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Q: I Want Him to Have Them!!

asked by: ~*~Jillian~*~ on April 11th, 2006

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Okay I normally post in the teen pregnancy forum and the pregnancy forum...But im trying to jump around and meet other people in different forums now

okay my son jace is 8 months ....And my problem is he doesnt have one tooth yet...And his peditrician told me that I could start him on solids at 8 months that didnt have much sugar or salt in them...But without teeth he is choking on everything ..Even number 3 baby foods are choking him because they are more chunky then they mashed up number 2 foods...Im lost on what to do ..Is there things I can do to make his teeth come through faster ..My friends baby is 4 months and has 3 teeth ..And my cousins baby had all his front teeth at the age jace is now..Its starting to worry me because I am starting to think something is wrong..Am I the only one or has anyone elses baby had this problem?...

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lsipes

replied on April 12th, 2006

Experienced User

It isn't because he doesn't have teeth that he's choking. He just needs practice. It takes motor skills and reflexes to be able to gum, swallow and adjust to new foods. How long have you been trying? I'd just give him a little more time to adjust to the newness and learn how to eat it. As far as speeding up the teething process, don't think there's a way. Not having teeth at 8 months is not a "problem". It's rather normal. I don't think my son had his first tooth until he was at the latter end of 7 months. Then he got 2 at 9 months. It's just different for all children (as is everything else)

Melissa_20

replied on April 13th, 2006

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Re: I Want Him to Have Them!!

~*~jillian~*~ wrote:

okay I normally post in the teen pregnancy forum and the pregnancy forum...But im trying to jump around and meet other people in different forums now

okay my son jace is 8 months ....And my problem is he doesnt have one tooth yet...And his peditrician told me that I could start him on solids at 8 months that didnt have much sugar or salt in them...But without teeth he is choking on everything ..Even number 3 baby foods are choking him because they are more chunky then they mashed up number 2 foods...Im lost on what to do ..Is there things I can do to make his teeth come through faster ..My friends baby is 4 months and has 3 teeth ..And my cousins baby had all his front teeth at the age jace is now..Its starting to worry me because I am starting to think something is wrong..Am I the only one or has anyone elses baby had this problem?...

my older sisters baby didn't start getting his teeth until he was almost a year.Now he is a yr and 3months old and only has four.Every baby is different and I don't think there is much you can do to push it along.Just be patient and it will happen!

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