Joyce Fetteroll

A while ago I compiled some strategies unschoolers had come up with
to handle brushing teeth. I posted them and finally found time to
format the page for the website:

http://joyfullyrejoycing.com/

Originally I figured it would be a list of little things, like not
using toothpaste. But it turned into little windows peering in on
unschoolers finding ways to help children respectfully.

And I also compiled and put up a page on Transitions: helping kids
move from one activity to another. (There will be more at some point,
but time is the huge factor!)

If anyone has any more strategies, please pass them on and I'll add
them :-)

jfetteroll@...

Joyce

Jenny C

> Originally I figured it would be a list of little things, like not
> using toothpaste. But it turned into little windows peering in on
> unschoolers finding ways to help children respectfully.
>
>
> If anyone has any more strategies, please pass them on and I'll add
> them :-)
>


I just read it! Cool page! I was expecting but didn't see it, the use
of a water pick. That is what my youngest is using these days. She
puts toothpaste in her mouth and kind of chews it around and then uses
the water pick to spray off food and get inbetween teeth. She refuses
to use a toothbrush, she really dislikes brushing. We've tried all
kinds of toothbrushes and toothpastes, and none of them really got her
into brushing her teeth. The water pick works great. We also use the
flouride free Tom's apricot toothpaste, since she doesn't like any of
the other flavors. The flouride free Tom's strawberry was her favorite
but we can't find it anymore, it has banana and flouride in it now and
is no longer enjoyed.

She's 7 and she's never had a cavity, even when she wasn't cleaning her
teeth much which happened a lot. She's also never lost any of her baby
teeth, so some of those teeth she's had for almost the full 7 yrs!

k

Boy. There's nothing like going to Joyce's site for a wonderful
calming dose of sanity. We still need that page on toothbrushing,
although we now treat the process more gently and easily than we have
in the past. Very akin to pottying. It's amazing the anxiety we have
about certain things, really. The information you have there is very
very helpful. And transitions... for us, it's because Karl loves
being home and I get so nutty sometimes to go out. More helpful
thoughts there, Joyce. Thanks very much.

~Katherine




On 2/28/09, Joyce Fetteroll <jfetteroll@...> wrote:
> A while ago I compiled some strategies unschoolers had come up with
> to handle brushing teeth. I posted them and finally found time to
> format the page for the website:
>
> http://joyfullyrejoycing.com/
>
> Originally I figured it would be a list of little things, like not
> using toothpaste. But it turned into little windows peering in on
> unschoolers finding ways to help children respectfully.
>
> And I also compiled and put up a page on Transitions: helping kids
> move from one activity to another. (There will be more at some point,
> but time is the huge factor!)
>
> If anyone has any more strategies, please pass them on and I'll add
> them :-)
>
> jfetteroll@...
>
> Joyce
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

Schuyler

I believe Tom's of Maine was bought out by Colgate. My dad's wife was on the board of Tom's of Maine. We used to get really cool Tom's of Maine stuff from her. The change may be because of that.

Schuyler




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We also use the
flouride free Tom's apricot toothpaste, since she doesn't like any of
the other flavors. The flouride free Tom's strawberry was her favorite
but we can't find it anymore, it has banana and flouride in it now and
is no longer enjoyed.

She's 7 and she's never had a cavity, even when she wasn't cleaning her
teeth much which happened a lot. She's also never lost any of her baby
teeth, so some of those teeth she's had for almost the full 7 yrs!

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BRIAN POLIKOWSKY

Straight Xylitol is great for tooth brushing and its like brushing with sugar.
Just be add a little ( as some people could get loose stools when they are not used to it)
and voila!!!!!!!
xylitol.org talks about how xylitol fights cavities!
 
Alex Polikowsky
http://polykow.blogspot.com/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unschoolingmn/
 







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John and Amanda Slater

When our boys did not like to brush their teeth, we bought a few toothbrushes and types of toothpaste for each of them.  It turned it from "let's brush" to which toothbrush, which bathroom, which toothpaste.  With all the choices they forgot they did not really like having their teeth brushed.

Amanda
Eli 7, Samuel 6





















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Nancy Wooton

On Mar 1, 2009, at 4:45 PM, BRIAN POLIKOWSKY wrote:

> Straight Xylitol is great for tooth brushing and its like brushing
> with sugar.
> Just be add a little ( as some people could get loose stools when
> they are not used to it)
> and voila!!!!!!!
> xylitol.org talks about how xylitol fights cavities!


