How Do U Get a 2 Year Old to Brush His Teeth Need Advice Plz Help

He probably wants to be independent and do it himself. Tell him you will brush first, then he can do it. This worked when my kids gave me a hard time.

It will get better..

Make it a game with some fun music, a fun musical toothbrush, etc...

We used to "brush the sugar bugs away"

It remains a struggle some days, but my sister suggested something to me that I'd like to pass on. If he's fighting you when you're trying to brush his teeth, then first let him brush yours. It works for me and my son! He gets to "brush" mommy's teeth (with your toothbrush of course) and then mommy brushes his, like a game. A note: tell him to be gentle, and be ready to block him should he try to shove the toothbrush down your throat, as their dexterity with a toothbrush isn't that great yet. Also, we did get him a electric toothbrush with Thomas on it, and that helps a bit with the enthusiam as well. Good luck!

What does he like? Does he like animals?

Look in his mouth and say "Uh-oh....I see a giraffe back there....got it!" "Oh no! Now there's an elephant over here...let's brush him out of there...." etc.

My 2yo DD has an electric toothbrush... NOT that expensive, and great for getting toddler's teeth really clean! Plus, she loves the buzzing it makes in her mouth.

When I brush her teeth, I give her my toothbrush and let her poke around in my mouth for a minute... BUT I will only open my mouth if she opens hers. So we both get our teeth 'brushed.' Same with flossing, I use those floss picks which make it really easy to get her flossed. She especially loves the ones with mint flavor on them. :)

With my daughter, I let her watch me brush my teeth and while she was watching, I would say things like... "oh you silly little sugar bug, I'm gonna brush you away" and then I would giggle. She thought I was having so much fun that she just had to let me brush her teeth. While brushing her teeth, I would make up stories about the "sugar bugs" or the "wild animals" that I would brush away while brushing her teeth. We even do something like this when I clean her ears, she is 5 now and just laughs hysterically when I tell her that I found... a strawberry smoothy loving dinasaur in her ear... Hope this helps.
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We make it fun. We got my daughter an electric toothbrush with her favorite cartoon character on it. And we all brush our teeth together. She is more inclined to do it if we make it a family event lol. Hang in there.

Make it fun. And let him do it himself. My 19 month old DD has a light up tooth brush. It flickers for a minute. She loves it! She also wants to brush her teeth 2 or 3 times a day. When we first started this a few months ago I would do it for her after she did it. I wanted to make sure her teeth were clean. But she didn't like that so I stopped. She has to learn how to do it on her own.

You brush them for him until he catches on....He's only TWO!

I used to tell my son I heard something in his mouth, and then I would make an animal noise (quietly so he couldn't tell it was me). I would say, I think there's a horse, or whatever animal I made the noise for, in your mouth. We made a game of it because I would look for animal germs, and tell him I see this or that, and then scrub away at a spot. He loved it. He is almost 4 and I have only had to use that once or twice since he got good at letting me brush.

Another idea, we also recently watched these old Crest commercials on YouTube, the cavity creeps. They are super old, short, cartoons where the cavity creepers try to attack a city surrounded by teeth. Might help make him understand that it is important to brush your teeth to keep out the cavities and germs. Of course, it could also scare him, watch the videos first to know if your child can handle it.

Refer to oneanddone. Just have to echo that is the only thing that worked for me with my kiddos. I also let them have however much control they wanted at first.
"Hey there, I need you to lookin this mirror and find all the monkeys in your teeth." when they said they found them all "Ok, I need to check open big - wow i see one right there (scrub) and there (scrub again)."
some days worked better than others and I also limited the time to hitting each tooth - it is not going to be as thorough as when you do your own teeth, but it takes the fight and frustration out of it:)

We struggled with this a lot at the same age. The things we did which helped were:
1) be consistent. add it to your bedtime routine so he knows it's coming
2) pick your battles - our dentist said that at an early age, if you can only get in flossing with a sword, and no brushing - do the flossing first.
3) let him pick out a cool vibrating toothbrush. They're pretty cool, with sponge bob & thomas the train etc.
4) don't force him to use paste. If he doesn't like that part, just use flouride rinse (ACT), or just use water.
5) make him sing the ABC song (or a fun song) in his head for the duration of your brushing
6) break down the areas of the mouth into fun terms. We do "Chewers" first (cheek side & tongue side; top & bottom), and "Biters" second (cheek side & tongue side; top, bottom).
7) take him to the dentist if you can to get the dentist to back you up
8) show him terrible tooth rot pictures on the internet to scare him (seriously, it totally worked for us).
9) brush your teeth with him so he knows that he's not the only one!

I have the same problem with my 2 1/2 year old! Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Tell Aaron that everyone brush his teeth. Try to make it a fun time. I know this can be difficult, but he will catch on.

Good luck! It should (hopefully) get better! You have some good suggestions. I have to say I had to use them all, still do, and I have to switch tactics every few days. It can be really exhausting! especially at the end of the day ;-) But I know it's important, so a battle I have to 'fight' - and some days I do just have to end up getting her in a headlock almost & forcing the brush into her mouth. Hope you find something that works for you! "Games", songs, toothbrush/paste choices. Sometimes I ask to smell her breath & pretend to fall over from it being so stinky & then say we better brush our stinky teeth, mama's are stinky too!

We're now up to like 10 toothbrushes for my daughter (kinda ridiculous, I know!); I keep about 4 out (including an electric dora one) for her to choose from, and have a few diff. toothpastes too. What's working at the moment is letting her brush either my teeth or her younger brothers, and then I brush hers (usually after she brushes herself first). Hang in there!

I had the same problem with one of my boys and what finally worked for me was brushing his teeth in the bathtub during his bath. I remembered reading about it somewhere (don't remember where) but it actually worked. I had tried everything and it was such a struggle for him to open his mouth. Finally, I tried during his bath and wow... no problems. Don't really know why it worked but it did. No problems ever since. Maybe you should try it. Good luck!

I have a similar thing with my 18-month old. Was saved it was making a game out of it. He loves being chased, so I came up with a sound for the toothbrush, a sort of loud buzzing. The toothbrush follows him, appears from behind chairs, door frames etc, and when it gets to him he is laughing so hard that he lets me brush for a few seconds. It is really exhausting at the end of the day and I chasing him all over the apartment, but I get to his teeth better than before...