Teething - the disease process which is often followed by temperature increase and easing of immunity. To alleviate suffering of the baby, parents can use special gels, rubber ringlets and elastic toys.
When there are first teeth
Emergence of teeth – the phenomenon especially individual for each child, as a set of weight or closing of a fontanel. There is a wrong opinion that they have to be cut through in a certain sequence and in accurately established periods, however it not so. Everything depends on an organism and features of the kid and also his heredity. In one case from 2000 the baby already has one or several teeth at the birth, and is and so that they can be absent long enough – up to 14-15 months. At many kids the first teeth appear during the period from 4-7 months, however deviations from this term should not cause disturbing thoughts in parents.
Order of emergence of teeth and the first signs
As a rule, teeth at the baby are cut through in the following order: the first cutters, the second cutters, the first big molars, canines and the second big molars. Usually they appear in pairs – top and lower. By three years the child has to have not less than 20 teeth. Swelled up and painful a gum and also the increased salivation - the first signs of a teething. Often they are followed by temperature increase and severe pain because of what the kid becomes very nervous and irritable, loses appetite and refuses habitual games. Before emergence of tooth on a gum of the baby it will be possible to notice the thin white line which publishes characteristic clatter at careful percussion by a teaspoon. It means that tooth will be probed already soon.
If the teething is followed by a frequent watery or bloody diarrhea, it is necessary to show the child to the doctor immediately.
Negative symptoms of eruption
At a teething at the child such painful symptoms as cold, cough and reddening of a throat can be observed. They are a consequence of the fact that during this period the immunity of the kid strongly weakens, and it can be easily subject to various diseases. In certain cases at the baby the diarrhea which is explained by acceleration of a vermicular movement of intestines as a result of strong salivation can be observed. At the same time a chair – watery and not really frequent.
In the period of a teething do not refuse to the kid feeding by a breast even if he began to be put twice more often.
How it is possible to help the child?
In the period of a teething the parents have to provide the child with a rubber ring or a safe elastic toy, it will help to facilitate unpleasant feelings. At the strong morbidity of gums accompanied with loud shout, refusal of food and excessive concern it is possible to use gels or tablets. However before it it is better to consult with the children's doctor.