Growing Teeth in Infants

Dentition of each child is different, some are fast and some are slow. Teething in infants, usually starting from the bottom front teeth which is then followed by the upper front teeth. When teeth grow, often causing anxiety or stress on the baby. This happens because in general teething babies very annoying and painful. But there are also babies who do not.

Growing Teeth in Infants

If your little baby suddenly became like biting all the objects and drooling? Not to mention making you have to get up during the night to hold and comfort her? That makes you more panic is too warm body. If you experience signs - signs like the above said, maybe your baby is experiencing teething first.

Healthy teeth is very important for the overall health of children. Teeth begin to form under the gums while your baby is still in the womb. The first Teeth usually grow as old infants 5-7 months, but this could be different for every baby. The first teeth usually grow in the new age of 1 year. Lower incisors usually grow first, followed by the upper incisors in 4-8 weeks.

After that, came molars and canines. At the age of 2.5 years baby teeth is usually complete about 20 pieces, including second molars emerge at age 20-30 months. Permanent teeth that would occur when children enter primary school at the age of 6-7 years.

Then how do you know if your child is experiencing teething? Among others, the sign is:
Swollen gums, you can see most of the teeth appear on the gums.
Drooling a lot.
Cranky, the child so often crying and inconsolable.
Frequent night awakening, usually your baby sleep safely at night but often wake up and have picked up.
Biting objects held and began to chew whatever is in his hand.

To alleviate the suffering of the baby, give teething ring or pacifier so he can biting. Do not give a pacifier dipped in sweet liquids because the sugar will be left on the teeth and allows bacteria to multiply. Cold foods can also be an alternative, such as bananas or fruit juice that has been cooled in the fridge. Because he was happy to insert objects into the mouth, the food would have eaten.

Do not leave your baby alone to prevent the possibility of him swallowing small objects that may become lodged in the windpipe. Clean the saliva dripping from the mouth of the baby so as not to arise skin redness around his mouth.

If a fever over 38.5 ° C or the condition of the baby looks heavy, maybe it is not due to the teething process and should be consulted with the doctor, as well as if there are signs of other diseases. In addition, fever-lowering drugs can be given as usual teething baby will experience a mild fever, and the drug has pain relieving properties so that the baby could rest again

In addition to helping reduce fever while teething baby can be given a compress of warm water and drink plenty of gift such as: milk, water, fresh fruit juice and other foods that contain a lot of water.