Full of parental experiences the first year of the baby's life. This is understandable, because their experience with young parents is not yet, and everything that happens with crumbs, causes excessive excitement. Especially a lot of trouble brings teething - very often their appearance causes the baby's anxiety, rejection of the breast and even a rise in temperature, which is very frightening to inexperienced parents. How can we understand the young parents that the children have a bad tooth and how can we help with this? Let's talk about this article.
When and in what order are the teeth of the babies cut?
Expect the appearance of teeth in a child should, on average, by half a year. This term is rather conditional, because much depends on heredity, the climate in which the baby lives and on whether her mother received enough vitamins and microelements during pregnancy. Do not panic if the first tooth appeared at three months, or it is not at eight, because it's just an individual feature of the baby.
By two or two and a half years the child will be able to boast of a full set of baby teeth (20 pieces). The process of "frenzy" begins with the front teeth: in the beginning, the lower ones appear, and a little later the upper ones. As long as the first teeth are cut, the case is also very individual, someone appears within a week, someone has this process stretching for months. By the first birthday, the child usually becomes the owner of eight teeth, four pieces from below and from above. More details on the order and timing of the appearance of dairy and permanent teeth are shown in the figure.
It is not necessary to be frightened, if a teeth at the kid will appear not in those terms or not in that order which is resulted on drawing is one of versions of norm. About the problems with health can only testify to the total absence of teeth by the year. In this case, the child must undergo a comprehensive medical examination.
Signs of cutting teeth
Understand that soon the baby will have teeth on the following grounds:
- the child actively starts to flow saliva, causing irritation on the skin around the mouth and chin;
- the kid becomes restless, seeks to "scratched" the gum about any available item - mother's finger, toys, her fist;
- the child has a runny nose, while the mucus is colorless and viscid;
- gums blush and swell;
- the baby starts to pull his ears, trying to calm the pain and itching in his mouth;
- the child's appetite is significantly reduced, diarrhea may start;
- very often the periods when the child's teeth are cut, accompanied by a rise in body temperature to 38 °.
It is not at all necessary that the appearance of teeth in a child will be accompanied by pronounced moods, temperature and diarrhea . It happens that the teeth erupt imperceptibly, becoming a real surprise for the parents. Therefore, closer to half-year parents should periodically inspect the baby's mouth.
What to do when a baby's teeth are chapped?
- During teething the child in most cases experiences unpleasant, and even painful sensations. Therefore, it is worth giving him as much time as possible, without regretting love and affection, more often in his arms, try not to overwork.
- It is worth taking care of the items that the baby will scratch the gums. This can be as a specially purchased teethers for teeth , and ordinary drying or dummy, which is better to pre-cool in the refrigerator.
- In case of increased anxiety, the calming gels for dentition (calgel, dentinox, doctor baby, etc.) will help to ease the baby's life. Gels are applied as needed, usually 4-5 times a day.
- You can gently massage the gums with a finger wrapped in a clean moistened gauze swab in the water, or massage with a special brush.