Brushing teeth help

It seems good that he's at least happy while interacting with it. Perhaps try brushing your teeth while he does that? Then either using the brush he's chewing on or getting a 2nd one, try to swap out and be like "let's do what mommy/mama did for her teeth." My daughter likes to watch me brush my teeth and she thinks brushing is funny. If she starts to bite down or chew, I say no and gently take the brush away and demonstrate brushing my teeth. At the end, I do let her chew on it, so she gets to do what she wants to do after I've had my way with her teeth lol

What kind of toothbrush are you using? We've had good luck with an electric toothbrush that lights up and vibrates. We also brush our teeth alongside of our daughter and let her do it herself, then we help her by making a game of it while we brush one little area at a time for her. We try our best twice a day and we figure that's the best we can do.

@JL what electric toothbrush do you have?

@Emily we use this one! DADA-TECH Toddler Electric Toothbrush Kids Age 1-2-3 Years Old, Baby Electric Toothbrush with LED Light 2 Minutes Timer 4 Vibrating Heads for Infants Toothbrush 6 to 12 Months and Up (Pink) https://a.co/d/aWEBkDQ

I played the brush your teeth song by Super Simple Songs to get my baby comfortable and excited about it when we first started teeth brushing. Now I brush my teeth in front of him, and he copies. I don't brush his teeth because I know he'll HATE it (does not like a lot of help / very independent), so I just demonstrate and talk him through how to do it while he does his best. (I even tell him to spit once done, and he loves that part even though he doesn't really spit lol.) Are his teeth getting brushed well? Probably not, but he's practicing and getting better. We use soft bristle toothbrushes too if that helps.

I get my husband to make him laugh and scrub away while he’s distracted. It takes many attempts and about 3 whole freaking mins each time but we get it done 🥴

We have the same issue but it’s improving slowly. We have a routine that he gets excited about ( we play raffi brush your teeth on repeat during tooth brushing time) he likes a variety of options during each brush so we turn on the “buzzy” and sometimes only have on the light or turn it all of for just the brush. The brush we have from Amazon also has a dinosaur head cover that he enjoys taking off. If he has the brush in sometime I can “help” and turn it to target teeth. Brushing with him also helps :)

2nd toothbrush is life changing. Still tries to grab the 1st but a lot less often.

Lately the only thing that helps my daughter at night is when she screams bloody murder 🤷‍♀️ no other way besides a pin down