This is the way he brushes

Finally after months of trying to get Jonathan to brush his teeth, he voluntarily wanted to brush his teeth yesterday morning.

So, what changed his mind?

It was because he watched a cartoon, Special Agent Oso, where the bear taught a kid how to brush his teeth. The episode was shown last week and yesterday morning. When Simon brought Jon downstairs, Jon had taken his toothbrush with him after following Simon to the toilet.

After watching the cartoon, grandpa saw Jon with the toothbrush and said, "Wow, you brushed your teeth, huh?" and did the brushing motion. Then Jonathan came up to me and said, "Shua ya." (Brush teeth in Mandarin).

I was sure he was pulling a fast one and didn't want to climb all the way upstairs to our bathroom, so I told him he could brush his teeth in the bathroom downstairs. Boy, was he persistent! So, off we went upstairs. He made him put toothpaste on the toothbrush, but he still didn't brush. So I taught him to rinse his mouth with water from a cup.

Then when I sang the tune from Special Agent Oso "Three special steps, that's all you need. Three special steps. Step one, put the toothpaste on the toothbrush. Step two, brush top and bottom. Step three, rinse your mouth", Jon actually brushed his teeth! (actually I forgot the words, but made them up and sang them in the same tune.)

So, a cartoon did what I couldn't do! haha....

Let's not forget the teeth at the top

He even wanted to brush my teeth!

Drama like his mama...

PS: Wen Anne, he is really into his Spiderman and Superman PJs! and he hasn't even watched the cartoons yet.