My one year old flips out when I try to brush his teeth?

He has 8 teeth, but he fights, kicks, screams and runs away if ';I'; try to brush them. I have the softest toothbrush possible, I've tried finger brushes but he hates those and just bites the hell outta me.. lol. So, is it effective enough to put the baby tooth paste on his tooth brush and let him sit there and chew on it for awhile? I don't know what else to do at this point..My one year old flips out when I try to brush his teeth?
My son did the same thing when we started brushing his teeth. I brushed them first and then let him ';brush'; them.My one year old flips out when I try to brush his teeth?
Could be the taste of the toothpaste. I'd experiment with a few until you find one he'll tolerate. And it should be just fine to let him chew on a little bit of it. The children's is safe to swallow.


I'd also try asking your dentist to recommend a soft toothbrush. The kind in stores may just not be soft enough.
yea same thing here.. my son started to freak out and stuff .. i went and bought him his favorite character toothbrush with spongebob toothpaste and we sing a song while we brush his teeth.. as soon as he lets you brush for even a second praise him right away then he'll start to understand its a good thing! Download ';You brush your teeth'; and play that to him everytime .. make it fun!
what flavor is the tootpaste? maybe that's the problem. Take him to the store with you and take him to the kid's toothpaste and show him some with different characters on it and see which one attracts him the most. Also get him a toothbrush with the character of his choice on it.





My niece used to hate brushing her teeth too, but we got her dora stuff and now she loves it!