(Lets face it kids are full of honesty, they say it as they see it. This is a new column written from the ‘HONEST’ observations from our children. It touches on all aspects of the process of growing up and how we as parents can improve ourselves from a child’s point of view).
Someone get me to a DENTIST!!!
Oh the pain, its excruciating, its mind numbing, what’s happening to me, my mouth is on fire, I need to bite, gnaw at anything. Am I turning into a Werewolf, it was poya the other day, full moon and all. Here I am lying in my cot in miserable pain with not a parent in sight. Trust those two to be not around when their child’s in need. I will scream some more. Finally Dad appears, ‘Who’s a grumpy baby then?’, he says ‘Lets change diapers, you’ll feel all better’. It’s not my bottom Dad, it’s my mouth, I feel like it has turned into the scene from Alien, where instead of the alien coming out of my chest its coming out of my mouth.
Whilst Dad was in the middle of changing my diaper, I let one rip, couldn’t control myself, poor Dad has baby poop all over him. Sheesh even I find that disgusting, what did I eat?. He screams for Mum and runs off to cleanse himself from my poopy mess. Mummy dearest always comes to my rescue, she has me washed, cleaned and smelling like roses in a jiffy.
Though my mouth is still blaringly painful, a couple of shouts at Mum and she totally understands.’ Poor Baby has a tooth coming in, we’ll fix that, not to worry’ she says. Now that you’ve got a tooth coming we’ll have to stop the breast feeding and start on a bottle.
What!!!, my day is going from bad to worse, no more breast milk, the sweetest sound in the nursery is the snapping open of the breast feeding bra and my unlimited supply of milk. Its definitely a hard knock life, what with the teeth and now my greastest joy, the breast milk, bein taken away. Think I’ll cry some more.
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Expert Advice- Baby Teeth
The appearance of your baby's first pearly white is a momentous occasion, but hardly one on whose arrival time you can bet the bank. the first tooth arrives during the seventh month, but it may appear as early as two or three months (or even earlier) or as late as 12 (or even later).
The teething patterns of Mom and Dad play a role, too; if either you or your spouse popped out your primary teeth early or late, your baby is more likely to do the same. Some newborns actually enter the world with a tooth or two. These precocious pearls may be "preteeth" that precede the arrival of baby's real primary teeth.
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Expert Advice – Symptoms of baby teething
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12 Signs of Teething in Babies
1. Drooling. It's hard to believe so much fluid can come from the mouths of tiny babes, but teething stimulates drooling..
2. Chin or face rash. If your teething baby is pouring out prodigious amounts of drool, she may develop a dry skin rash or chapping around her mouth and on her chin.
3. Coughing. All that drool can make babies gag and cough (you'd choke too with a mouthful of spit).
4. Biting. Pressure from teeth poking through under the gums causes baby a lot of discomfort — and that discomfort can be relieved by counterpressure, aka, biting.
5. Pain. The inflammation of tender gum tissue can cause what seems like terrible pain to some babies, but it hardly affects others.
6. Refusal to feed. Uncomfortable, cranky babies yearn to be soothed by something in their mouths — whether a bottle or the breast. But the suction of nursing may make a teething baby's sore gums feel worse.
8. Diarrhea. Doctors are divided on the subject, but some parents swear that their teething babies have bouts of loose poops.
9. Wakefulness. The teething fairy doesn't only work days. As your baby's teeth begin to emerge, her discomfort may disrupt her nighttime slumber
10. Gum hematoma. Teething can trigger bleeding under the gums, which looks like a bluish lump. It's nothing to worry about and can heal faster (and feel better) with the help of a cold compress.
12. Ear pulling; cheek rubbing. Teething babies may tug furiously at their ear or rub their cheek or chin.
By Mayuri Jayasinghe
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