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Invent Boston designs and develops original products to add science + whimsy to  every day tasks at home.   Our first product is a Two Minute timer, Two Minute Turtle, a visual timer. The Two Minute Turtle helps children and adults focus on two minute tasks such as brushing teeth, physical therapy, taking a shower and speaking (practicing a presentation or learning a language).

When To Start Brushing a Child's Teeth?

Invent Boston™, Home of the Two Minute Turtle Timer™

Invent Boston™ blog offers tips and stories by parents, for parents of children ages 4-12 to make toothbrushing and other healthy habits at home, more fun. We write about simple tactics to help kids do what they like to do-touch, seeing, play games and strive for independence. We recommend products to help stay healthy while being kids. We share stories to transform daily healthy habits from something kids resist (for example, toothbrushing, handwashing, toilet training, organizing, taking time-out or pausing, yoga, and taking turns) into something children are motivated to do independently, without parents’ reminders. The original physical product Invent Boston has designed for families is the new light-up Two Minute Turtle Timer, an analog, interval toothbrush timer to make brushing teeth fun for kids. Kids like to press the button, follow the flippers and brush until all the lights blink—the Victory Lap signals to brush the tongue.

When To Start Brushing a Child's Teeth?

Virginia Berman

The short answer is…before they get teeth, around 5 months. Start by wiping the gums with a clean cloth or rubbery finger cap. And schedule a dentist appointment after her first tooth appears, at about a year old.

This youtube shows how to brush teeth in the littlest ones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-3a-r5yBhM

Start to brush their teeth with a toothbrush at around a year old. Learn from our mistakes. Our daughter had 7 cavities at age 4, her first dentist appointment! That was too late!

Make brushing fun and kids will do it more readily. Starting the habit young will help a lot. Good luck. I know you’ll do better than we did.

2 minute turtle timer is a fun kid toothbrushing timer