another teething question??? - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

hugs28 · 03-18-2006, 09:08 PM

sry guys, but I need to know, how long it would take for the tooth to come in more, once it has peeked a little, I put a post of a little white bump on my ds gums, thought it was a tooth emerging, but it has not gotten any bigger or changed at all, any ideas? thanks

rouge · 03-18-2006, 09:36 PM

It takes a longgggg time. More than two weeks at least. They move very very slowly. They are less crabby once it emerges though. I guess It hurts worse when it is twisting and cutting through the flesh.

dizzygirl · 03-19-2006, 04:58 AM

Ds had a simi;ar bump on his gums, and when I asked the doctor, he told me it was a pre-eruptive cyst, not a tooth. They are harmless, and go away in time, this was at about 5 months old, and he is now 10 months, and it just went away. It was never a tooth. All of ds's teeth were never bumps in his gums, they were actually little pockets, sunken in a bit, before he got teeth. Just letting you know, perhaps it's not a tooth?

rouge · 03-19-2006, 06:01 AM

You can feel a tooth right away when it emerges. Run your finger over the gum line it will feel rugged and hard.

hugs28 · 03-19-2006, 06:49 AM

well he has the sunken pockets. but the bump is small and white, not like if it was a tooth, the whole top of it, almost like a little piece poked through, and it is hard from what I can tell. thanks all