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Does it matter in which order teeth appear?

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chipmonkey · 07/04/2006 21:30

Probably a stupid question really! ds1 and ds2 got 2 bottom teeth, then 2 top teeth, then 2 more bottom teeth, 2 more top teeth and so on. Ds3 got 2 bottom teeth, then 2 top teeth and I was expecting 2 more bottom teeth to appear. But no, 2 more top teeth appeared so he has 4 on top and only 2 on the bottom. Does this matter? It doesn't mean he has an underdeveloped bottom jaw, does it?

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Miaou · 07/04/2006 21:37

Doesn't make any difference afaik chipmonkey. Teeth generally come through in a certain order but not always, and it doesn't have a bearing on the end result.

hulababy · 07/04/2006 21:44

Not at all. DD''s came though all in the wrong order, with the bottom middle two coming through really late on. Only problem we have had is that DD's bottom two teeth are now a little crooked, as there wasn't enough room for them in the end. Should short itself out with her adult teeth all being well.

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chipmonkey · 07/04/2006 22:02

Thank you! I must have very little to worry about, to be making a thing of this!
BTW, Miaou, how did your friend get on, the girl who was producing milk ages after she had her baby?

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thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat · 07/04/2006 22:17

dd2's first two teeth were her top ones - but not the ones in the middle - it was the next pair along so she had fangs!

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chipmonkey · 08/04/2006 14:13

LOL, did you hang garlic by her cot, TWWTSWAH?

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Miaou · 08/04/2006 14:25

It was the side effects of some medication she was on, chipmonkey! (which was one of the suggestions from MN IIRC). All sorted now

littlerach · 08/04/2006 14:36

DD2 had her 2 bottom ones first, then 2 top ones, then her molars have appeared.

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chipmonkey · 08/04/2006 18:48

That's a relief, Miaou!
Thanks for all the replies everyone. Feel silly for worrying about it but I bled all the time I was pg with him and he was 2 months prem so I tend to obsess over little things with him.

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jabberwocky · 09/04/2006 01:54

Just saw this, chipmonkey. Wanted to add that ds got the two bottom, then all four at the same time.

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chipmonkey · 09/04/2006 02:20

I thought all babies got them in the order that ds1 and ds2 did! But ds3 has been different in loads of ways from them so this shouldn't be surprising, really.

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jabberwocky · 09/04/2006 12:25

It's a mom thing. I didn't know he was premature, chipmonkey. A friend of mine has a son who was 6 or 8 weeks early and she is the same way.

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chipmonkey · 10/04/2006 01:17

He was 8 weeks prem due to placenta praevia. I had an emergency cs after a lot of bleeding. I looked like death warmed up. Really ds was fine. Dh was looking at him in the incubator shortly after his birth when my obGyn walked up to him. He commented that ds3 was doing fine and then said to dh "It was the mother who was at risk" and then walked away leaving poor dh in a state of shock! This particular ObGyn is technically excellent. All the MW's in the hospital attend him when pg but his bedside manner leaves a lot to be desired!
I just worry that even thought he was monitored very closely and the CS was purely due to blood loss rather than foetal distress that maybe he was affected in some way by the blood loss from the placenta? So far so good. He's trying to help me type right now and seems as bright as a button. But every little thing about him that's "different" in some way is a cause for concern. He'll probably be grown up with kids before I get over it!
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jabberwocky · 10/04/2006 03:39

Your poor dh! We were similar in that I was in such bad shape by the time they did my section dh was an internal mess (although putting on a brave front for me ) After ds was born they asked if he wanted to come over with him or stay by me as they stitched me up. I was so touched when he said he wanted to stay at my side.

My friend's premie was early due to her placenta started to degrade early on. She is so much the same as you and as it's her first child that adds to it.

I'm sure he's a perfect little boy but it's only natural that you would worry a tad more. I'm doing cognitive behavior therapy right now for my PTSD, so my therapist might say something like, when you find yourself fretting over him, stop and think, all babies are different and he really is coming along just fine. Or something like that

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