10months old and still no teeth!

[Madissun]

My DS is 10 months old on Sunday and he still has no teeth! He's always chewing on his fingers and everyone keeps saying "oooh he's teething, he's definitely teething" but to be honest, he's done this since he was 4 months old!
Just wondering how many other late teethers there are out there and when did they finally start coming through?

[fionas]

My DD is ten months old and only got her first tooth a couple of weeks ago. People have also been saying since she was 2 months old that she was teething!

It's pretty late but not late enough to be concerned about though I don't think.

[mbear]

My Sam has just hit 9 months and NO SIGN OF TEETH...i think she looks cute....

Like others have said, dont worry, have you ever seen a 2yr old with no teeth ?? They will come...later the better if you ask me....

[morgan78]

Hi
My DS got his 1st tooth between 10 & 11 months and had all of his baby teeth before he was 2. Enjoy the gummy smiles for a little longer

[Boo Boo]

Rylee was 12 months when she got her first tooth, and me too!! A paediatrician told me it was heriditary - do you know how old you and your Dh/DP were?

Laurin

[Madissun]

Thanks ladies for the quick replies
I love the gummy smiles too!
And i HATE hearing "ooh he's teething" everytime he puts something in his mouth, which is pretty much every minute that he's awake.
Just wondered if it was something to be concerned about or not or if there were plenty of bubs who didn't get their teeth til later on.
I've also heard that the later they get them, the better it is and the less painful it is? Not sure about that but, heres hoping!

[Trillian]

My eldest was 10mths when he got his first tooth - just in time for Christmas LOL. I wouldn't say that it makes it easier for them to get them later - he still did a fair amount of crying from them and he was off his food for a week or so and got lovely teething poos. Oddly though each one has gotten them a little earlier than the previous one - my 2nd got her first at 9mths, my 3rd got them at nearly 8mths and my fourth has more teeth at nearly 9mths than the others did at 12mths LMAO.

Don't know about the correlation between us getting them and when our kids do - I was born with two teeth and Dh got them at the *average* time. The only thing I have noticed though was that my eldest started losing his baby teeth later than his classmates - so maybe the later they get them the longer they have baby teeth for?

[Ozziehoffy]

I know someone who's little boy didn't get his first till after 12 months. He's got 4 now and he's 15 months. My little man was 8 months and now has 9. He's also teethed "out of order"... got front top and bottom 2 then went straight to 3 molars and now has 4 top front.