What\’s wrong with a child\’s late teething?

Question 1: Why does the baby not have teeth at 1 year and 3 months old? The children will all be gone, and not a single tooth will appear. The baby eats, drinks and plays normally. He eats breast milk and porridge. Recently he started taking cod liver oil supplements. Why can’t his teeth grow back? Also, my grandma said that my teeth didn’t grow until I was 1 year old. Could it be related to this reason? Dr. Luo Zhen answered: There is a certain relationship between teething and genetics. If parents have teething late when they were young, it will affect the baby’s teething. However, it is indeed abnormal for a baby to have teeth that have not yet erupted after he is over 1 year old. Because babies generally have their teeth erupted between 4 and 10 months old, even if there are individual differences, the teeth will erupt before the age of 1, and all teeth will appear by the age of 2 and a half. In addition to considering genetic factors, your baby\’s situation is also related to the parents\’ wrong feeding methods: 1. Failure to supplement vitamin AD or D in time. All babies should be supplemented with vitamin AD or D after 15 days of birth and until they are 2 years old. . This helps your baby better absorb calcium from breast milk or milk powder and complementary foods. Babies who are not supplemented on time are prone to calcium deficiency, which will affect growth, development and teething. Your baby has recently started taking cod liver oil supplements, which is one of the factors that may affect your baby’s teething. 2. Failure to add solid food correctly. In fact, babies have teeth after birth, but they are hidden under the gums. It slowly sprouts with the intake of nutrients, the baby\’s development, and daily chewing. However, if parents keep letting their babies drink porridge, not only will their nutrition fail to keep up, but their gums will not get the \”stimulation\” they deserve, which will affect their teething. It is recommended that the mother insists on supplementing vitamin AD and adding semi-solid and solid food to her baby to improve it. At the same time, you should take your baby to the doctor for examination in time to see if faster treatment is needed, or to rule out other factors that affect teething. Question 2: My baby is two months old. Why does he like to stick out his tongue and lick clothes? Dr. Cui Lixia answered: Babies of this age have entered the oral stage and like to eat their hands. If they are wearing thick clothes and cannot eat, they will lick the surrounding clothes and quilts. This is not abnormal and parents don’t need to worry too much. Question 3: I took emergency contraception twice a month, but I’m still pregnant… Can I ask the doctor if I can have this baby? Dr. Zhang Yanyan answered: It is not recommended because birth control pills will affect fetal development.