Tom's of Maine Natural Toothpaste and Silly Brushing Rituals
Sunday, November 22, 2009 Posted by Felicia
We are blessed to have a child who doesn't seem to mind brushing, at least now that he is no longer teething. We do have a few silly brushing rituals that we use when brushing to make it more fun. With the Christmas goodies (cavity central) rolling around, it's a good thing he enjoys it!Tom's of Maine has a natural toothpaste for kids in Silly Strawberry flavor that I am excited about! It is the only natural toothpaste option to carry the ADA Seal of Acce
ptance. It does this while still being maintaining Anticavity with Fluoride. There are no artificial flavors or dyes because the flavor comes from real strawberry flavor oils.Graham likes using this Silly Strawberry toothpaste during our own silly brushing rituals. First, we give him his toothbrush and let him brush for about 30 seconds. We always have to remind him to spit "gently" because he has a tendency to become a bit over zealous! The next thing we do is brush his teeth for him, but we say "laugh hard" so that he opens his mouth wide. If he starts to close his mouth we say "you better laugh harder." It is fun for him and helps us out as well! While we are brushing we talk about how we are tickling his teeth so that he will keep laughing.
Mommy and Graham sticking out our tongues after brushing (he was about a year old).
You can purchase Tom's of Maine Natural Anticavity Fluoride Toothpaste for about $2.95 at drugstore.com or retail locations near you.
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November 22, 2009 10:00 AM
I have the kids run in place while they brush.
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November 22, 2009 10:00 AM
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November 22, 2009 10:25 AM
I used to make my kids sing the happy birthday song in their heads while brushing to make them brush long enough.
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November 22, 2009 10:49 AM
I read books to the kids first (one book per kid). Then they run over to Daddy, lay their heads in his lap and he brushes their teeth. They have to stick their tongues out as far as they can go to get it brushed too. We don't floss yet, but should. Their teeth are pretty spaced out yet.
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November 22, 2009 11:15 AM
I have a goofy looking timer that counts down 1 minute and they have to brush until the timer rings!
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November 22, 2009 11:18 AM
I used to sing a made up song to get my son to brush
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November 22, 2009 12:45 PM
My daughter merely tolerates brushing, so if she seems to be resisting it, I make up a silly song about brushing her teeth.
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November 22, 2009 2:56 PM
We sing the Wheels on the Bus song since that always occupies my son and makes him laugh
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November 22, 2009 4:02 PM
I totally have a kitchen timer in the bathroom, so I know my kids brush long enough! They think it is so funny!
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November 22, 2009 4:27 PM
Sometimes it's hard to get the kids into the bathroom to brush their teeth, so I try making it more fun by marching into the bathroom ("Hup, two, three, four. March right through that bathroom door!") Then I sing them a song to the tune of Row, Row, Row your boat, but it's "Brush, Brush, Brush your teeth..."
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November 22, 2009 8:23 PM
We have our son brush his bath tub animals teeth and then his teeth.
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November 22, 2009 8:24 PM
I don't know if we have a silly routine but my hubby loves making our little one say "ah-hhhhhh" just a little too loud!
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November 22, 2009 8:25 PM
To make sure my kids brush long enough, they have to count to 100 in their head!
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November 22, 2009 9:39 PM
Our silly bedtime brushing ritual is using electric toothbrushes! Our boys love to make them buzz like little cars on a road (their teeth!). They definitely make brushing more fun.
November 22, 2009 9:39 PM
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November 23, 2009 5:55 PM
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ABC to brushing our teeth after they have brushed for a while then mommy helps!
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November 23, 2009 7:03 PM
We used to do silly fun songs, but now, she hates the toothpaste and there is nothing silly about it.
Hoping to try something new.
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November 23, 2009 7:23 PM
My daughter is severly disabled, but loves to brush her teeth. In fact, it's one of the few activities she can do on her own.
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November 24, 2009 8:50 AM
My twin boys race to see who can start brushing first. Then we do north, south, east, and west....all directions :) Thanks!
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November 24, 2009 11:00 AM
We see who can do it the best! Kbroderi@msn.com
November 24, 2009 11:33 AM
Our silly tooth-brushing routines usually involve my kids bickering over who gets to stand on the stool in front of the bathroom sink. Oh well, they get the job done.
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November 24, 2009 11:36 AM
After we brush our little ones teach, we see how far we can stick our tounges out so we can brush our tounge as well. Baby girl is only 2, but loves brushing her teeth. Thanks for the chance to win.
November 24, 2009 2:05 PM
we see who can sing...."aaahhhhhHHHHH" the loudest and longest!
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November 25, 2009 7:19 PM
I have my kids see who can say AHH the loudest and the longest!
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November 25, 2009 7:44 PM
We see who can make the silliest face while brushing. It's not the best idea though because more than once he burst out laughing and sprays toothpaste! But at least he has fun.
