Once A Baby’s Teeth Breaks Through-How Long Does It Take To Come Up.

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Answering the question “Once A Baby’s Teeth Breaks Through, How Long Does It Take To Come Up”

A lot of mothers especially new moms at one point or the other develop a level of curiosity about their baby’s teeth. Their curiosity might not be completely misplaced, there’s a lot to expect during this period, so let’s delve right into answering the question “When a baby’s teeth breaks through, how long does it take to come up”.

The Teething Process

The Teething Process in babies usually starts around the 4 months up until the 33rd month.
The teeth often comes in pairs and the emergence of each pair should cause your little one a certain level of discomfort for like a week.
It’s usually 5 days before the teeth appears and 3 days after it appears, after which your little one should be fine.
The first pair of teeth to appear is usually the bottom front two known as the incisors.
Depending on your baby, expect it anytime from the 4-9 month of age. In some cases the upper front teeth could appear first.
In the case were the bottom front teeth appears first, it’s usually seconded by the upper front teeth and vice versa.
The next set of teeth to expect within the 10th-14th month are primary molars.
The next is the canine teeth which is usually between the incisors and molars. The next are the large molars which appears around the 25th-33rd month.

Signs And Symptoms Of Teething

Your baby can start feeling symptoms of teething from as early as 3 months but won’t come immediately, it’ll take at least a month before the teeth will shoot out or even up to 7 months as the case may be. They’re expected to feel symptoms like:

A slight rise in temperature not a fever,
Fussiness
Swollen or tender gums
Drooling
Wanting to chew on hard objects
Irritability
Pulling their ears
Rash on the face

Your baby might not feel all the symptoms, your baby is expected to feel 70% of the symptoms.

Caring For Teething Babies

Your baby is bound to feel some level of discomfort when teething especially on the gums.
You can gently massage the gums with your clean finger to help your baby ease the pain.
You can also use a cold not frozen spoon or teething ring on the gum to ease the discomfort.
Try to avoid putting hard objects in your baby’s mouth so they don’t injure themselves.
You can also try giving them cold not frozen fruits or vegetables to chew on like watermelon, pawpaw, etc.

Common Myths

There are some common believes especially in African society about teething babies. One is the misconception that a teething baby must have fever.
This is in fact untrue. During teething, the baby vulnerable and may experience a slight rise in the temperature and other symptoms already discussed earlier on but nothing too severe.
Another myth is your baby is to experience diarrhea when teething, this is also untrue.
If your baby has any of this symptoms when teething, please see a doctor urgently.

Dental Care

It’s important to introduce your children to dental visits as early as possible.
6-12months after your baby has started developing teeth, it’s advisable to introduce to a dentist to prevent decays and cavities because as soon as they start developing teeth, they can develop cavities.

When To Worry about

Babies are different and develop differently. There should be no cause for alarm but if need be, visit your dentist.
After 12-15 months if your baby isn’t teething yet, you can visit a dentist. There are different factors that can lead to this and they include but are not limited to: poor nutrition, genetic, premature birth, etc.