Teething
Teething from the natural stages experienced by children after birth, the base of the child’s teeth is formed in the womb of the mother is a fetus, but it remains hidden under the gums to begin the stage of emergence in the sixth month of birth mostly, but these teeth may appear at the age of four months or even With birth, and at the same time may extend to the age of the year, during this period there are no problems may suffer from the child, but after the age of the year if these teeth do not appear, you should consult your doctor to find out why.
The lower anterior teeth often begin to appear, followed by the upper front teeth, then the rest of the teeth appear in successive months, and the process of the appearance of the teeth continues for two and a half years of the child’s age.
Symptoms and Teething Marks
Teething is a difficult stage for the child and the mother. Often these teeth do not appear without suffering, but the child has some signs and symptoms that cause him problems and difficult for the mother, including the following:
- The feeling of the child disturbed and nervous and boredom, which increases the proportion of crying especially during sleep at night.
- Increase the child’s feeling of sticking to his mother and not to get away from her.
- Increase the secretion of saliva in the mouth, and the child’s attempt to put everything that his hand reaches his mouth and gums, because he feels a desire to rub.
- Feeling pain in the gum area as a result of age.
- Infection of the child due to the frequent placement of substances in his mouth which is unclean and non sterile, and that the immunity of the child less.
- The child loses his appetite because of the pain he feels, which increases his chances of getting sick and increasing his loss of weight.
- Inflammation of the gums and swelling to pink.
- Rash or redness of cheek color adjacent to the gums in which the teeth will appear.
- The child tries to twitch his ears and tighten them, indicating an inflammation of the ear.
- Child vomiting and diarrhea.
Ways to deal with the child in teething stage
The child will need intensive care in the stage of teething, especially at the beginning, so it is necessary to follow some tips that help in alleviating it, including:
- The mother continues to breastfeed in order to increase the body’s immunity and disease resistance.
- Use special anesthetic ointments for the swelling of the gums, which helps the child to sleep.
- The use of olive oil in the massage of the gums, it works to ease the emergence of age and gingivitis.
- Give the child chilled medical rings, not chilled, until they bite and cool off his gums.
- Giving the child analgesic drugs helps the child to feel comfortable.