Dental Hygeine: Day 2

Day 2.

So, for every habit, each day of that habit's progression will have a standard role to play. Or, at least, that's the plan. 22 days is a lot. We'll see how this works out.

Day 1 was the reasons this habit is a good idea.
Day 2 is the obstacles I see as most likely to stand in my way.

This one is easy.

I. Am. Lazy.

I nearly always brush my teeth before bed. Unless it's super late and I am ridiculously tired. Then I talk myself out of it. I mean, I could be asleep in the time it takes me to brush my teeth...or, I just spent 20 minutes feeding the baby, when I was gonna brush my teeth, so that time's gone...I deserve to just get into bed now, I only have three hours until the little one wakes up and needs to be fed again, need to grab that sleep NOW.

As for in the morning, I have never been one to brush my teeth BEFORE breakfast. What's the point? But after breakfast I am easily distracted, busy, I have an infant for crying out loud, and some days I have to get him out of the house to daycare, and some days I just need to keep him entertained!!

OK - there you have it. The excuses. See how I even have myself convinced?

So, those are the likely obstacles. Indeed, those are the obstacles to this habit. I am lazy and delusional. Tomorrow: how I address those obstacles.

**Daily report**

I've decided that the daily report will be for the entire day before. That way, I've included the whole day, rather than claiming what I 'will' do. If I were so good at doing things I intended to do, this whole blog wouldn't exist.

Day 1: Brushed and flossed yesterday morning and last night.

Bleeding is going down quickly, and I imagine I will rapidly get really good at flossing within short order. I will need to buy some more listerine soon, we are running low.