i feel that my baby's bedtime bottle is the thing that relaxes him the most and gets him into sleepy mode. i rock him and read books to him but the bottle is always the last thing before sleep. now... what about teeth brushing??!! are we going to have to reverse the routine so it's bottle, brushing teeth, then rocking and reading? i would hate to interrupt the sleepy relaxed feeling he gets after drinking a bottle by having to brush his teeth. (although of course this is going to have to happen). even us adults feel a little more awake after we brush our teeth and wash up for bed, right?!
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Eventually you'll have to brush teeth after the bottle. But there's no hurry. We didn't do that with our older daughter until she was well over two. Sure, it may not be the absolutely best thing for the teeth to drink after brushing but as long as we brush them 2-3 times a day there's not a big problem.
As she got older, the "sleepy feeling" became less important. Kids have to learn to fall asleep by themselves anyway or you'll quite literally never hear the end of it.
"even us adults feel a little more awake after we brush our teeth and wash up for bed, right?!"
I can only speak for myself but I can brush my teeth "in my sleep". ;)
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we have the same dillemma - we brush teeth in the bath and then bottle - so we started giving our girls a few sips of water, just to rinse the milk out a bit, just before putting them to bed - not ideal for dental hygiene but better than nothing...
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how about teethbrushing when baby is teething and doesnt want anybody touching his gums? is it ok to give it a rest for a few days or should one insist?
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Tough one kali. I would say perhaps brush very lightly to emphasize that it is a routine that must be adhered to.
When teething my kids have wanted nothing more than having their gums rubbed.
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