Grinding New Teeth

My son is almost 6 and he still grinds his teeth so loud when he sleeps I can hear it at night from my room. It's really an awful sound, but the dentist doesn't seem to be concerned. I know I used to do it when I was little and I don't anymore (didn't stop until I was probably 10 years old though, so it can continue for awhile). I ignore it anymore...he can't help it and I can;t do anything about it.

Mine did it and stopped on their own. I would not make too big of a dealout of it or it may turn into something else.

this might work I'm not sure. I have seen it done. When he starts grinding squeeze his cheeks with finger and thumb till you can feel his gums and then wiggle your hand up and down as to quickly massage his gums. Followed by a no,no,no. I might work for you. It should irritate him hench he might stop grinding. To him this is a new way to make noise and its cool to him also just feels different so he is checking it all out. Time to introduce a tooth brush also. Brush those toothies, lol. Luck to You.

My daughter did this exact same thing everytime she got a new tooth. It drove me nuts! The sound was awful, but I just tried to ignore it. Once she finished teething, the grinding stopped. My mother said that it's just the sensation of the new teeth in their mouth and that both my sister and I did it as babies too.

Isn't that gross? A lot of kids do it. As far as I know, there's nothing you can do to stop it but he should grow out of it once he gets used to the strange new things in his mouth.

My son grinded his teeth when his teeth were coming in too.
I put the pacifier in his mouth when he did this due to the painful noise (and I'm sure it wasn't good for his teeth either). I then removed the pacifier when he stopped a few minutes later. I don't believe that a few days of the pacifier affected his learning to speak more. He stopped a few days later.

Hope this helps!

Both of my kids have done the same thing. It is exceptionally annoying and gets them attention. I think this encourages them to do it more. Try to ignore it and he will probably stop when he gets used to having the other teeth in his mouth.

kids can grind off and on until they have all their permanent teeth in when new teeth are coming in they are looking for that comfort spot to bit (when you close you close the same way every time) his mouth is changing and growing everyday so he may stop for awhile but it may start up again

sorry

Both my kids grind when they are sleeping at this point. Both the doctor and the dentist (both pediatric) say there is nothing we can do about it. Just wait it out. They don't do it every night but probably more often than not.

It is a terrible noise and I wake up from it sometimes in the middle of the night.

With my Son I would go in and give him his pacifier. That helped. However, we gave those to Santa when he was 2 1/2 so I can't do that any more.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

I am not sure about anyone else, I know my daughter did it also. I can't remember for how long, but my ped said it was normal. She did stop on her own. I don't believe she did it for too long. I remember how horrible the noise was! Hang in there!

My older son did that and it didn't last tooo long. My younger one (10 months) is doing it now. It IS one of the worst sounds ever. My best solution (it sometimes works for me) is to distract them. I found they are more likely to do it when bored (like in the car). I guess it is just one of those things that you just wait out and wince. :P

My daughter did this too! It drove me absolutely nuts, it is the worst sound ever and I can totally empathize with you.
I talked to some other moms and it's pretty common. The advice I got was to ignore it. I completely ignored it and the good news is that she eventually stopped doing it and has never done it again.
The bad news is that it lasted over a month, and I constantly had those icky goosebumps from listening to her. ACK!
I feel your pain, and good luck to you :)

I have the same problem with my 16 month old, and it's been going on for months now. My pediatrician says there is nothing you can do about it and my friend who is a pediatric dental assistant says the dentist will say the same thing. The only time they would intervene is if the teeth were grinded down to the gum. I will say, my son has gotten better about it. But still does it every so often.

My girl does the same. When I hear it I get the pacifier in there right away and if she refuses it I just keep trying. They have plenty of time to talk and will, but if they are grinding then they need something to chew on. We also use Hylands teething tablets when her teeth get to hurting like that, they work great.

My second son was like Cristina's child. He grinded his teeth all the time, I asked the peds about it, he said there's nothing to do about it at this time, and my son grew out of it. I think it's just exploring the sensation of new teeth and what he could do with them. He only did it with those new teeth for a month or two...he turned 2 in October so it's been a while since he's done it.