Symptoms of baby's first teething

When the baby's first tooth grows, parents will be extremely excited. The baby will also show some symptoms during the teething period. The first is pain. Babies with teething will be very irritable and prone to crying, especially in the past two days. Their cheeks will be red, and they will drool frequently. They like to chew hard things and rub them on their gums. These are the symptoms of teething.

Symptoms of teething in babies

Babies will have some abnormal behaviors during teething, and different babies will have different behaviors. Generally speaking, there are nine aspects:

1. Pain: Your baby may show signs of pain and discomfort.

2. Bad temper: The discomfort caused by teething can make the baby bad tempered and cry a lot, which is especially obvious one or two days before teething.

3. Red cheeks: You may notice red spots on your baby’s cheeks.

4. Drooling: The excessive saliva produced during teething will cause the baby to drool frequently.

5. Chewing, biting or chewing things: If you put anything near the baby's mouth, he may do the above actions.

6. Swollen gums: Check his mouth to see if there is any redness or swelling on the gums.

7. Restless sleep: Your baby may wake up in the middle of the night and seem irritable, even though he had been sleeping soundly before.

8. Increased body temperature: Teething can cause the body temperature to rise slightly, so your baby may feel a little hotter than usual.

9. Butt pain: Although we don't know the reason yet, some parents have noticed that babies are more likely to suffer from diaper rash and may have loose stools when they are teething.

Reasons why babies' teeth grow too slowly

1. Congenital heredity: The main reason why young children grow teeth slowly is genetics, including family medical history, race, and even gender differences. According to most research reports, girls' teeth grow earlier than boys.

2. Acquired environment: In addition to congenital genetic factors, the acquired environment may also indirectly cause slow tooth growth. Take premature babies for example. The time of their teeth growth must be deducted from the time of their premature birth, so that the conclusion drawn can be more accurate. If the baby is born prematurely at 30 weeks of gestational age, the growth of the first tooth must be delayed by 10 weeks (usually 6 to 8 months after birth). In addition, babies who are born with low birth weight are also likely to have slow teething.

1. Systemic diseases: Down syndrome, abnormal pituitary secretion, ectodermal dysplasia syndrome, etc. may all cause differences in the speed of tooth growth in young children. Blood tests must be performed to determine the true cause.