brush them you will

This morning I took the kids in for their teeth cleaning and exams. Yes, I took my kids somewhere. Whoo hoo. I'm feeling as if I may become a normal functioning person again. Not this week, of course, but sometime.

Anyway, Garbanzo's teeth were nasty, coated with gunk and tarter and gross stuff. He says he brushes. We put toothpaste on his brush and make him stand in front of us and it appears that he is moving the brush properly, but I have long suspected him of sham-brushing and my suspicions were confirmed today. So, the new YOU WILL SCRUB plan has come into place.

As I see it, he either needs to manage his own dental hygiene or someone else has to manage it for him. The someone else option is to have more professional cleanings (at $67.00 a pop) which he will have to pay for. He can earn this money by scrubbing a floor for me at $1.00 a floor. So, either way, he will scrub.

I explained this to him and scheduled his next cleaning. Each and every time that I spot-check his teeth and find goo I will give him a (mandatory) earning opportunity. So, if he doesn't want to have his activity interrupted or postponed by a floor-scrubbing, he might want to keep his teeth clean.

I'll let you know how it works.