It looks like BOTH of her bottom teeth are coming in. I thought they'd come in one at a time. The one feels like it's trying to break through/has broken through a bit. When I use the q-tip to put her orajel on, it kinda drags like it's getting caught. She won't use a teether....well, she doesn't know HOW. I try to hold it on her teeth while she chews and sucks on it, but she just whines and whines. Is there anything else I can do to soothe her pain? I just want to cry with her. I know how painful it was getting wisdom teeth, I can just imagine what she feels. :stunned:
don't be afriad of tylenol...that is one of the few things that worked for Leane and still does. I have this vibrating teether that I thought would help numb the pain for her. She got it for Christmas last year and she STILL can't figure out how to use it......or, maybe she can, and just doesn't want to. She has no problem sticking it into MY mouth and laugh her head off when I bite down on it! I kinda find those things suck for the most part. Hopefully Alexis likes the cold washcloth thing...Leane wouldn't let ANYTHING touch her teeth when they were coming in!
well i did a couple things with aiden. i would let him chew on an ice cube while holding it of course, i would freeze baby toothbrushs and give him one to chew on and help him learn to brush his teeth (he absolutely love brushing his teeth now), i gave him cheese puffs to naw on they melt in his mouth and the crunchiness kind of helped his teeth break through the gum, also i would give him this teething thing it's like a pacifier but instead of a nipple it had mesh and i could put food in it and he would chew on it and get the flavor of the food. when he got a bit more teeth i started giving him frozen blueberries and frozen grapes. good luck and when your at your witts end take a deep breathe and count to ten and let it out.
I found Baby Motrin was better, at least for my kids, than Tylenol. Motrin (or Ibuprofen, the drug name) causes inflamation to calm down. Most of the pain in teething is not really from the teeth "breaking through" but from the inflamation of the gums in the process. Don't be surprised if the teeth receed and you don't see them come out for months. Babies can "teeth" for months before there are any teeth visible. She has tooth buds below the gum, but at her age actually cutting teeth is uncommon. It can happen, but not often. The average age to cut the first tooth is between 6 and 7 months. Some babies cut teeth as early as a few months, some are born with teeth. If you or your man have a family history of early teething, she will be more likely to get teeth earlier.
