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Is This All Due to Teething???

desertmouse39desertmouse39 member
in Babies: 9 - 12 Months

My sweet LO just turned 1 two weeks ago.  We were doing great with cutting down the bottles, she was moving away from purees and eating a lot more table food and was her general happy self.

 And then - she started having total meltdowns.  SCREAMING, for no apparent reason, sometimes when I walk out of her sight, sometimes just because.  She has literally thrown two tantrums, on the floor, more like I thought a two year old would do.  I can see that she has her top front two teeth coming in, and that has got to be part of it, but her first two teeth (bottom) came in without any notice or a whimper!  I have tried EVERYTHING to try to help her with this, and the only thing that sort of works seems to be Orajel and Advil.  She even asks to get back in her swing sometimes, which she hasn't been in for almost six months, and I let her watch about 20 minutes of Sesame Street or something (another thing we've never done) and this seems to sooth her or distract her from her discomfort.  Then she's ready to get out and go do something else.

And now she won't eat.  For three days she has pretty much refused every solid or puree I've offered, either throwing it at me or feeding it to the dog.  I have had to resort to going back to bottles with formula/milk, and she CRUSHES those, so that's where we're at.  Any one else experience this?  How long can it last?  Could there be something besides her teeth going on?

Any advice or input would be appreciated, TIA. 

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Re: Is This All Due to Teething???

  • smileybabyboysmileybabyboy member
    My DS isn't 1 yet, but my friend's son turned 1 and she had started eliminating the bottles and her son started having a lot of meltdowns.  She had a rough time with him for awhile.  I had also heard cutting 1 year molars can be much more painful than when the front teeth coming in. I'm not sure how long it lasts, sorry.    
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  • Jenelle101Jenelle101 member
    It could be teeth...but I don't think so. It's a difficult transition to go from bottle feeding all the time, to only a couple of times a day or to a sippy cup...  It was pretty hard to get my daughter off of the bottle. She did not like the sippy cup at all and would refuse to eat anything until she had her bottle. (BTW..my daughter started throwing tantrums at 11 months!)   I would just keep offering her a sippy cup and food. And make sure you don't wait until she's starving to feed her because then she'll only want a bottle because it's easier... Good luck!
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  • Jenelle101Jenelle101 member

    imagesmileybabyboy:
    My DS isn't 1 yet, but my friend's son turned 1 and she had started eliminating the bottles and her son started having a lot of meltdowns.  She had a rough time with him for awhile.  I had also heard cutting 1 year molars can be much more painful than when the front teeth coming in. I'm not sure how long it lasts, sorry.    

    Oh and ditto about the molars. My daughter's 1-year molars came in the week of her birthday, but for TWO MONTHS before, they were bleeding under the gums. Her gums were actually purple and when they broke through, they bled a lot! 

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  • desertmouse39desertmouse39 member

    Thanks, Ladies -  we actually went to the doctor later today because she was pulling her ears a lot and they wanted to rule out infection.  She has a sore throat but nothing in her ears or nose but the pedi said her gums really were super swollen (and there have been blood spots on her crib sheets so I know those top ones have been having a painful time getting in).

    Basically just going to have to grin and bear it!  Pedi says not to worry about the bottles for now and return to weaning in another week or so when this (hopefully) has passed.   

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