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" Remember brushing your teeth as a kid? It&amp;#x27;s amazing my teeth didn&amp;#x27;t all rot out by the time I was 10. I have vivid memories of just sucking on my toothbrush, yep, without actually brushing. Did you do this too? **** If left to his own devices, my 2 year old son would just sit there and suck on his toothbrush. When I encourage brushing, he looks at me like, &amp;quot;what, brush? Crazy talk!&amp;quot; I think a disinterest in actually doing the job of brushing is in the DNA of every child--especially when the toothpaste (Tom&amp;#x27;s of Maine Silly Strawberry, for example) is so darn tasty. Why wouldn&amp;#x27;t you want to just sit there and have a toothbrush Popsicle? My dad used to do these little inspections after my sister and I would brush our teeth. He&amp;#x27;d have us open our mouths to check that we had actually brushed and not just gnawed on our toothbrushes, which is mostly what we&amp;#x27;d do after a few obligatory swipes. How were you at brushing your teeth as a kid? Thank goodness that baby teeth fall out naturally, right? We&amp;#x27;d all be wearing dentures by the time we graduated from high school! More from Vitamin G: *Do you fear the dentist? *Are you guilty of my oral-health pet peeve? Get Glamour Wherever You Go! Follow us on Twitter. Friend us on Facebook. Add us to your Google homepage. Photo: iStock "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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