help 11month old grinding her teeth

[skye+cammi]

hi,
my 11 month old dd is teething at the moment she already has 4 teeth and she has another 2 on the way i have noticed she is grinding her teeth alot and i dont want her to ruin her teeth and i cant stand the sound it makes..lol she hasnt been well she has got rebella and has been quite upset so dont want to do anything tha will upset her more she has only just started doing this for the past week..what should i do???

[Olive]

its very common and not an issue at this stage, it only becomes a problem if she is still doing it when her adult teeth come through, she will grow out of it!

[Campari]

My DD did this too, and I was totally stressing that she would ruin her beautiful new teeth, but it really was a short lived phase, maybe two weeks or so?? She is 20 months now, and hasn't done it in a very long time. I think its just them getting used to the feel of new teeth in their mouth

[ndvmummmy]

My DS did this and i can tell how horrified I was when he did it too....
However he grew out of it thank goodness...
That sound

[AndiE]

Hi,

My DS (13 months) sometimes does this and when I notice it, I give him something to chew, like a rusk etc. And he's only got 3 teeth!!

I figure it's no big issue at this stage ... more hideously annoying for mum than anything else .

Andie

[beckoes]

just searched the forums for this as my 10 month old DD has just started grinding her teeth! she has four teeth and i was really worried, good to know its common and short lived!!!.....doesnt make it sound any better though....it makes my skin crawl...like nails down a chalk board! lol

[skye+cammi]

thanks for your replies she has stopped it now thank goodness as it made my skin crawl aswel..hopefully grace doesnt do it for long

[kirsty_lee]

I was told it was because their teeth are so sharp because they have to cut through the gum and they do it to grind them down a bit and make them not so sharp, it is really common but it makes me want to vomit. My dd does it too and I hate it!