Lately, getting through the night has been pretty rough. My son, Michael,
is going to bed as well as could be expected on a 1-year-old, but he has been
waking up hours before dawn. Sleep deprivation can bring a lack of observation.
I failed to notice the telltale signs – runny nose, irritability, appetite
loss, chewing on everything including his own fingers. Finally it occurred to
me that he’s been trying to send a message the whole time: new teeth!
Unfortunately, there is no easy baby sign language for them to explain this
phenomena.
Teething Tip 1: Know the signs! Runny nose,
irritability, chewing, appetite loss, bad sleep schedule
My daughter’s teeth all seemed to come in at once and early. I remember
losing teeth as a child and then a new tooth showing up in its place over the
next couple of weeks. The worst part was the losing of the loose tooth. For a
baby, it is the opposite -a baby does not yet have the gum path forged. In many
cases, parents can discover the little white peak and call the grandparents over
to see. By the next day, about the time that the out-of-town grandparents
arrive, the tooth has disappeared! The gum actually envelops the tooth once
again forcing your child’s teething to begin anew. This can happen several
times before the gums give up and the tooth is allowed to protrude from their
swollen plain.
Teething Tip 2: Take a picture before the grandparents
arrive or they will doubt you. Gums work faster than they drive.
Not all children have teeth emerge after a few months. One of my coworkers
was worried all the way up until his daughter’s second birthday because she had
no teeth. She found ways to gum through softer foods like bananas and mashed
potatoes just fine. Her dentist assured my coworker that by age 5, all kids end
up with about the same number of teeth – as long as she wasn’t malnourished, he
was fine. And sometimes, you can put him or her on a folding portable dental chair which will make her
comfortable and relaxed.

The American Dental Association recommends using a clean finger to soothe
your child’s gums as they are teething. Any experienced parent or person
thinking clearly will tell you that sticking your finger in your child’s mouth
when they are gumming is not a good idea. While their bodies are quite small
and fragile, their jaw reflex is incredibly powerful and they will chew right
into your finger – tooth or not. I need my hands to work and came up with an
alternative teething device. While I sometimes have a non-traditional approach
to parenting, teeth
whitening lamp for sale has not been an exception. Sanding down an
inch-thick wooden dowel may not have gotten me many points from the mothers
walking with bags from baby boutiques, but it got me results. Gnawing on these
dowels kept my daughter happy through her teething and cost very little. Also,
like I mentioned in a previous article, hardware stores are open earlier to
accommodate contractors and tired fathers!

Teething Tip 4: Once your child grows out of teethers and becomes a toddler, save and freeze the rings to be used to comfort their various bruises and cuts as they run and trip and bump into the house you once believed was childproof.

Teething Tip 4: Once your child grows out of teethers and becomes a toddler, save and freeze the rings to be used to comfort their various bruises and cuts as they run and trip and bump into the house you once believed was childproof.
If traditional and non-traditional teathers are still not doing the trick,
it may be time for the big guns. I am often asked why I don’t “write an article
about rubbing rum, whiskey or brandy on the baby’s gums to numb them – that’s
what my parents did and I turned out fine.” Of course, this is usually
mentioned to me in a semi-drunken slur by non-parents. While I do propose that
using rum as a teather will lead to future alcoholism, I have also never seen
any reports to the contrary. Our family doctor recommended basic teething dentist equipment for sale gel and baby Tylenol used only occasionally as
directed on the package – it has done us well thus far.

Finally, with the loss in appetite, frustration can ensue. A tired parent
can be less creative and less understanding when their child stops eating the
same foods that have made them happy since nursing. If you think that your
child may be teething, try out frozen peas, corn, blueberries or soybeans.
Depending on the child’s age and the size of the food, blueberries or soybeans
may be too large. At feeding or snack time, present them with a small bowl of
frozen peas and watch them gobble them up. My kids both know where to point in
the freezer (even when it is closed) to get to the peas. Aside from good
nutrition during teething, I may have discovered the sign language sign for
teething after all !
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