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

[Brandy W]

I agree with everything you said. If you mess with your child's mouth even 
before they have teeth it helps a lot. There are several multi stage infant 
brushes you can get. They have a finger brush, teething tooth brush, and 
eventually a toddler brush.

As for teething I use the gel teethers, the super yummy teether from 
Discovery Toys, frozen fruit in the mesh feeder, frozen bagels, and other 
similar things for chewing. O I also use teething spoons. As for soothing 
products I also use highlands teething tablets and another natural product 
that is slipping my mind called teething pellets. There are also several 
homeopathic teething drops that help.

Bran



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pipi" <blahblahblah0822 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Teething infants and brushing young children's teeth


>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>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> 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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