We've started brushing teeth for 姐姐 when she is slightly over 2 years old. 弟弟 started earlier. He wanted to do everything that 姐姐 does including brush his teeth! However, both children have not had their teeth checked by a dentist at all. 姐姐 had repeated refused to visit a dentist with us, even though we specifically explained that doctor will just check. So when the offer of
free dental checkup sponsored by Colgate came in the newspaper, we jumped at the chance to introduce the children to seeing dentist :)
We just have to fill in a form with the children's details and queue up. There were a few people in front of us. The children were very curious about what's happening. The dentist was rather surprised to see 弟弟. He said children so young do not really need to see a dentist. We told him it's a good opportunity for the children to learn about visiting dentist. Nevertheless, 弟弟 climbed on the seat and opened his mouth widely to be checked. When it's 姐姐's turn next, she was very co-operative too. Again no problem found luckily. Both children were given a pack of small toothpaste samples each. They were more excited about getting "present" than knowing they have good teeth.
At night, 弟弟 wanted to use the new sample. We tried to tell him it's not really children flavour, but he insisted. So 爸爸 let him smell and he still wanted to try. He was not against the minty feel and went through brushing as usual. We asked him, 还要用这个吗？He said, 不要了！Well, he's still more open to 'spicy' than 姐姐. She wanted her strawberry flavour toothpaste and won't try the new samples. Hahaha....
