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Put a note on the bathroom mirror to remind them (and the parents).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Setting a timer on our phone has worked for making sure we don’t miss it. We have an alarm that makes a duck quack noise; that way when it’s heard, the kids know its for them<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Special tooth brushes make it fun and they look forward to brushing their teeth. Give your kids something to look forward to at that time. Either a fun song, reading them a book or cool toothbrushes. Use whatever appeals to your kids and they will remember themselves.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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