Brushing our teeth does not rate as a favorite past time with my kids and since it was Halloween yesterday, last night was even more of a struggle than usual.
Alexandra is usually really good about brushing her teeth. She is quite content to use whichever toothpaste happens to be available and brushes for her two minutes. Spitting the tooth paste out, now that is a bit of a problem. Not because she swallows it, but because she can't spit. She sort of hisses like a cat and sticks her tongue out. She also lost all her top and bottom front teeth within a couple weeks of each other when she was in Kindergarten, and according to Grandpa Farm, who has dentures, teeth make spitting toothpaste much easier. Now, that her teeth have grown in, one would think that spitting would come naturally; but no.
Curran on the other hand, he figured out how to spit toothpaste right away. He spits it out as soon as that toothpaste hits his mouth; he despises any and all toothpastes, even the ones he can swallow. Let's hope that there is enough residual toothpaste on his toothbrush to be effective.
Last night I made them brush their teeth really, really good and you could tell by my sink. There were pools of toothpaste dribble on the vanity and down the side of the sink from Alex; and there were large gobs of toothpaste stuck to the bottom of the sink from Curran spitting the toothpaste out too soon. Next on my agenda is teaching the kids to remember to rinse the sink after they are done.
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