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Usually the teeth begin to erupt at the age of six or eight months. But in the literature, cases of the birth of children with two or even four milk teeth are described (happy mothers of these children with pleasure, probably, fed them with the breast). But also cases are described where the first teeth appeared after one-year-old age. Most likely, these are the signs of rickets, one of the syndromes of which is a violation of the formation and improvement of bone tissue as a result of the violation of phosphorus-calcium metabolism.
But we are considering a healthy child, so we assume that the teeth should appear at about six to eight months of age.
Usually the appearance of the first incisors in six to seven months is relatively painless. But every child has it in his own way.
In most children, the gum in the place of teething will look swollen, reddened, slightly loosened. At this time the child is restless, capricious, scratches the gums, everything pulls into his mouth. Increases the secretion of saliva. During the teething period, children often fall ill with ARD. This is due to the fact that immunity is somewhat reduced.
If your child suffers from what is happening to him, you must help him. To do this, you need to relieve the pain and speed up teething.
There are special children's dental gels, which include a local anesthetic ("Calgel"). You will also need a special dentist, which you can buy at the pharmacy. Before use, the teaser should be cooled (but not frozen). The small-hummocky surface and the plasticity of the eruptive provide a gum massage while chewing, and the cold anesthetizes. If you did not find a teetotaler, it does not matter. Give the child to bite not very hard toys, ringlets, a wooden spoon, his finger, finally (do not be afraid - will not bite off). You can give the baby a crust of bread. Often when teeth erupt in children, the body temperature rises and diarrhea may appear. The temperature can be a consequence of either ARI, or damage and decay of cells and tissues of the inflamed gingiva.
As for the liquid stool, this is a consequence of the same decrease in immunity. In addition, at this age, the child reduces the number of antibodies received from the mother in utero. And since he is almost excommunicated from the breast, he gets less and less with milk. And bacteria that got into the body (or activated their own) cause diarrhea.