The Brushies Blog

Getting kids to brush teeth is one story but getting them to brush properly is a whole other one, isn’t it?! Dentists recommend two minutes of brushing and every tooth needs to be cleaned in the process, including those tricky back ones!

Have you ever wondered how much is the right amount of toothpaste for your kids? Honestly, if my kids would let them, they would use the whole tube of toothpaste! 

THE BRUSHIES EXPERIMENT

Does your child HATE brushing their teeth?! With The Brushies, it doesn’t have to be this way! Because we are so confident in our little finger puppet toothbrush friends, we are conducting an experiment! We want to see if The Brushies can help even the most resistant little tooth brushers! So tell us your teeth brushing woes and we will chose five families to send The Brushies to try out and will report back with our findings. Let the experiment begin!

With Easter just a hop, skip, and a jump away, it’s time to plan some fun family traditions! Yearly traditions are what childhood memories are made of, aren’t they? As much as I love Easter and all the festivities, sometimes the excess of sugar and craziness that comes along with it can be overwhelming for both kids and adults alike. So here’s three fun family Easter traditions that don’t include a sugar high (and crash) perfect for your cute little bunnies!

I love doing painting with my older kids but I would’t dare to try it with my one year old because she puts everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) in her her mouth! So I introduce to you…. taste-safe finger paint! And it’s really so simple and you won’t have to sweat if your cutie sneaks a little lick of the “paint!”

“Do I haaaaaaaave to?!” was the dreaded question I was often met with when the topic of chores came up with my kids, age 4 and 6. They begrudgingly complied with my requests for help around the house but not without a big side of whine (and not the kind I like.) Did it have to be this way?

The story behind the Brushies earned big mama points from me right off the bat. The Brushies were invented by a dentist who noticed that tooth decay was a big problem for her little patients and that tooth brushing just wasn’t happening consistently at home. She teamed up with a child psychologist to create a story book and four handy (pun intended) friends to make brushing teeth fun!