TEETHING IS WHEN THE FIRST SET OF PERMANENT TEETH (MILK TEETH)ARE ERUTING IN YOUR CHILD’S MOUTH(ORAL CAVITY)
IT GENRALLY BEGING WHEN YO UR BABY IS 6 MONTHS OLD HOWEVER IN SOME CHILDREN IT CAN BE AS EARLY AS 3 MONTHS OR AS LATE AS 12 MONTHS OF AGE
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOUR CHILD IS TEETHING
YOUR CHILD MIGHT BECOME IRRITATED CRANKY AND FUSSIER THAN BEFORE BECAUSE THEY FEEL SWELLING AND SENSITIVITY CAUSED BY ERUPTING TOOTH.
RED AND SWOLLEN GUMS
CHILD MAY SHOW RELUCTNCE IN EATING.
YOUR BABY MIGHT NOT BE BLE TO HAVE A SOUND SLEEP AT NIGHT.
A VERY COOMON BEHVIOUR SEEN DURING TEETHING IS YOUR CHILD KEEPS ON BITING ,SUCKING WHATEVER HE/SHE GETS.
FEVER,DIARRHOEA MAY ALSO BE ASSOCIATED BUTHE CO-RELATION BETWEEN FEVER DIARRHOEA AND TEETHING IS NOT PROVED.
HOWEVER IN MANY CASES TEETHING OCCURS WITHOUT ANY OF THESE SYMPTOMS
CAUSES OF DISCOMFORT DURING TEETHING
DEVELOPMENT OF TEETH START OCCURING WHEN THE BABY IS INSIDE THE MOTHER’S WOMB(i.e. during 2nd trimester of pregnancy). Between 6 – 12 months after the child’s birth milk teeth are ready for eruption. During eruption the teeth tend to push the gums causing pressure on gums.