Good Morning Everyone,
Last night my son lost his second tooth in less than a month. He is not even 4 1/2 years old yet. While his smile looks adorable, do I need to worry about this? Or do you think he is just one of the few who loses their teeth early? He went to the dentist this summer and everything was fine. He got his first tooth at barely 3 months old. Do you think this correlates with that? Thanks in advance.
I've known a few kids who have started loosing teeth early. Are the new teeth coming in? The only thing you need to worry about is taking really good care of his new adult teeth since he is still kind of young to do a really good job brushing on his own. Most of the other kids at school lost their first teeth in kindergarten, while my boys were both in grade one before they lost their first teeth. There is a range of normal.
Yes, if they get their baby teeth really early, they are more apt to lose their baby teeth at a younger age.
yes, it correlates. no worries.
Yes it does. My GD didn't get teeth until about 8 months. She is 10 now and still has a mouth full of baby teeth!
Same with my daughter. In fact, my daughter has had to have several of her baby teeth pulled as an adult because they never came out!
Yup all my kids lost a tooth or two by the time they were 5. They usually fall out and loosen in pairs so loosing two close together is normal. He may loose more rapidly or he may not loose another for a while. Nothing to worry about just early!
Our daughter got 2 teeth at 3 months old, had 13 teeth by 11 months old and lost her first tooth at 4 years old. It's normal :o)
