Monday, September 17
Routine

Thankfully we've gotten into a better routine at night with the boys.
We get our little half cup of drink of choice, use the bathroom, then we brush our teeth.
Now if you'll remember RT had major teeth issues not long ago, and we've been working on making that not an issue in the future.
All three of use gather in the bathroom with the door closed to hamper any escape, and believe me the littlest guy does try!
I prep the toothbrushes RB uses his battery operated Spider man brush with his Spongebob toothpaste, and RT uses his little tooth brush from the dentist office with his special toothpaste until it's time to use the rinse and then we use a different toothbrush for him with the rinse on it. Basically adults would use the rinse like mouthwash, but since he's only 2, I use the toothbrush in the rinse to brush his teeth and gums/mouth.
RB starts the process of brushing his mouth (of which I noticed he likes to brush just one side, dunno why, but there ya go). So I help him out after his first spit and brush the rest of his mouth, once done he does his rinse and spit with his cup of water and he's done.
I sit on the toilet (lid down) and gather up RT and set him on my left thigh with my left around around him so that if I need to hold his head to my shoulder in order to brush, my hand is ready. My right hand has the toothbrush and a washcloth in it.
I sing the Dora song very loudly to distract him as I get him to open his mouth. Now he opens his mouth on his own when he sees the tooth brush coming, but if he doesn't then I kinda maneuver the tooth brush in between his sealed lips and get him to open it.. it's when I have to do that, that he'll wiggle and I'll have to use my left hand to hold his head to my shoulder while I brush his teeth.
After I brush his teeth a bit and he'll spit some (hence the washcloth), I announce that we are "All Done" and he says it with me and he's set free.
This tends to work for us at the moment and with any luck his teeth won't be an issue next dentist visit.
Next we'll have to take RB to the dentist and I can see from just looking that he's gonna need some fillings as well on his uppers.
Hopefully he won't need the 300 dollar oral anesthetic that isn't covered with the insurance, but we'll see.




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