1) strawberry toothpaste
2) force

Force works surprisingly well for us actually. After the first few times she found it a fun game and now lets me brush her teeth properly, but makes me work for it first 🙂

my youngest son is 2yrs and i let him have one toothbrush with toothpaste on, he brushes with that. then i use another toothbrush (still a childs one) at the same time to brush his teeth properly.
so long as he has his own brush aswell, then he is cool 😀

Thanks for the advice. I think some more tasty toothpaste may be required as a starting point. I always brush with her but my brush is leccy so may let her try that too with a softer head.

those of you having trouble, did you not clean their teeth from when they (the teeth) first appeared?

A lot of kids can’t handle the burning of minty toothpaste.

GW – yes, we did. But she never liked it.

Yes

Just like I have changed their nappies since the day the were born but they still kick up a fuss sometimes.

Yes, we have. She used to have them brushed when she was standing in her cot prior to getting dressed or before bed but now the sides are off the bed and she has concluded that this gives more freedom, ie no teeth brushing and the afternoon nap has gone for a burden too.

Tell them about shitworms.

Invisible little worms that crawl up from your bum and bore into your teeth and poop there which gives you toothache. Toothpaste kills them.

Worked for my 4. Got them washing their hands too.

Maybe a bit unPC for these days. 🙂

You could always show them the Shaun the Sheep episode where Blitzer has toothache.