[blparent] Teething infants and brushing young children's teeth

[Pipi]

i used lots of cold things, teething rings put in fridge things like that. I 
also liked the highlands teething tablets
as for brushing teeth, I never really found it any different than brushing 
my own teeth without being able to see. they do make a finger brush, but I 
never managed to find one in a store and wasn't an online shopper back then. 
i used a kids toothbrush. I held it closer to the head so i had better 
control. I basically just brushed by feeling where the head was at in sav's 
mouth. i made sure to brush gently and to go at an angle making sure to 
cover her entire mouth. I'd start at left side top, work my way across and 
then do the same on the bottom. I would then brush her tongue.
sorry i'm not the greatest at explaining.
it sounds kind of weird, but practice on your husband. brush his teeth for 
him and allow him to do the same. obviously a child's mouth will be much 
smaller, but it would give you practice of brushing someone else's teeth.
oh and there are times now that my daughter at 3 still wants me to brush her 
teeth. I also have her sit on my lap with her back to me. I have better 
control that way.
As for teaching a child, i would brush savannah's teeth and talk to her 
about what i was doing. then i'd let her experiement with her toothbrush 
while i brushed my teeth. i'd talk to her about what i was doing.
while she does the majority of the brushing now, I tell her that i need to 
check and i go back over them quickly just to make sure she did cover her 
entire mouth.
hope something in my ramblings helps.
Pipi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Miranda B." <knownoflove at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 4:12 PM
Subject: [blparent] Teething infants and brushing young children's teeth


> Hi,
>
> I have two questions along the same lines, so I thought I'd just put them 
> in
> one post.
>
> 1.       What have you found to be the best things to help soothe teething
> infants? Whether it be comfort methods, specific teething products or
> specific forms of origel (tablets, swabs, drops, ETC.)
>
> 2.       How does a parent who is Blind safely and effectively brush a 
> young
> child's teeth? I'm thinking when they first start using a toothbrush, but
> they can't brush their teeth on their own. Also, what's the best way to
> begin teaching a child how to brush their teeth independently?
>
> Thanks, and have a great week!
>
>
>
> In Christ, Miranda
>
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