Toothbrush challenge no more

If there is one thing Andrei hated the most, it’s brushing his teeth. He used to love brushing... only if it’s his dad who will be the one to do it for him. Since his dad had to leave the country to work last January, I was left with this quite difficult task. I consider persuading Andrei to brush his teeth an extra challenge.

He would always scream “No!” whenever he sees me putting toothpaste on his toothbrush. Thinking that his toothpaste has something to do with his refusal to brush his teeth, I tried changing it, but still with no success. During bath times, I always end up with soaked clothes from struggling to hold Andrei’s head so I can brush his teeth.

And yesterday, I think I found the answer to my prayers! My friends and I went to Shangri-la Mall today and stumbled upon a stall called Momtreprenuer which sells stuffs for babies and moms-to-be. I saw this in one of their display counters:

 A light up timer toothbrush! When you push the button, the blue lights on the toothbrush handle will start blinking. The timer is set at one minute. Just enough time to finish brushing. It costs Php 160.

When I got home, I immediately gave the toothbrush to Andrei. As expected, he said “No!” and ran away. But when he saw it blinking, he came running back to me… smiling from ear to ear. I squeezed some toothpaste on his new toothbrush and handed it to him. I couldn’t contain my excitement when he started brushing his teeth all by himself!

We ended up pushing the light button twice before he finally handed the toothbrush back to me. Whoever invented this toothbrush, one BIG thanks to you!