Help! My 8 Week Old Daughter Has First Tooth. Posted: 09-09-07 12:37pm
My daughter is 8 weeks. For the last 2
weeks two white dots in the top right of
her mouth on her gum line have emerged,
about where I would expect the bicuspids
or first molar to be. These have been
getting more pronounced over that time.
Although unusual, our health visitor has
said it could be a first tooth.
We are now convinced it is a first tooth.
The gradual emergence of this tooth has
also coincided with our previously very
calm daughter becoming more and more upset
and inconsolable. She has recently started
to find her thumb (hit and miss at the
moment!) and when she gets it in it
immediately goes over the to the right
hand side of the mouth and we can see she
is trying to suck it on the emerging
tooth. Needless to say when the thumb is
not in she starts wailing.
Dummies/pacifiers do not calm her because
they cannot get over to the area where the
tooth is coming.
We didn't want this for our daughter so
soon and of course it is causing me and my
wife sleepless night and for my wife awful
days whilst I am at work. We would love
some advice and also have some questions:
1) what can we do to help our daughter
cope? she is too young to get a teething
ring that far back in her mount; and
obviously too young for rusks of anything
like that!
2) is it too early to give paracetemol
based drugs, in UK we have Calpol? we
really didn't want to give her drugs this
young especially for something like
teething
3) in the UK we have something called
Infant Bongela which is a clear, topical
ointment which is supposed to relieve gum
and tooth pain. Is an 8 weeks old too
young for this?
4) is having a tooth so young cause for
any dental concern re, the structure of
her jaw and other teeth?
5) will having a tooth so young help her
cope with the feeling of other teeth
emerging or is it just unfortunate she has
got one so young and can expect a year or
so of continued teething pain?
Any help would be much appreciated. We are
so upset for our daughter and so very
tired ourselves.
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Tmddyan
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Hey Posted: 09-09-07 14:22pm
an alternative to drugs would be catnip
tea and clove oil. Id talk to your family
doctor about how much etc as she is so
little. Ive never heard of this.
take care of your selves too. sleep as
much as you can when you can. take care.
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Marianne0558
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Re: 8wks Teething Posted: 09-11-07 09:56am
I've actually never heard of teeth
emerging so early. I know it is possible
though. Here, in the US, they have these
things called teething tablets. They kind
of look like little mints. They are
all-natural, so dosage is not an issue. My
daughter began teething rather early (not
THAT early), and we found these tablets to
be very useful. I tasted them, they aren't
that bad either. You put the tablet under
the tongue and it will dissolve almost
immediately. It's supposed to relieve the
pain naturally so your child can sleep at
night. Ask your doctor if something like
that is available in your area. They
worked for us.
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