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November 25, 2009 8:32 PM
Last week I had my almost 4 yr. old granddaughter for 3 days. I kept calling her a "silly goose" when she makes a lot of bubbles while brushing her teeth, with her mouth foaming she tells me & Grandpa that she's a mad dog. She's a corker but so good about brushing after meals.
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November 26, 2009 3:41 AM
We sing our abc's while we brush, well I sing they brush. I think we will switch to Rudolph for the holidays. katklaw777 at yahoo dot com great giveaway, thanks.
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November 28, 2009 8:03 PM
We let our daughter brush herself, then we turn on a timer and it's our turn to help her brush. We hold her as she site on the counter, which she thinks is really cool!
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November 30, 2009 5:06 PM
the kids like to brush their teeth after they are done, we always take the mirror and check to see how clean they are-no more sugar bugs!
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December 1, 2009 2:48 AM
WE love Tom's of Maine's toothpaste. But, we've never used the kids' version. Our ritual is to sing "brush, brush, brush, brush" to the ABC song's tune. It works!
December 1, 2009 11:51 AM
We, too, sing the birthday song while brushing teeth at night!! :) It let's them know when they've brushed long enough!
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My youngest child brushes his teeth with his cool toothbrush.. and his special toothpaste to be used only by him and when done he gets to put a star on his chart... 2 stars a day and he is happy!
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December 2, 2009 6:23 PM
My kids sing a song and I think it partly came from Bear in the Big Blue house but we couldn't remember all of the words so we made some up! Brush brush bree, brush brush a broo, brushing your teeth is good for you!
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December 2, 2009 7:11 PM
I could only wish my son's bedtime brushing was silly. Instead it's like pulling teeth. He is almost 8 yrs. old and of course would rather be doing something other than brushing even for the 2 minutes. lol. But I will say, we just starting using Tom's of Maine Silly Strawberry Toothpaste and he really likes it much better than the other toothpastes. I think it's mostly because it doesn't have that spicy flavor like the other pastes have. : )
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December 2, 2009 7:11 PM
I could only wish my son's bedtime brushing was silly. Instead it's like pulling teeth. He is almost 8 yrs. old and of course would rather be doing something other than brushing even for the 2 minutes. lol. But I will say, we just starting using Tom's of Maine Silly Strawberry Toothpaste and he really likes it much better than the other toothpastes. I think it's mostly because it doesn't have that spicy flavor like the other pastes have. : )
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December 3, 2009 9:11 AM
A yr. ago I started having my 4 yr.old twins count their teeth as they brush to keep their mind off of it while remaining focused & they get all of them brushed that way while practicing counting. Thanks for the chance! We found out other toothpaste isn't good for 1 of our kid's diagnosis of perioral dermatitus so we just switched to Tom's recently!
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my kids are grown but they loved to sing while they brushed their teeth
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December 4, 2009 10:32 AM
I do not have kids of my own, but I can tell you about what I used to do as a kid! LOL When I was a kid, I HATED to brush my teeth (they didn't have this great stuff then!). At night, I would try to trick my mom in to believing that I had already brushed my teeth by wetting the brush. She always knew...I think she smelled my breath! LOL
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December 4, 2009 10:35 AM
When I was a child (no kids here), I would only brush my teeth if my mom watched me do it. I had three siblings and this was a way to get her to myself for a few minutes. I would make faces in the mirror and do gross things with the foam to get her laughing. Good memories there.
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We see how long she can smile while brushing her teeth :) amythomas at gmail dot com
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I pretend there are animals or cartoon characters in their mouth that I'm trying to get clean, it always makes them laugh.
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We sing a madeup song about brushing our teeth while brushing them.
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December 5, 2009 5:39 PM
the kids brush their teeth at the same time I do.
December 5, 2009 10:29 PM
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December 6, 2009 12:03 AM
My 4 year old never really had any rituals. My son is almost 2 and currently potty training and he HAS to brush his teeth everytime he uses the potty! At least he's brushing often! I always use the bathroom and then brush his and my teeth before bed. I think he thinks you're supposed to brush everytime you go to the bathroom.
December 6, 2009 3:31 AM
They have a timer and they race to see if they can brush and floss by the time the timer runs out.
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December 6, 2009 12:20 PM
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December 6, 2009 3:12 PM
My girls each have timers from the dentist and they like to dance in place while they brush!
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December 6, 2009 7:10 PM
I witnessed this routine.. "brush teeth, brush teeth on self in mirror, repeat" LOL
December 6, 2009 9:05 PM
we brush together and spit together and we make it fun
December 6, 2009 9:06 PM
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My oldest listens to her iPod while brushing. Says it makes it go faster
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December 6, 2009 9:25 PM
Our silly bedtime brushing ritual is sometimes singing songs while we brush
December 6, 2009 10:41 PM
The kids and I love the battery operated toothbrushes. The 6 year old has Shrek and the 3 year old has Spiderman handle. I saw Snowmen battery ops toothbrushes at the Dollar Store.
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December 7, 2009 12:10 AM
We have silly jingles to go along with our bedtime brushing routine.
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