Friday, July 31, 2009

How can I get my 11-month-old baby to stop grinding his teeth?

It makes an awful noise, it has to be bad for his teeth, I dont know what to do to make him stop. I catch him doing it all the time. He has 2 bottom teeth and 4 top teeth, all in front.

How can I get my 11-month-old baby to stop grinding his teeth?
Our nine-month-old does this. We're sure its just his way of getting use to having teeth (he's working on number 10 already!), but we still try to keep him from doing it much. He's easy enough to teach, so we just touch his lips with our finger and say, "no, no" and he usually stops and goes back to playing. It's not exactly a novel aproach but I didn't want you to think I was just smarting off when I deal with this problem as straightforwardly as I do any of the undesirable behaviors our children exhibit. Tell him to stop.
Reply:you dont
Reply:His doctor can give him a special mouthpiece to wear while he is alseep. Grinding teeth can lead to other problems, like loss of enamel, migraine headaches,etc. So this is something that should be taken care of!
Reply:different places sell rubber guards that you can wear to keep from grinding your teeth down. talk to his dentist for details, but that sounds like what he needs.
Reply:He's just not use to the sensation of having teeth in his mouth. Eventually he'll outgrow it. It's just a phase so I wouldn't do anything about it, and plus there really isn't anything you can do when it comes to this sort of stuff. You just have to let him do it for awhile and eventually he'll get bored with it and he'll stop.
Reply:give him something to chew on
Reply:he will grow out of it but for piece of mind talk to your dentist and they will give you the best advice possible!!
Reply:talk to a dentist about it. they can give you something.



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