Question about infants and teeth...

[Heather in Neverland]

SO Natalie is now 10.5 months old. She is walking all over the place (started walking the day before she turned 10 months old)...she babbles...she is starting to drink from a sippy cup pretty well, etc.

 

But she has NO teeth. She doesn't even seem to be "teething"...no fever, no slobbering, no crankiness, no chewing on things. No sign of teeth whatsoever.

 

So is this normal? Both of my boys had teeth by 7 months.

[TravelingChris]

I just went on a website and it said 70% get their first teeth by 7 months but the other 30% can be as late as 18 months.

[HayesW]

My girls were both around 13 months before they got their first teeth. They are fine now!

[bettyandbob]

late teeth family here. Oldest ds got his first tooth at 11.5 months. Acquiring adult teeth has been on a later schedule for him too. I don't remembering acquiring baby teeth, but I lost my last baby tooth at 13. Younger ds is on a similar schedule--a little slower which is attributed to his having down syndrome. My dd takes after her dad and has acquired and lost teeth at the typical rate.

[Whereneverever]

I'm pretty sure when you teeth is genetic. If her parents got teeth late she probably will, too, but she's firmly in the realm of normal right now.

[Mom-ninja.]

Just think of it this way, less time for tooth decay. :001_smile: That's what my pedi dentist says. He likes it when babies get teeth on a later schedule.

[Murmer]

my sister's babies all waited until after they were a year to teeth...at which point my kids had mouthfuls...teeth come when teeth come

[Wee Pip]

Dd#1 first tooth at 10.5 mos

Dd#2 first tooth at 14 mos

Dd#3 first tooth at 12-13mos.

And they all came in a weird order. Dd#1's first teeth were the outside top, so she looked like a little vampire.

Dd#3 had all 4 molars before she had her two outside bottom teeth. I was beginning to think these two teeth didn't exist for her:)

None of my dds drank from sippies or ate solid food until after their first tooth, so it was a lllooonnnggg wait.

[MotherGoose]

My dd almost 20 months has a mouthful of teeth, but she just started walking on 11/10 :) She still prefers to crawl. I think they do it when they get ready.

[Pretty in Pink]

Ds #4 didn't get any teeth in until well after his first birthday, but he was walking at 10 mos. My other kids all had teeth by 8 mos.

[Heather in Neverland]

Thank you! I feel better now.

[HappyCrazyMama]

My current baby is 13 months with no teeth, one of her sisters also teethed at 13 months and my earliest teether was 7 months.:)

[nmoira]

DD the Elder was about a year old before she got her first tooth, and DD the Younger was about 18 months.

[mo2]

I had one who was almost 2 before he had his first tooth.

[littlebug42]

Neither of my dds had teeth before they were 18 months old. My oldest though had 8 coming in at once. It wasn't pretty. She has had no problems but also has lost some teeth later than normal.