My friends often talk to me about the adorable baby at home. They always don't like brushing their teeth. They cry and cry. Faced with brushing their teeth, it became the biggest obstacle to the harmony of their mother-child relationship. As long as she squeezed the toothpaste onto the toothbrush, forced her to hold the child and put the toothbrush in her mouth, the child would shout, "Mum is a bad person, and I don't like these words from my mother."
We all want our babies to develop a good habit of brushing their teeth, but if the method is used improperly, the result will be counterproductive. Today's article will provide some practical methods for children brushing their teeth for reference.
1. Reading picture books
First of all, let the children accept brushing their teeth, starting with picture books. Pea Dou's favorite book is "Starting, Brushing the Teeth Train". When reading with your child, you can hold a small toothbrush to demonstrate the correct posture of brushing your teeth. There is a paragraph in the book that brushes radish residue and brushes corn residue. We can change the pitch and sing it in nursery rhymes. What can we do if we can't brush the meat residue? Ask the children to use their little brains to think through questions.
There is also a picture book called "What's New on Teeth Avenue". Huck and Dick live in Teeth Avenue. They like to build houses in their teeth and collect biscuits and chocolates. They plan to turn Teeth Avenue into a Teeth Avenue, which is very vivid. Describes the whole process of broken tooth and treatment. If your child refuses to brush your teeth, you can tell your child that if you don't brush your teeth, Huck and Dick will live in the teeth and smash the teeth one by one. If the tooth is broken, you can't eat good food!
"The Crocodile Is Afraid, The Dentist Is Afraid" is a classic picture book by Gomi Taro. Children still can't understand the process of the dentist showing the teeth to the patient. I believe that if you get older, you will understand the phrase "toothache is not a disease, it hurts really hard" The true meaning of the words.
Of course, the above method is for children as old as Peadou. For young children, the acceptance of brushing needs to be done slowly, and remember not to act violently, so that the child will have a fear of brushing.
2, parent-child demonstration
Children around two years old especially like to imitate the words and deeds of adults. When brushing your teeth, the family stays in the bathroom to brush together, or you can come to a brushing contest to see who can brush faster and clean.
In the process of brushing teeth, we only reward children for doing well, and do not punish children for doing badly. Pay attention to the pre-dinner ritual when eating. You can also perform a washing ritual when brushing your teeth and washing your face. Try to find ways to treat your teeth as an interesting thing, not a rigid task.
In the process of brushing teeth, we can also explain to children why toothpaste is used to brush their teeth, why the fluoride in the toothpaste can protect the teeth, and why the electric toothbrush used by parents makes a hissing sound. Some knowledge of popular science is more useful than blindly teaching.
3. Making a sense of accomplishment
We can put a desk calendar in the bathroom to record the situation of family members brushing their teeth. If we brush our teeth, we can draw a red smiling face. If we don’t brush our teeth, we can draw a blue crying face. After a week, we can count who Who has the most smiling faces, who has the most crying faces. Members with a lot of smiles can make a careful wish, and members with a lot of crying faces do more housework.
Of course, brushing your teeth is similar to eating and sleeping. Sometimes you don’t want to brush and don’t be harsh. The development of a child’s good habits requires time and accumulation, and the lack of a few days will not have any serious consequences for growth.
In terms of childcare, we must focus on the big and let go of the small, and keep the long-term goals in line. Don't be too eager to compare, otherwise the trivial things in life will become the fuse of our anxiety.
