Teething
14 articles
When a Baby's First Teeth Start Coming In
The first tooth is one of those milestones that gets blamed for almost every miserable few days in the second half of the first year. Most of the time...
How to Tell Teething Apart from Other Causes of Crying
Teething gets blamed for an enormous amount of crying between 6 and 12 months. Sometimes it's the right answer. Often it isn't — and the reason that m...
How to Help a Baby with Teething Pain
Teething does cause real discomfort, even though it isn't responsible for the long list of unrelated symptoms it gets blamed for. Several genuinely he...
Signs That a Baby Is Teething
Teething gets blamed for almost everything that happens between 6 and 12 months. Some of the time it's right; a lot of the time it isn't. The useful t...
Fever and Diarrhoea During Teething: What to Do
The belief that teething causes fever and diarrhoea is one of the stickiest pieces of received parenting wisdom. It also has a long track record of le...
Should You Use Teething Gels
Teething gels sit in an awkward middle ground in the pharmacy: prominently shelved, marketed straight at sleep-deprived parents, but actually carrying...
How Long Teething Lasts and What Is Considered Normal
Teething isn't a single bad week — it's a process that starts in the second half of the first year and continues until the second molars settle in aro...
Order of Tooth Eruption in Infants and Toddlers
Knowing what to expect -- and when -- helps parents understand whether their baby's teething is following a typical pattern. Tooth eruption timing and...
Teething Pain Relief: What Actually Works and What Doesn't
The first tooth is a milestone, but the weeks before it arrives can be trying for both baby and parent. Teething discomfort is real, and the desire to...
Should You Use Teething Gels? What the Evidence Shows
Teething gels are prominently displayed in pharmacy teething sections and are frequently recommended by well-meaning family members. Many parents assu...
Teething and Fever or Diarrhoea: What the Evidence Shows
Ask most parents of a teething baby whether teething causes fever and diarrhoea, and the majority will say yes. This belief is so widespread and so co...
Biting in Toddlers: Causes and Responses
The first time your toddler bites someone, it's a punch to the gut. The second time, it's panic — what if she keeps doing this? The boring news is tha...
How Physical Discomfort Influences Behavior
Most parents have lived through some version of this: three days of bizarre crankiness, blown-up sleep, refused meals, no obvious cause — and then a t...
Children's Teeth: Development, Care, and Common Problems
The single most powerful thing a parent can do for their child's lifelong oral health takes 60 seconds, twice a day, with the right toothpaste — and t...