Teeth grinding 2 year old

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I'm really worried after watching the guy on Embarrassing Bodies a few weeks ago. He was left with stumps instead of teeth after grinding so much. Didn't really pay much attention to the reasoning behind it. Wish i had as about a week ago DS2 started doing it.

Why would a 2 year old grind his teeth? I thought it was something to do with stress. DS is perfectly happy during the day and nothing stressful is happening in our lives.

Hopefuly there is someone out there who knows something about this. I don't want my baby to grind his beautiful teeth into ugly stumps and even more worried there is some deep rooted psyhcological (sp) reason that i am unaware of.

My DD was a grinder, and my DS's grinding comes and goes - he grinds when he remembers what it is but then 'forgets'!

Not partic worried. they just like the noise / feeling I think. (they are 2.5 and 1.5)

Might worry more it they were older - say school age? I think it's just a new feeling for them

hope this helps.

it's quite common afaik

my 5 year old does/did it, and we've just been to see a cranial osteopath who seems, so far, to have stopped it!

ds grinds too
he is 7
dentist wasn't particularly worried

I grind too apparently-only told recently by new dentist
it has caused some of my enamel to ping off according to dentist

DS (3) has been doing this too and we keep telling him to stop it. Hoping he grows out of it. He doesn't do it very often but I hate the sound of it anyway so tell him to stop.

I forgot to mention that he is asleep whilst doing it and not done it while awke.