Eight month old baby gnawing teeth

When the baby reaches eight months old, teeth have started to grow. At this stage, many mothers will find that the baby often clench his teeth, and sometimes the teeth make a squeaking sound. There are many reasons for this situation in babies. Although the squeaking sound caused by the baby's teeth clenching is not a serious disease, mothers should also pay attention to it. If you feel the situation is serious, it is best to take the baby to the hospital for examination.

The reason why eight-month-old babies make squeaking sounds when biting their teeth

1. It is very common for babies to grind their teeth with a squeaking sound. There are many reasons for babies to grind their teeth, such as intestinal parasites, excessive mental stress, digestive dysfunction, or unbalanced nutrition. It is best to go to the hospital for examination first to decide which method to choose for treatment. Only when the cause is found out can the right medicine be prescribed.

2. The baby's squeaking teeth may be a bad habit. In addition to this possibility, it may also be caused by a lack of trace elements. If there is a calcium deficiency, this situation may occur. You need to eat more nutritious food and have a balanced diet. Never develop a bad habit of being picky about food. This will greatly alleviate this situation.

3. The baby is in a critical period of growth and development. Teeth grinding at this time may be caused by the development of teeth. If this is the case, it will not last too long. Generally speaking, there will be obvious relief in about a week. However, if the situation is more serious or lasts for a long time, you need to go to the hospital for examination in time.

Eight-month-old baby care knowledge

1. Living environment

The baby can already walk at this time, so fragile and dangerous items should be placed high up or where the baby cannot find them. Appropriate protective measures should be taken at table corners, bed feet, stools, balconies, windows, etc. to prevent accidents. Some medicines and small items should not be given to the baby to play with to prevent accidental ingestion and poisoning or suffocation.

2. Prevent Disease

Bathe your baby frequently to prevent prickly heat or rashes; insist on outdoor sports and adapting to the cold air to improve your baby's ability to resist the cold and prevent colds; autumn diarrhea is easy to occur in autumn. Once diarrhea occurs, you should consider whether it is a viral infection and replenish water and electrolytes in time. In addition, zinc deficiency, anemia, lack of vitamin D and calcium can all make you more susceptible to colds, so you need to ensure your baby's nutrition is balanced.

3.Baby bath

The water temperature for an 8-month-old baby's sponge bath can start at 34-35 degrees Celsius, and then decrease by 1 degree Celsius every 2-3 days, gradually decreasing to 25-26 degrees. The person taking a sponge bath uses water to rub the left and right upper and lower limbs, chest, abdomen, back and other parts in turn, with a total time of about 6 minutes. After scrubbing twice, the baby can be placed in water for a bath for 10-20 minutes.

4. Baby sleep

This month, babies need to sleep once in the morning and once in the afternoon, each time for about 2 hours, and the total sleep time per day is guaranteed to be 14 to 16 hours. If the baby's daytime sleep time is relatively short, less than an hour each time, as long as he sleeps well and enough at night and is energetic when playing during the day, the mother does not need to worry too much. However, in order to make the baby's sleep rhythm regular and to go to bed early and get up early, it is best to let the baby sleep 1 to 2 times at fixed times during the day, each time for 1 to 2 hours, and there will be no problem if the baby sleeps more than 10 hours at night.