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nursingmotherof2
01-02-2009, 12:47 PM
today my baby turned 7 months! she is also sitting up on her own and she is crawling and she is teeth. she is even standing up by pulling her self up now. but i just want to no how long does it take for her teeth to come in fully only the tip of her two bottom teeth are out the gum's you no where you can feel the tooth but cant see it. i use baby orajel for her only some times though because the doctor told me she can choke on it.
KerryS
01-02-2009, 12:50 PM
Once you can FEEL the tooth, IME it usually only takes a few days or weeks for the tooth to come through all the way.
Psyche
01-02-2009, 01:10 PM
It really depends on the baby. Some are fast teethers and others aren't.
Wolverine
01-02-2009, 04:25 PM
I wouldn't use orajel.
Psyche
01-02-2009, 05:20 PM
I wouldn't use orajel.



Neither would I.

We used Kerry's Herbals Gummy Oil and motrin as needed for DS1. I need to order more gummy oil for DS2 (to have on hand) and I got an amber teething necklace. I hope we can avoid motrin with him.
Tweet
01-02-2009, 05:26 PM
It varies from child to child. When mine had a hard time teething, I gave them a clean, damp wash cloth to chew on. I used Orajel sparingly and if it was really bad, Infant's Tylenol.
nursingmotherof2
01-02-2009, 05:32 PM
ok thank you for your help tweet i have both of those meds for her some times for bed i give her both because she cry`s alot and she puts her finger in her mouth on top of everything she has a cold to. thanks again
JustMoi
01-02-2009, 06:15 PM
Put a wet washcloth in the freezer and let her chew on it. The cold helps, and the gnawing will make her feel better.
NewMum
01-02-2009, 06:37 PM
Dds loved frozen bagels.


DS wouldn't have anything cold but frozen waffles and those mesh feeders with frozen bananas in them. He loved those. It really was the only thing to get us through those first teeth. He hated teethers, cold or not. We gave him tylenol only once or twice. We only tried orajel twice, and he balked and screamed both times.

We could feel his teeth below the gums for quite some time before they actually popped out. Several weeks at least. He's now cutting his molars. Two down and two to go.