Baby Teething: Symptoms, Signs, And How To Relieve The Pain

There are many development stages that mums look for in their little ones. However, teething could be one of those gruelling milestones for the whole family.

Teething is a very painful and uncomfortable development stage for babies, and hurtful for their parents who can’t really do much about it, especially for new parents who have no experience yet with babies.

And unfortunately, babies get only a couple of months of rest after birth before they start teething. As teeth usually start popping at around 6 months old on average. Some babies even start through 3 months old, or as late as 1 year old. However, no matter when babies start teething, they should have 20 primary teeth by the age of 3 years old.

Teeth actually start developing while your baby is still in womb. However, they only break through during the early months of his life. And the bottom two middle teeth are usually the first to appear, then the top two middle ones, then those along the sides and back.

Teeth usually pop one at a time, or several at once. And don’t worry if not all of them come in straight, as they will straighten out with time.

The very last teeth to appear are the second molars in the very back of the mouth on the top and bottom. And they usually come in at around your baby’s second birthday. So by 3 years old, your little one should have all of his 20 baby teeth, which start to fall out when the permanent ones are ready at around the age of 6.