Teething phase in life of a baby is time of teeth eruption. It is terrible phase for some babies, when a tooth erupt from a gum. Most of babies have painful teething phase. But, there are few babies, whose teething phase pass very beautifully. They doesn’t phase any teething pain at all. Their tooth erupts out very smoothly from gums. Today, we will discuss 5 tips to follow, during teething problems in babies. Let’s discuss each of them in detail.
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First of all,
How to identify that baby is in teething phase?
That can be identified with help of signs and symptoms. When your baby is in teething phase, he/she will show following signs and symptoms-
- You will notice that suddenly, baby has become irritable from some days. Earlier baby used to be happy types.
- Toys that baby like earlier, throws them out now. He/she doesn’t like to play with them, since teething has started. Toys that calms a crying baby earlier, are not able do that now.
- Baby cries most of the time and not easy to calm with toys.
- Baby consume less breastfeed than earlier. If baby has started consuming solids, then he consume very less quantity now, as compared to earlier quantity.
- Loose motions
- Baby wake up earlier at night, with lot of crying at night. Baby sleep very less.
- In some babies, fever occur when teething occurs. In some cases, fever is not there, baby just feels warm on touching.
- Salivation from mouth, if baby is below 6 months.
- Baby want to bite/chew things, all time. He/she keep on biting/chewing the thing or toy, whatever is in reach of his/her hand. If he/she gets nothing, then he/she keeps his/her thumb in mouth.
5 Tips to follow during, Teething Problems in Babies-
1) Toys and hands should be clean-
What that is to do with teething? The reason being, if baby will put dirty toys in mouth, then germs in that dirt will also go in mouth. Those germs will cause gastric pain/ colic, loose motion and fever like symptoms in baby.
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- Therefore, to avoid those aliments from developing in baby, keep toys hygienic. Toys that baby put in mouth should be clean. So, whenever you see any toy of baby dirty, clean it immediately.
- In fact, not only toys, hand of baby, whatever baby used to put in mouth should be clean. Whatever, is in reach of hand of baby, should be clean to avoid germs.
2) Give something nutritious to bite, if baby is above 6 months-
In teething phase, baby has habit to bite. Therefore, instead of toys, give baby cucumber sticks to bite. For that, cut the cucumber in 3 to 4 inch long and ½ inch wide piece.
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That baby can easily hold in their fingers. They are easy to chew also. But, give seedless part of cucumber to baby.
3) Massage with fingers on baby gums-
First of all, clean yours hands properly, especially fingers. Just be sure, there is no dirt in your finger tips. Then, gently massage with your finger on that gum, where you feel tooth is going to erupt. Just be sure, baby is not in irritable mood, while you do it.
4) Give calcium drops or tablets advised by your paediatrician-
Normally, calcium drops are recommended these days in hospitals. It is written on discharge card of newborn baby. These calcium drops help in growth of bones as well in teeth of baby with age. For irritation, loose motion and pain of teething problem Homeopathic medicine Calcarea phos 6X is best.
5) Consult with your paediatrician-
Paediatrician is doctor of babies as well as of children. They are doctors of patients of age group of 0 to 14 years. That is, from newborn to a teenager group.
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- If symptoms persist or become worse and nothing help or fever comes, then consult with your paediatrician.
So, that was regarding 5 tips to follow, during teething problems in babies.
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