babies first teeth age


babies first teeth age
What is the normal age range for a baby to get his/her first tooth?

My son will be 8 months old on May 8th and he is still working on one of his bottom teeth. I don’t even see the other one yet. I was just wondering how normal it is, because I’ve heard of a baby getting its first tooth at age 5 months. I know it all varies but i didn’t realize it would be this big of a range.

My first daughter got her first tooth at 5 months (and she was born 6 weeks preemie, so that’d really have been 3 1/2 months old.)

My second daughter got her first tooth at 10 months.

Because it was taking longer with my second child, I asked my Mother-in-Law (a nurse), if I should worry about it. She said “You can worry about it, but that won’t make it happen any faster.” That made sense, so I just let it go.

They can take a long time to finally pop through, but once one does, the others start showing up left and right. By the way – I’d take as many teething-free days as I could get because you’re headed into cranky and drooling territory right quick! ;)

Good Luck and Take care! :)

Alyssa losing her first tooth – age 6


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