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Am I the only one who doesn't believe in 'wind' and 'teething'?

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SydneyB · 06/03/2009 14:40

I am sorry but I just don't believe in either thing. Am I the only one who thinks they are just useful terms to apply to unsettled baby behaviour and unexplained screaming? Believe me both mine were screamy babies but as far as I could tell they just needed comfort, feeding or sleep. I just find it hard to believe that the burping and farting that us adults manage perfectly happily most of the time should cause so much trouble for babies. I also don't remember having any pain at all as a child with my grown up teeth coming through so how come the first should hurt so much? Is it just grandparent 'lore' and an excuse to market a vast array of over the counter cures?

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MarlaSinger · 06/03/2009 19:17

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catinthehat1 · 06/03/2009 19:21

LackaDAISYcal - my mum used to rub my tummy when I was a child and had stomach ache. Honestly, it used to make HER burp, so you are not alone. (I think it would work now if she tried it!)

LackaDAISYcal · 06/03/2009 19:43

lol at a topical incident this evening.....

My DS1, aged nearly 7 just came in complaining that his mouth hurts where his new bottom tooth is coming in!

Should I believe him or is he just being grumpy?

LackaDAISYcal · 06/03/2009 19:46

oh, and shameless marketing of over the counter cures or not, my older two have been given nelsons chamomilia granules when red faced and dribbly......half an hour later the red face and dribble has gone. two children, 30 teeth (so far).....coincidence? I don't think so.

Othersideofthechannel · 06/03/2009 19:48

There are babies who don't experience any severe pain when teething. Mine only suffered from chapped chins from all the dribbling. It didn't affect their sleep. [lucky mum emoticon]

Othersideofthechannel · 06/03/2009 19:49

I still believe in teething though!

Divvy · 06/03/2009 19:53

You wait till they get to teens! It makes teething and wind look like little tiny cute puppy dogs!

muppetgirl · 06/03/2009 19:53

ds 1 had wind, hard stomach knees up to hus chest and was quite clearly in agony. Always linked to just after a feed. What else could it have been?

He suffered with his teeth cutting through the gums. Yes he was unsettled but this coincided with his teeth appearing. Once they came through the 'unsettledness' stopped and happy baby returned.

skramble · 06/03/2009 19:58

LOL of course wind makes babies cry, have you never had a bit of wind, can get a bit uncomfortbale if you don't burp it up.

Oh and yes teething does too, funny I don't remember teeting pain but then I was a baby at the time, molars were bloody sore as a late teen though.

You don't need magic cures, wind you hold them up and burp them, teething pains a good chew will normally do, or a pain killer.

MadamDeathstare · 06/03/2009 20:12

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FAQinglovely · 06/03/2009 20:17

lol Divvy

Othersideofthechannel · 06/03/2009 20:20

MadamDeathStare, a similar thing happened to me when I was 6 months pg. Not quite so embarrassing because I had pains and my boss told me to go hospital to get them checked out so I just discreetly went off in my car. Turned out I was having trouble digesting my lunch!

skramble · 06/03/2009 20:22

I was in agony this week serious doubled over pain after a day and night of over eating, horrible sharp cramps.

No skoot just a bit backed up and windy 24hrs to ease pain and 48 hrs to feel normal again with aid of that new overly marketed medication. OK it may have eased on its own but I think the meds helped.

skramble · 06/03/2009 20:22

I was in agony after my c-section with wind.

cwtchy · 06/03/2009 20:24

I read on the NHS website the other day that the first teeth don't actually cut through the gums, a chemical is secreted which dissolves the gums around the tooth. Now that sounds bloody painful to me. (I feel I should point out I don't spend a lot of my time browsing the NHS website; I was trying to find out which order the teeth tend to come through!) Anyway, that would explain why the adult teeth don't hurt as much, as that doesn't need to happen.

I know a lot of mothers though who apparently had babies that were teething about 6 months before they got their first teeth. And every night they would have bonjela, teething powders and a dose of medised to help them sleep through the "teething". Now that I think is horrendous. I wouldn't from that assume that all talk of teething pain is crap though.

PerArduaAdNauseum · 06/03/2009 20:30

Skipped through most of thread, but I do believe that as someone who occasionally gets trapped wind, and has a persistently nudging wisdom tooth (upper left for anyone who's interested), yes, if I didn't know how to swear and otherwise express myself I would have screamed a few times.

FFS.

fishie · 06/03/2009 20:32

yes teething hurts and i am sure wind does too (too ladylike to have suffered, even after cs). agree with hat and others, over-used attempt at diagnosing reason for screaming.

i think colic is an even worse catch-all label though.

ds screamed for four hours every evening for the first four months. it wasn't wind and it wasn't teeth. it was pissedoffness.

Divvy · 06/03/2009 20:38

FAQ...thought you might like my comment! ;)

skramble · 06/03/2009 20:39

I certainly don't agree with the catch all that all crying is colic.

ICANDOTHAT · 06/03/2009 20:40

I once sat next to a very lovely anesthetist on a plane. My ds at the time was 8 months old and moaning, chewing on his hands and dribbling .... cheeks were bright red and 'rashy'. He took one look at him and said "oh, teething I see". He went on tell me how babies teething pain was vastly underestimated and that he had, in the past, had to anesthetise or use sedatives to help with extreme cases of teething and abscesses that had arose due to teething problems. I never took my kids teething lightly after that.

Divvy · 06/03/2009 20:43

I have a weird flap of gum over one of my back teeth. Sometimes, like now, it gets in the way of my bite, it hurts...its pain! I would think teething pain is alot worse.

noonki · 06/03/2009 20:48

thank god op - i will no go and tell my teething toddler that he must stop lying and telling me his mouth hurts. (Who knows how he gets his gums so red and mushy)

Divvy · 06/03/2009 20:49

Its like growing pains kids get in there legs when older, that hurts them too.....alot!

SoupDragon · 06/03/2009 20:56

I don't think wisdom teeth are comparable to baby teeth.

I remember my adult molars coming through (the ones which don't have an equivalent adult tooth) and they didn't hurt really. They were a little uncomfortable where the tooth cuts through the gum but it certainly wasn't painful as such. I imagine that a baby teething is much the same only they don't understand it and therefore it is worse for them.

onlinemummy · 06/03/2009 21:30

Don't see why it would matter to those that have said they get annoyed when parents put down a baby being grumpy to teething or wind. Don't you just have to assume they know their child well enough?

My DS has always been a very easy going baby and toddler and the odd time he isn't it is usually when a tooth is coming. Same pattern, just as I think what's going on he's not been himself for a few days, then a new tooth appears.

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