對付小孩刷牙的方法（ZT在babycenter看見的），對我家寶寶很有效。

ZT：

“I had to tell my children a story to get them to brush their teeth. I explained that they have teeth monsters in their mouth that like to eat left over food and teeth, so they have to use their special monster removers(toothbrushes) and monster soap (tooth paste) to get rid of them. Then I asked them what colour their monsters are. My son had 'rainbow' and daughter had 'green', so when I brushed their teeth, I would say, 'Uh oh, I see a green monster hiding back there, do you want me to get it? I think it found a piece of sweetie, we should get rid of him AND that yucky sweetie'. They always say yes. It's not really a lie, it's the truth in an imaginative way. Then we rinse the monster remover in the water to get the monsters off the brush and down the drain and we yell, 'Bye bye monsters!' It's fun to brush teeth now.”

我家寶寶愛自己刷牙（其實是吃牙膏），時常不讓我碰她的大牙。我在babycenter看見這，試了，很有效果。

我做了些更改。我家寶寶還小，我沒對她說過任何關於monster的事，不過她倒是知道“細菌”，也知道細菌會讓她肚子痛。

我大開嘴巴，讓她找細菌及幫我刷牙（她拿著我的牙刷），而同時我就在她嘴裏找細菌。我說“裏麵的看不見”，她立刻把嘴巴打開得大大的，好讓我可以大牙刷得幹幹淨淨（以前是躲躲閃閃的）。

刷完了，我就說：把細菌吐出來！！

然後我們兩就努力的吐口水，過一段日子再讓她試用水漱口。