What's a cool way to encourage your child to brush for a full 2-3 minutes?

[CafeMom Team]

Hi Everyone,

Here's an interesting question about healthy teeth habits:

What's a cool way to encourage your child to brush for a full 2-3 minutes?  Share your stories with us!

Come on moms... show us how creative you can be :)

>< The CafeMom Team

[tyfry7496]

Have them sing the ABC's or Birthday song 2 times.

[natesmom1228]

My son has a spin brush. He loves using it.

[jen113000]

I'm curious as to how others get their kids to brush that long. Will be checking back.

[TonyaLea]

I use an oral B electric brush that has a 2 minute timer, and she loves to brush her teeth with me in the morning, so she brushes for as long as I do.

[rkoloms]

When Alyssa was small, we had toothbrushing races; the one who brushed the longest, won.

Actually, she still sings the ABC song twice

[batjmom]

 Kitchen timers worked for us.  Let the kids pick one out that they like and then they more likely to use it

[auroragold]

 Some vendor put out this cute little 2 minute timer and gave them away free. Can't remember who it was. But there ARE special "teeth brushing" timers that one can purchase

[Jess1231]

Luckily I have kids who love brushing their teeth!

[justinec]

We have a little song that I sing while DD brushes her teeth. She's not done until the song is over.

[bupkie]

We have the Oral-B toothbrushes with the built in timers... but the boys just seem to ignore them...

Hmmmmm  I betcha if there was a toothbrushing APP.... THEN we might have a solution!!!!