Hi moms! My 10 month old just now got her first tooth. She has had the tooth about 15 days now and it still looks like it did the day it popped up. It is just a tiny sliver of tooth above the gum. My friends all told me that in a few days it would grow into a full size tooth (full size for a baby tooth). But we are going on 15 days and it has not grown any taller. Is this normal? How long does it take to grow into a full tooth above the gum?
Don't worry about it at all. The teeth will come in on their own time. My son is 14 months and has 7 teeth, all of which progressed differently. Some took a few days, some took a few months. I had the same thoughts with his bottom 2 center that seemed to take "forever" to grow above little slits!
Goodness! Who told you it would take a couple days?! They take a month or more to come all the way in. They tend to poke for a few days, sometimes even falling back in to the gums and poking back out again, then they slowly emerge over a few weeks.
it's not time to worry yet. :)
you know how when they're teething sometimes the gums seem really red and you're SURE it's going to come through...then it gets better and no tooth, and then it gets red again? Well, sometimes it seems like they just don't advance at all. You will be amazed--it will be SOON and there will be REAL teeth...
I have heard that if the teeth come in when the child is older its better. My friend's kid lost a tooth when he was three and it didn't come till his was about 7 almost 8. My niece didn't get her first tooth till almost one and they just keep coming.
My little guy's teeth seemed to take forever to get past that first break through as well! I think it was at least a couple of weeks or more.
