One-and-a-half-year-old babies do not open their mouths and cooperate with each other and do not brush their teeth. Is it a big problem?
is not a big deal, it's a tooth decay.
In fact, babies should start brushing their teeth from birth. Use a clean, special rag to clean the gums and mouth. This is what the dentist told us, because my daughter has tooth decay, and the doctor gave us Popular science done. The key to the problem of
is not what happens if the child does not brush his teeth, but how to teach the child to brush his teeth so that he is willing to brush his teeth. I am quite experienced in this. Now two children in our family brush their teeth by themselves every morning. They can do it by themselves since they are 3 years old.
1. Use brushes to arouse their interest
buy suitable toothbrushes for children, with animation images they like, which will make them treat toothbrushes as toys and brushing teeth as a game. (It also includes toothpaste with a doll pattern on the package)
They will be very excited and hope to try this "new toy" and play "new game" immediately.
2. Emphasize the importance of comfort and oral health of popular science
The biggest reward after brushing your teeth is actually the comfort of the oral cavity and fresh breath. We can let the child compare the feeling of brushing and not brushing the teeth. Of course, this is often ignored by the child, so we need to take the initiative to emphasize this point with the child.
, on the other hand, uses picture books and popular science on oral health for children. Picture books will be more concrete and easy for children to understand.
3. Enhance entertainment and let children imitate
. In fact, brushing teeth is really a magical place for children. Those toothpaste brushes will make bubbles after brushing, how amazing.
I did this at the beginning. When I was brushing my teeth, they would watch me brush them, and would always ask me curiously: Dad, why do you spit bubbles?
Then I let them try to brush their teeth. When the foam comes out, they are very happy. After washing the foam, they will want to continue playing again.
Of course, this is not allowed, so we agreed to play the game of brushing teeth and foaming together every morning and evening, turning tooth brushing into an interaction, a parent-child activity, which also meets the needs of children to be concerned.
4. Don’t do it all at once.
Don’t always think that at the beginning, children will be able to brush by themselves and be able to clean them. Any skill is a process of repeated practice, and their grip strength is limited, and their mastery of their own strength is also very limited. Adaptation process.
learns to brush the teeth in the same process, from the beginning of the emphasis on entertainment, to the emphasis on oral comfort, and then to the later emphasis on their independent ability, these are all children need.
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. In this process, it is also a process of habit formation. The power of habit is that you will feel uncomfortable if you don’t do the habit. Parents should also pay attention to the baby's gum exercise, which can relieve the baby's drooling and gum pain symptoms. For example, chewing molar sticks and tooth training devices can exercise jaws and gums and promote tooth eruption. In short, oral hygiene awareness must be cultivated from an early age.
