Teething Baby

It was around 6 months on average the first tooth appears and baby before 3 years will be present all the teeth of your child. How is this teething? And especially how to help your baby does not suffer too much when his teeth pierce? Our advice and simple steps to relieve the pain of the baby.

When baby teeth grow?

Generally, the first baby tooth grows between 6 and 12 months: This is usually a midline incision in the lower jaw. Follow:

• upper teeth (about 10 months down, 12 months and up);
• lateral incisors (between 7 and 16 months);
• the first molars (around 12 months);
• the canines (between 16 months and 2 years);
• the second molars (20 to 33 months).

On average, a 1 year old baby has four teeth. To 3 years, a child has all his teeth. And they begin to fall between 5 and 8 years.

Please note: some children are born with a tooth, as was the case of Napoleon. In others, the first tooth appears only to 15 months!

Incisors and canines are used to cut and catch food. The molars are essential for chewing.

Teething: the warning signs

Generally, the teeth do not appear without warning. Here are some hints to help you recognize when your baby "teething"

Pink gums usually become red, smooth and doubled in volume. This is called the doubling of the gums;

• her cheeks are very red;
• baby drool a lot and trying to chew with his gums while;
• Baby is grumpy because it hurts! These acute pain may interfere with baby several weeks before the drilling of the tooth;
• his stools are soft;
• buttocks are red;
• baby has a mild fever (38 ° C);
• baby will not much appetite. 

Sometimes the cutting teeth are accompanied by a cold or an ear infection.

How to relieve pain when teeth of the baby grow?

First, remember that pain precedes the growth of the tooth, and ceases as soon as the tooth has erupted through the gum.

Here are some tips to ease the pain Baby, to you to find among them the most suitable remedy.

Baby wants to chew? Offer her a teething ring chilled in the refrigerator in advance (and in any case in the freezer). This ring will have a numbing cold on the sore gums;

If you do not have teething ring, and from 6 months, give your baby a cold washed and peeled carrots or a crust of bread;

Massage the swollen gums of baby with a special anesthetic gel (ask your pharmacist).

There is always the homeopathic solution: a grumpy baby: CHAMOMILLA CH 15, against pain: CAMILIA, and if accompanied by the breakthrough Dental severe diarrhea, or try Podophyllum Kreosotum;

Why not try the amber necklace? Amber in contact with the skin would release the essential oils for soothing baby; In cases of severe pain, you can give your baby a dose of paracetamol. Ask your pediatrician;