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Brushing teeth

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My six year recently diagnosed with ASC. He used to attempt to brush his teeth or let myself or his Dad brush his teeth most bedtimes but never in the morning. Now he won’t brush his teeth atall or let me or his Dad brush them. How can we get him to brush his teeth? 

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  • Interesting.  I brush my teeth every night without fail.  When it comes to the morning, I am always reluctant to do so.  I like a coffee (or three) to start my day, and toothpaste obliterates the pleasantness of that sensation.  Accordingly, I very often brush my teeth mid morning, rather than when I get up.

    Can you alter the "timing" of the morning brushing?

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    Also interesting I'm the opposite (opposite to the night time one specifically), I find the cold sensation really unhelpful when trying to fall asleep so although in time management it used to be easier to put it into my night time routine, I moved it to the morning into my last-things-before-I-leave-the-house routine now I have to drive places so I can use the sensation to make me feel more alert before I get in the car.
    Also I think it actually turned out to work better generally for me that way because I used to find it also made my mouth dry overnight and then I would confusingly and fustratingly have worse breath in the morning when I brushed them the night before. And then I would fixate over it anxiously for the rest of the day any time I had to speak to people if I didn't have a packet of mints to hide it.

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  • in reply to Deleted User

    Also interesting I'm the opposite (opposite to the night time one specifically), I find the cold sensation really unhelpful when trying to fall asleep so although in time management it used to be easier to put it into my night time routine, I moved it to the morning into my last-things-before-I-leave-the-house routine now I have to drive places so I can use the sensation to make me feel more alert before I get in the car.
    Also I think it actually turned out to work better generally for me that way because I used to find it also made my mouth dry overnight and then I would confusingly and fustratingly have worse breath in the morning when I brushed them the night before. And then I would fixate over it anxiously for the rest of the day any time I had to speak to people if I didn't have a packet of mints to hide it.

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