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The teething
It was about 6 months on average the first tooth appears to baby before 3 years that will present all the milk teeth of your child. How is this teething? And especially how to help your baby does not suffer too much when its teeth pierce? Our advice and simple actions to relieve the pain of baby.
When pushing the baby teeth?
Generally, shows his first baby tooth between 6 and 12 months: this is usually a midline incision in the lower jaw. Follow:
- The upper incisors (about 10 months down, 12 months and above);
- Lateral incisors (between 7 and 16 months);
- The first molars (around 12 months);
- The dog (between 16 months and 2 years);
- The second molars (between 20 and 33 months);
On average, a 1 year old baby has 4 teeth. About 3 years old, a child has all his teeth. And they begin to fall between 5 and 8 years.
Namely:
Some children are born with a tooth, as was the case of Napoleon. Among others, the first tooth appears until about 15 months!
Incisors and canines are used to cut and catch food. The molars are essential for chewing.
The first signs of teething
Generally, the teeth do not appear without warning. Here are some hints to help you recognize when your baby “because his teeth:
- Gums usually pink and smooth becomes bright red and double in volume. This is called the doubling of the gums;
- His cheeks are red;
- Baby drools a lot and tries to chew everything with his gums;
- Baby is grumpy because it hurts! The acute pain may hinder baby several weeks before the cutting of the tooth;
- Stools are soft;
- Buttocks are red;
- Baby has a mild fever (38 ° C maximum);
- So baby does not appetite;
- Sometimes the cutting teeth is accompanied by a cold or an ear infection.
How to relieve pain when her baby teeth grow?
First, know the pain that precedes the growth of the tooth, and ceases when the tooth has erupted through the gum.
Here are some tips to ease the pain Baby, you find among them the most appropriate remedy.
- Baby wants to chew? Offer him a teething ring previously cooled in the refrigerator (and never in the freezer). This ring has a cold numbing effect on the painful gum;
- If you do not have a teething ring, and from 6 months, give baby a cold carrot washed and peeled or a crust of bread;
- Massage the gums of baby with a gel anesthetic Special (ask your pharmacist). The massage and the effect of freezing him great good will;
- There is always the homeopathic solution: a baby grumpy: CHAMOMILLA 15 CH, cons pain: CAMILIA, and if the breakthrough dental accompanied diarrhea, try Kreosotum or podophyllum;
- Why not try the amber necklace? Amber in contact with skin liberate essential oils for soothing baby;
- In case of severe pain, you can give your baby a dose of paracetamol. Ask your pediatrician;
- Remember to treat your baby’s bottom if they are red with a special cream.