As I mentioned in an earlier blog, one of my favourite features of bath times is when I get to use the toothbrush…only not for brushing my teeth…
It feels so much more fun when I use it to pretend cooking ‘chicken’ in the bathroom, or when I’m biting it! Hee! Anything but using it to brush my teeth! I really dislike the feeling of the stick of brush poking and scrubbing the insides of my teeth. Quite ticklish too, I guess. :-p
Anyway, Papa has been trying all sorts of methods of getting me to brush my teeth. Some of his ‘brushing teeth’ customised songs that he sings to me to spur me to brush my teeth include..
(tune of O Clementine)
You MUST brush your teeth tonight
Brush it left and brush it right
Brush it up and brush it down
Spit the water on the ground!
and to the tune of Row Row Row your Boat:
Brush, brush, brush your teeth…brush it left and right
Gargle, gargle, gargle, gargle…spit it out of sight
Brush, brush, brush your teeth…brush it up and down
Gargle, gargle, gargle, gargle…spit it on the ground!
Sigh…makes me wonder why we should brush our teeth. Anyone out there have tips to make brushing teeth more exciting?
Haha that’s a really cute song for teeth brushing! Your papa sure is inventive…
Collin: Mama is more direct…and effective too! Papa can be a little rough sometimes..:-p
I don’t spit it on the ground leh… I spit in the sink!
Mommy uses the Barney song to make me brush my teeth, but the most effective one has got to be a week ago when I read the book about dentists and what they do….NOW I brush my teeth TWICE a day: morning and night!
Collin: I guess papa too lazy to bring me up to sink height..:-p…..wow, really? there is such a book?!!! i wanna read it too!
try singing this one!
this is the way we brush our teeth, brush our teeth, brush our teeth!
this is the way we brush our teeth so early in the morning!
(at night also important ah..)
you gotta brush your teeth – otherwise your papa and mama will have to spend lots of money $$$ at the dentist’s office….. and then, they wouldn’t have enough money left to buy you toys and books.
Collin: Yay! good advice from a real pro..hee! Thanks Aunty Dentist!