Lately Anonybabe throws a shit fit when it's time to brush her teeth. She wants to do it herself - great, and she even manages to get a little legitimate back and forth scrubbing on her front teeth. But it's the molars that really need brushing, and for that we have to convince her to open her mouth and hold still.
For the past week or more we've basically had to hold her down to do this accompanied by the wailing and gnashing of teeth. By the time we are forcibly brushing those back teeth, I keep it gentle but there's a part of me that enjoys the forcible part.
Good god, sometimes I hate being a parent. Being responsible for someone else's dental hygiene? Sucks! It sucks donkey balls! I swear I'm going to invent or at least market the shit out of something that lends itself to mouth cleaning: a stick to chew on, for example. A bristly stick. A pacifier/toothbrush. Something, anything but a traditional toothbrush. There has to be an easier way.
Anonyhub spent lord knows how much on a Thomas the Tank Engine toothbrush from Target recently. When you press Thomas's face, a tinny Thomas theme song plays loudly from a little speaker in Percy's face. For the next 2 minutes you know how long you are letting your child's teeth decay while you try to wrestle the toothbrush and paste into her mouth. I hate it. Why slap a lot of bells and whistles onto something that already doesn't fly? Anonybabe loves it, but not for its teeth cleaning properties. In fact, tooth brushing has gotten exponentially harder since we got the toothbrush.
Hasn't anybody out there heard of or experienced a better way?
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