Grinding teeth

Nita2603 · December 2012

Alastair has started to grind his teeth. The sound makes my skin crawl and it is just horrid. Anybody else? What can I do about this? It's terrible!

leahandbuck · December 2012

H started doing this recently. She only has her four front teeth so she slides them back and forth. It gives me the chills and I do tell her no or try to distract her when she does it because I don't want this to become a habit. I grind my back teeth and it can be painful sometimes.

Sunburn19 · December 2012

Yep! Aidan does it every once in a while. I'm so glad he doesn't do it all the time. Glad to know we're not alone.

anasazi17 · December 2012

When A first got a bunch of teeth she began grinding...it gave me the heebie-jeebies! I remember asking on here and the advice I got was that it was normal and they would grow out of it. Yep, that's exactly what happened. I think she did it for a couple of weeks and was done.

Hopefully he won't continue the teeth grinding for long!!

ETA: I think it was Penny that told me not to make a big deal about it to them...if you make a big deal about it they will keep doing it for the reaction ;-)

June0609 · December 2012

Yup. E did that when he first got his teeth but he grew out of it after a couple of weeks.

thefeetles · December 2012

DS would do it and it was awful!!! I would try to distract him or worst case give him his pacifier (he only uses it at night usually). It didn't last long thankfully!

adge629 · December 2012

Aubriella was doing it when she was teething. It drove me nuts. It only lasted a few weeks and she has stopped. I believe it is just a stage they go thru and she will grow out of it.

LatteLady5 · December 2012

N did this for a week or so. I would pop a chew toy in her mouth or a snack and tell her "Oh, don't grind your teeth" and sign owie. She hasn't done it in a few weeks. I really hope she was just exploring her new teeth and the sounds they could make.