Very slow teething...

Hi everyone. Just curious if anyone else's bubbas have been extra slow getting teeth. DD has only two teeth at 19 months. She got the first one at 1yr and the 2nd one at 13months, so hasn't had any more in 6 months! Is this normal? It's only just occured to me that it might be something to ask a doctor/dentist about because my friend just text me that her 8month old just cut her 3rd tooth...

Thought I'd rather feel like a dork asking here than ringing a doctor up to ask them hehe, besides you guys probably have more ideas about it than they do

I agree, cant hurt to ask.... Jake is cutting his eye teeth now and thats him done.

Has she had her dentist visit yet?

Maybe you just need to cut her gums to let them out? *giggle*...sorry private joke hehe

Yeah I think by now I'd probably be asking a Dr or dentist Rach...could be a big fat nothing and it probably is, but they'll at least put your mind at rest

Clodagh has 12 teeth now at 16 months and now that the molars are through they others don't seem that far away .

Lol Emmecat (for anyone wondering, my MIL suggested cutting DD's gums to help the teeth thru when she didn't have any haha)

Sabrina, that would be cool if you could ask your Plunket nurse for me we don't have Plunket till she's two so another 5months.
Her gums have always been bumpy, so not sure what I'm looking for with regards to teeth coming thru... And nope she hasn't had a dentist visit, are they meant to have one? I went to the dentist when she was about 1 (for me) and asked him when I should take her as she'd only just cut her 1st tooth, and she said not till she's 4

She only has the two front bottom teeth.

I would ask plunket or the dentist as well, but my guess is that they will probably all suddenly start popping through at once soon.

Caden had all his teeth by 20 months and is now cutting his 2 year old molars.
Bella is cutting her 7th tooth now at 13 months.

Daniel has been checked by a Paediatrician every six months (not related to teeth) and we asked him about teeth and when it was a problem if they were coming through. Daniel was around 13 months I think and he said he could see 'buds' so they would come and he said they will take there own time and wouldn't be concerned until they were a lot older (around 4 years!) with no sign of teeth. I think I read that some babies are born with teeth!

Argh Sabrina have you changed your handle again? I'll never keep up....lol

Sorry OT

I cut my 1st tooth at age 1 too just like Chelsea, and the second one soon after. But I didn't go 6 months without getting any more hehe. I know there is probably nothing they can do about it and certainly will not be getting her gums cut (although that's not even an option these days- as my Plunket nurse said at our last appt at 15months when I mentioned my MIL's comment: "that went out with the ark" lol that shut MIL up )

Rach i stopped reading after you said you hadnt been to the dentist.

I dont know how it works down there but here Plunket give you a form early on (like at the 1st or 2nd appt) to get bubs enrolled at the local dentist and they like to see them before they are 1. Its just a chat about tooth care and really to put parents at ease as so many people have a fear of dentists that they dont want passed onto the kiddies.

I held jakes off until he was about 13 months as he didnt get his first teeth until he was 10 months.

Not sure who you would ask about that for your area....

Here Plunket give you a from for the dentist, and hen I got a letter from the dentist saying 'hi, you are enrolled, we will see you at 3 years old'!!