For many children and their parents, the time when the first teeth cut through is often quite difficult. Therefore, many parents in advance begin to worry and prepare for this process in order, so to speak, to know in advance the face of their enemy.
So, let's figure out how and when your baby's teeth should be cut.
At what age do teeth break through?
In most children, the first teeth begin to erupt at the age of six months. If your child does not cut his teeth, then immediately worry is not necessary, because there are also delays for several months, and sometimes children are born with teeth. In this, there is nothing to worry about, since delays can be caused solely by heredity, but if your child has a delay in erupting of baby teeth, it is better to consult a doctor, since sometimes this can be caused by rickets .
Terms for teething
And now we will consider in more detail the terms of teething in children. We figured out when the first teeth cut through, but what kind of teeth are cut first and if the first tooth has already cut through, then when do you wait for the second?
- The first two lower incisors are cut through. Age - 6-9 months.
- The second is the two front upper incisors. Age - 7-10 months.
- The third are the second (lateral) upper and lower incisors, which cut through almost simultaneously, but the first will be the upper ones. The age is 9-12 months.
- Following them are the first upper molars. Age - 12-18 months.
- With a difference in a month they catch up with the first lower molars. The age is 13-19 months.
- Then the upper canines are cut. Age - 16-20 months.
- And followed by the lower fangs. Age - 17-22 months.
- After them, cut the second lower molars. Age - 20-23 months.
- And the latter close this hit parade second upper molars. Age - 24-26 months.
In more detail, you can consider this process on the table of terms of eruption of baby teeth.
Thus, it is possible to answer the question: when do the last milk teeth come out? - to two and a half years your child will acquire twenty teeth.
How long do the first teeth last?
In principle, we sorted out all the terms, but there are several other issues of concern to parents that need to be answered.
All parents, of course, are interested in how long the teeth will erupt, especially the first ones, which often cause a lot of trouble and sleepless nights.
So how many days does the first tooth cut through? There is no unambiguous answer to this question, as all this process takes place in different ways. Sometimes the teeth come out quickly, literally in two days, and almost completely painless, and it happens that this process can last for a week. So here it is necessary to hope only that your baby will be lucky and his teeth will be cut quickly and relatively painlessly.
How to help a child when his teeth break through?
First of all, it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that at a time when a child starts to cut his teeth, he needs attention and affection. Of course, this child needs all the time, but these days in particular.
You can also help your child by gently massaging his gums to relieve pain. Of course, there are medicines that can help alleviate the pain of the child - special gels with which the gums are lubricated. But here it is necessary to pay attention to the age at which they can be applied.
And if your child has a fever during the eruption of the teeth, which is often enough, then in case it will last a long time, give the child an antipyretic .
The process of eruption of baby teeth is often difficult for the child and for the parents, but still, when everything goes well, there is a great joy in this process - the child gradually begins to take steps into adulthood, in which, without teeth, alas, nowhere.