Hi Evreyone...9 year old daughter problems...ADVICE needed!

Hiya

Need some help/advice please....

...I have a beautiful (well most of the time!) 9 year old daughter and she has a 3 year old brother. The school offered us a trip for her a year ago to France (for June 2010), and my inital reaction was no way, shes too young to care for herself for a week hygiene wise. My husband talked me into letting her go and my sofer side was already half way convinced just for her to exerience the trip. We said OK as we have a year for her to learn oral hygeine as shes always had an issue with this unless you keep on her back daily. This was the condition that she was allowed to go, over the moon as you can imagine.

Anyhow, we have bought her a timer for her to time 2 full min, amount to paste to use, showed her repetitively how to brush front/back/sides, tounge scraper, took her to the dentist for a pep talk, bought her kiddy mouthwash and showed her how to floss. And inbewteen she even had a dentist visit her class, and she came home all full of enthusiasm... after this visit. A year later she is still no further along the way 3 daoys out of five, there are issues. Am I expecting to much from her? Or is she playing us just ignoring/can't be bothered attitude?

And her breath can sometimes smell if its a day that I am unable to supervise her brushing, I am concerned that kids can be nasty, and she will be there for a week without me helping to supervise her. I feel like I am overreacting/going nuts. As the year is nearly up. Her teeth are in perfect condition no filling eats min sweets etc.

She has started to lie and its causeing rows between her, myself and my husband. Its really becoming an issue for us, and is becoming a nightmare...

Thanks for reading xxx

not much i can say babe my children are so on top of that as they love brushing their teeth they have a singing tooth brush LOL
i was partculy bad at that as a child and have horrible teeth now so i drilled it into them about teeth and have been lucky

i dont no what to advise babe and i hope she manages to sort this before its too late cos as u say kids can be very cruel cant they

good luck hunni and welcome to jp babe x

Thanks Bunnigirl...
Really appreciate your words. It a difficult situation, I truly feel at 9 she is defiantely capable, but keep second guessing myself as its been a year, and they just pull at your heart strings full stop. When I ask her whats going on I get the standard "Dunno Mum" 9Yr Old ansa and a shrug of her shoulders.
Very very very Frustrating! Banging head against a brick wall!
Hope you have a good weekend hunni xxxx

thats ok babe i like to help out where i can but like u said it has been a year but then parents hate to think bade about their children dont they i am the same with them tidying their rooms i know they should do it but i keep thinking i am their mum and they are my babies and i should do it
its kinda like i want them to rely on me for a little longer LOL

hope u manage to sort it babe i know it sounds cruel but maybe she needs someone to say something babe as its always nagging when it comes form mums aint it

good luck babe x

Yeah...I think your right, its just "silly ole Mum" she can hear...deep breaths! Thanks again love, Take Care xxx