Massaging of gums to the child is one of ways to facilitate process of a teething. In addition, so mom accustoms the baby to toothbrushing, and in the future the child more will participate willingly in compulsory hygienic procedures on oral cavity care.
Instruction
1. Massage of gums can be begun even before direct emergence of teeth. If you noticed that the child constantly pulls in a mouth cams, toys and practically everything that occurred in its path, then, most likely, he feels an itch and pain from a teething. Also during this period the increased salivation is observed; temperature can increase, be diluted a chair; easy tussiculation is sometimes observed; the dream of the child becomes uneasy.
2. The first massage should be carried out in the afternoon when the child is quiet. So you will be able to track reaction of the kid to your manipulations and to understand whether correctly all of you do. It is necessary to remember that massage improves blood circulation of gums, and process of a teething can accelerate. If the child after the procedure became uneasy, temperature rose or the chair was broken, it is worth postponing it for some time and to try to alleviate suffering of the child by means of special water teethers or medicines: the cooling gels, the anesthetizing medicines, etc. Also it is impossible to carry out massage when tooth directly breaks through a gum, especially in the presence of small bleeding, you can bring an infection in a wound.
3. Before massage of a hand it is necessary to wash up with soap. The procedure is carried out by means of a special silicone nozzle which puts on on a finger, the clean ironed rag or sterile bandage. Moisten them with boiled water of room temperature. Massage the place over gums or directly a gum, without affecting the inflamed places where tooth just about will appear. Fabric in this zone thin, tense, and the slightest pressure can cause its trauma. Begin with easy strokings around fangs. This place is least painful for the kid. Then circular motions accurately rub a gum in the direction up from the place of eruption to the gum basis. Try to squeeze a little a gum index and a thumb. These movements well stimulate blood circulation. At the end of the procedure execute easy strokings again.
4. You watch a state and mood of the child. Your task does not include performance of all complex of manipulations. Rather small light massage that the child felt better. Accompany the procedure with a talk, amusing rhymes, nursery rhymes. Subsequently, when there will be first teeth, perform the same procedures for the purpose of cleaning of teeth of a raid.