How to help when a child's teeth are cut

The appearance of the first tooth is an exciting, important event in the life of the baby and mother. Unfortunately, nature is so embedded that the teeth of a child are cut with pain, copious salivation, high fever, tearful mood, poor appetite, diarrhea, rash. Teething is a test for crumbs. Completely rid the baby of unpleasant sensations will not work, but as much as possible to facilitate the process is possible. Learn how to help a baby get rid of the pain with teething from this article.

How to help a child with teething

The easiest and safest method to help a child in this situation is to give him a teetotaler. To increase efficiency, it is worth cooling the teaser with the gel in the refrigerator. Massage the swollen gum with a clean finger, and the baby will feel better. Experienced mothers offer a national teethers - a scarf with knots tied on it, soaked in cold water. They can be used at a time when the teaser is not at hand.

Doctors recommend a gel for teeth to children who have pain. It is applied with a clean finger on the baby's gum and rubbed. Unfortunately, the anesthetic effect lasts no more than 1 hour. The fact is that the gel strip is washed out by the baby's saliva, which is abundantly released during teething or feeding by food, by the breast. Children's gel for anesthesia of teeth is better to apply after feeding, then the result will be long.

Traditional medicine offers the use of oil, infusion, chamomile tea as a remedy against pain and swelling when erupting. Chamomile oil is diluted in 1/1 proportions with any other edible oil and rubbed into the gum. Warm compresses of chamomile are applied to the cheek behind which the tooth is cut.

The length of time during which a child's teeth are cut can be quite long. Do not use medicines every time the baby cried. It can be distracted from pain by a game or a fairy tale, a song. Give in such moments to the child as much as possible attention, because he desperately needs it.

Teething can be accompanied by a rise in temperature up to 38 ° C. To simultaneously anesthetize the teeth in a child and lower the temperature, you need to give the baby antipyretic syrup. To find out what antipyretic and anesthetic is right for your child, you need a pediatrician. It is advisable to do this in advance to buy the medicine even before the onset of pain and heat.

Do I need to see a doctor?

When a child's teeth are cut , this is not a disease, but a natural process. It can occur without medical intervention and treatment. However, the symptoms of eruption are very similar to those of ear inflammation and a cold disease. If the baby cries, when you press on the ear shell, then this is a sign of ear disease. If the temperature lasts a long time, snot from the nose flows, there is diarrhea, then you need to see a doctor.

Cutters are the most difficult in appearance. After they grow up, it will become much easier. Mom and crumb will have a short break for rest. Let your kids easily get new teeth!