Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Losing a Tooth

Kian lost his first tooth last Saturday, it's been wiggling for weeks and it just fell off last Saturday.  Maybe it was because of being matakaw? Ahihihi!  Recently, he wants to bite all his ulam, he doesn't want us to cut them..  We asked him if it hurts, he said no.  So, no worries! :)  I was wondering though, why it started wiggling, and I found this;

The average child gets his first baby tooth at age six months and then gets three to four new teeth every three to four months. This continues until the second molars erupt at about age two to two and a half years, at which time your child should have all twenty baby teeth.
If your child got his first tooth early or finished getting all of his baby teeth early, then he might start losing his baby teeth early too. On the other hand, if he didn't get his first tooth until age twelve or fifteen months, then he might be a little later than average in shedding or losing his first tooth.
Once he does start losing his teeth, the pattern will seem like a reverse of how these baby teeth came in. He should first lose the bottom two middle teeth, which are called the mandibular central incisors. Next, the top two middle teeth will fall out, followed by his canines, first molars, and then second molars. By age eleven to thirteen, the process should be complete and all of his baby teeth will be gone.

So, that's why.. Atleast I know we're on the right track!  Although Khloe doesn't a any tooth yet?? She's already 8 months old..  Oh well, we'll just wait. 


2 comments:

  1. aw, how cute! i remember when my first tooth fell off...i think i was 5 years old. hehe. :)

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  2. he was even cool and excited about the tooth fairy! hehe! kids! :)

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