Also, thank god for Spiderman toothpaste

A month or so ago we took Ashwyn to the dentist (probably one of the times he tried to knock his teeth out). The dentist said it was time for him to start using adult toothpaste (children under 6 are supposed to use a low fluoride toothpaste). So we started trying to get Ashwyn to use adult toothpaste. This was a slight problem because it turns out Ashwyn does not like adult toothpaste. He doesn't really like mint, so the very strong mintyness of toothpaste is a bit much for him. And oh, the performance we would have at toothbrushing time. "It's poisonous!" he would cry, and scrape the brush over one or two teeth before spitting profusely and dramatically. Or the toothpaste would turn up later smeared on the towels, or the furniture, or dropped in lumps in the sink.

So last week when I went shopping I thought I might get some gel toothpaste or something that might have a milder flavour. I was not very hopeful that it would help because most toothpaste is still pretty minty. But lo and behold there was sparkly Spiderman toothpaste. Sparkly Spiderman toothpaste is for kids 6+ and it is sparkly. And also has Spiderman on the tube. So the flavour is irrelevant apparently. Toothbrushing crisis averted. Also there are now far fewer mysterious smears of toothpaste materialising on various random surfaces.