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19 Month Old Refuses to Let Us Brush Her Teeth
Our 19 month old daughter is very much in the "I do it myself" phase, and will happily chew away on her toothbrush for 30 minutes each night, but her efforts don't do much to actually get her teeth clean. I've tried a variety of tactics, including taking turns (Lily brushes her teeth, then mama brushes Lily's teeth), letting her brush my teeth while I brush hers, and distracting her with toys, but when we get to her bottom teeth (and sometimes before then), we inevitably also get a meltdown. She pushes her tongue out, making it...