Be advised (since we've been talking about dogs as well), xylitol is
toxic to dogs.

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/xylitol.asp

Nancy

Robin Bentley

Thanks for that! Our dog checks out anything that hits the floor and
I've been known to drop a mint or two. I'll be especially careful.

Robin B.

>
> Be advised (since we've been talking about dogs as well), xylitol is
> toxic to dogs.
>
> http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/xylitol.asp
>
> Nancy

Sandra Dodd

-=-Thanks for that! Our dog checks out anything that hits the floor and
I've been known to drop a mint or two. I'll be especially careful.-=-

People say chocolate is toxic to dogs too. It must take a LOT. And
if it's so toxic, why don't people just buy their dogs a big box of
Godiva when they're terminally ill instead of taking them tothe vet
for a shot? I don't think "toxic" means what people think it means
sometimes. The stories about what will kill dogs seem often to have
more to do with wanting to control dogs or deprive them than anything
else.

We have a chocolate-eating dog. THAT is something she will steal,
even off a table, if it's left there overnight or for a couple of
days. I guess she figures if we wanted it we would've eaten it
already.

Sandra

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Joyce Fetteroll

On Mar 2, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Sandra Dodd wrote:

> People say chocolate is toxic to dogs too. It must take a LOT.

It's something in the chocolate that's toxic. (Theobromine it says.)
Milk chocolate has a little. Baker's chocolate has the most. Also
depends on the dog's weight.

http://www.talktothevet.com/ARTICLES/DOGS/chocolatetoxic.HTM

Joyce

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BRIAN POLIKOWSKY

What I know from my years of being married to a veterinarian ( my first husband) is that chocolate CAN be toxic for certain dogs more than others and it depends on how much they eat.
Grapes and raisin can also be toxic to dogs.
Xylitol CAN make them go into some kind of low blood sugar crash.
Again all those substancesa above can cause toxidity in some dogs and no problems in others.
Just a precaution. In my house my smooth fox terrier usually does not like xylitol mints but I think she has grabbed some gums that I retrieved from her mouth. The xylitol crystals she does not care for it so its is not a problem.
 
Alex Polikowsky
http://polykow.blogspot.com/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unschoolingmn/
 







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Robin Bentley

> People say chocolate is toxic to dogs too. It must take a LOT. And
> if it's so toxic, why don't people just buy their dogs a big box of
> Godiva when they're terminally ill instead of taking them tothe vet
> for a shot?

Maybe it would be more painful than the shot? I don't know. What I do
know is that my dog would go for "Death by Chocolate" any day <g>.

> I don't think "toxic" means what people think it means
> sometimes. The stories about what will kill dogs seem often to have
> more to do with wanting to control dogs or deprive them than anything
> else.

Yes, there's that.
>
> We have a chocolate-eating dog. THAT is something she will steal,
> even off a table, if it's left there overnight or for a couple of
> days. I guess she figures if we wanted it we would've eaten it
> already.

Troy figures that whatever hits the floor (or is left where he can get
it) is his. And rightly so, if we're not aware of what we're doing.

Robin B.

Kandace M. Wright

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Robin Bentley <robin.bentley@...> wrote:
>> People say chocolate is toxic to dogs too. It must take a LOT. And
>> if it's so toxic, why don't people just buy their dogs a big box of
>> Godiva when they're terminally ill instead of taking them tothe vet
>> for a shot?
>
> Maybe it would be more painful than the shot? I don't know. What I do
> know is that my dog would go for "Death by Chocolate" any day <g>.

We had one of those chocolate eating dogs. He once managed to eat an
entire huge box of chocolates. He lived a long and happy life.

Kandace
Mom to Jackie - 12, Jacob 10, Jessica 7, James 3 and Jeremiah 8 months
Attachment Parenting International of Merrimack Valley Co-Leader
Artist - http://www.kandacewright.com

[email protected]

> People say chocolate is toxic to dogs too. It must take a LOT.

A few years ago a friend of mine bought her husband half a pound of really
good chocolates as a special gift, then left the package on the back seat while
she ran into another store. Her two medium sized dogs snarfed the package
between them. They went into seizures before she got home and spent the next week
in the veterinary hospital.

Deborah in IL


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