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Your Teething Baby
The emergence of a baby's first tooth is an exciting milestone. From the early appearance of the first tiny tooth to caring for the new set, learn what to expect from your baby's new arrivals.
1. Most infants have their first tooth erupt between 6 and 8 months of age.
2. Teeth usually come up in pairs.
3. Bottom front teeth (central incisors) typically emerge first, followed by the top ones. Then the molars and the canine teeth (the pointy ones) appear. Last come the back molars.
4. Although parents usually associate "teething" with the few days of discomfort and swelling before and after a tooth erupts, tooth development actually begins in the womb. Primary or "baby" teeth begin to form under the gums during the fifth month of pregnancy and slowly emerge as your infant grows older. But it's not until the teeth start breaking through the gums that things get uncomfortable for baby.
5. Baby should have her full set of 20 primary teeth by age 3. Her permanent teeth won't begin to replace them until she's 4 to 6 years old.
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My doctor told me to use cholreseptic spray to put on my sons teeth. I just dipped a Q-tip in the bottle and rubbed it onto his gums and it has saved my nerves! Way better than gels. I bought the kid kind hoping it wouldn't taste as bad and it seems he really likes it!
6/6/2011 07:00:34 PM Report AbuseMy daughter will be 10 months old on the 12th of July and she still doesn't have ANY of her teeth...The doctor said that its nothing to be alarmed by, but me being the mother, I'm alarmed by it...whats going on?
7/7/2010 12:05:38 PM Report Abusemy son got his first tooth at exactly 4 1/2 months old. but he was pre-teething for a good 2 months before that!!
6/23/2010 12:00:53 PM Report AbuseMy Baby is only 3 1/2 mos old, and i wonder if he's teething I even can feel like teeth starting to come through his gums. At first I thought "Theres no way", but I guess so.
3/24/2010 11:32:39 AM Report AbuseI love how doctors say that fever is not a symptom of teething...it's a virus. Well then, my 3 year old coincidently had a virus for EVERY tooth that came in because she ran a fever every time!!!! That's 20 coincidences...hmmmm...maybe not!
3/8/2010 03:06:39 PM Report Abusevery helpful my baby girl is going threw one tooth coming threw
3/8/2010 01:39:20 PM Report AbuseLily got her first 2 teeth and I wouldn't of even known she was in any pain. I guess I got lucky she wasn't fussy at all.
3/8/2010 11:59:37 AM Report Abuse