Just a small addition to my “crazytown” post.   That same day after blabbing away incoherently into this blog I had a small success with my twins.

Anyone who’s ever tried to brush a two year old’s teeth knows that many of them don’t really like it. I thought I had finally ended up with a couple of kids that didn’t mind it.  Until my son got sick.  He ended up, a little while ago, with an infection which caused his mouth to become very inflamed, his gums were red, swollen and bleeding and he was completely miserable.  Poor little guy!  He was so uncomfortable.  He and his sister ordinarily loved getting their teeth brushed.  I think it made them feel big like their older sisters.  🙂  Anyhoo, during his illness we didn’t push the teeth brushing too hard so he had a chance to heal.  Once he was better, both he and his sister became obstinate.  I believe he was just afraid it would hurt and she had decided that she was going to brush her own teeth now.  Yay…another fun battle!!!!  I Love being a parent and I say that with no sarcasm whatsoever.  For real.

So, the other night, I was getting the little monkeys ready for bed, bums were changed, pajamies were on and it was time to brush their teeth.  I really wasn’t in the mood to drag them to the bathroom and pin them down to do so, so I thought “eh, I’ll just brush them here”.  “Here” happened to be on the livingroom floor in front of the movie they were watching.  And guess what…magic happened.  They laid there and let me brush their teeth to my hearts content.  No fighting, no screaming, no crying!   Amazing!!!!  I was happy, they were happy and their freakin’ teeth were clean before bed!  Hallelujah!

Now we brush our teeth on the livingroom floor and they love it.  It is only temporary until they either want to go brush their teeth in the bathroom or mommy decides they no longer have a choice and it’s time to get back to normal.  For now though, it’s working like a dream and we are all thrilled.