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rachelsea 
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Posted: 01 October 2010 at 7:29pm |
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  
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Posted: 01 October 2010 at 7:47pm |
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I guess it wouldnt hurt to ask. When do you have plunket next?? I have it on Monday so could ask before coffee group for you??
Taylah had all her teeth by 19 months, just waiting on the 2/3 yr molars.
Has she got any lumps up top??
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Posted: 01 October 2010 at 7:54pm |
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I agree, cant hurt to ask.... Jake is cutting his eye teeth now and thats him done.
Has she had her dentist visit yet?
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Posted: 01 October 2010 at 8:09pm |
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DD is also 19 months and has been slow (and very random) with teething. She has more than yours but a few front bottom teeth haven't come through and her molars have.
Guess there is no harm in asking the Dr.
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Posted: 01 October 2010 at 8:20pm |
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  .
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Posted: 01 October 2010 at 8:35pm |
My DD has been a slow teether, she is coming up 22 months and still has to get her bottom eye teeth and the ones next to the bottom front teeth. Its only recently say around 16-19 months that she got the majority of her teeth. I have a relative thats a dentist and she said not to worry too much and so did the docs.
Its meant to be a good thing if they teeth late apparently the have healthier teeth.
Oh and Emmecat, my mum had her gums lanced when she was little, I still can't believe that was allowed, she wasn't even a late teether but just just not as a quick as the norm
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Posted: 01 October 2010 at 8:37pm |
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.
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Posted: 01 October 2010 at 8:56pm |
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It sounds like your DD falls outside the typical range of teething, but IMO it is still 'normal' - my DD2 is a 'late' teether and only started a fortnight ago at 13.5 months but did 4 molars in one week, nothing since. I worried a little as any mum probably would, but in the end, what is there that can *actually* be done about it - probably not much! In terms of conditions that may be causing the delay though, I guess if I were in your shoes I'd probably start looking into medical investigations around the age of 2.
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Posted: 01 October 2010 at 9:13pm |
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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.
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Posted: 01 October 2010 at 9:45pm |
Just the idea of cutting her gums makes me feel 
Ill ask on Monday for you. Although Taylahs plunket nurse is a bit loopy lol
I havent even thought of taking Taylah to the dentist. There is no way she would sit there anyway
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Posted: 01 October 2010 at 9:49pm |
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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!
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Posted: 02 October 2010 at 8:35am |
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Cory is 16mths and only has 8 teeth...4 top and 4 bottom and he takes ages from the time the red cheeks etc start until teeth come through and then sometimes nothing at all
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Posted: 02 October 2010 at 9:37am |
Argh Sabrina have you changed your handle again? I'll never keep up....lol
Sorry OT
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Posted: 02 October 2010 at 9:57am |
I only cut my 1st tooth at 14 months! And I have a full set  DD is just cutting her 1st tooth at nearly 10 months which is earlier than I expected actually considering how late I was...
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Posted: 02 October 2010 at 10:02am |
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 )
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Posted: 02 October 2010 at 7:07pm |
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yea. mack has 3 bottom and 3 top. he has drowled since 5 months and didnt cut his first til 9 months. no sign whatsoever of any others apart from his 4th top one. i wouldnt worry bu1t it might be worth asking a doc or plunket just for peace of mind
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Posted: 02 October 2010 at 9:08pm |
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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....
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Posted: 02 October 2010 at 9:17pm |
Angus only had 4 teeth from 9 months till 16 months, and we just got tooth number 10 yesterday, so in 2 months they have just popped! So im sure Chelsea's will to. But i guess it cant hurt to ask..
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Posted: 02 October 2010 at 10:37pm |
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'!!
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Posted: 02 October 2010 at 10:50pm |
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Just for reassurance, I did read that in teeth coming through it is genetic and they will take after their parents, so if you were a late(r) teether and maybe your DP? that may be why it is taking so long.
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Very slow teething...
