We have up to four tubes of toothpaste at any given time: children's toothpaste with less fluoride, mint toothpaste without fluoride, cinnamon toothpaste without fluoride, and mint toothpaste with fluoride. At any given time, one will have been dropped behind the toilet, one will be in the sink, one will be covered in dried toothpasty goo, and one will be mysteriously missing. When you go to brush your teeth, you should fetch whichever feels best to you on that day, rinse it thoroughly, reconfigure the squeezing patterns, and apply to the brush. Even on days when all up-to-four make it back in the basket when the room is cleaned, by the next morning you will have to hunt for one again. Why have I subjected myself to such horrible toothpaste tube treatment? Well, both my children each brush their own teeth every day and do an excellent job of it. It is a small price to pay to avoid shoving a brush around their gagging tongues myself or paying for cavity-fills in baby teeth (you know, the kind that are going to fall out anyway). Proper toothpaste tube etiquette can come later.

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	pinky	Aug 14, 2008 12:45PM GMTAugust 14, 2008 12:45:03
	Adi	May 23, 2008 06:39PM GMTMay 23, 2008 18:39:16