Still only 2 teeth???

[tamirra]

Hi, im quite concerned about my 16 month old granddaughter as she still only has 2 teeth and there is no sighn of anymore coming through as yet, she drinks milk although her eating habits are very bad which she is under the hospital with, is this ok, or should we be worried, she has her first dental appointment next month so hopfully he will be able to feel if there is any in there somewhere. Thanks in advance.

[west ham fan]

my eldest son (42 yrs) when he was 16 months only had 2 teeth the dentist said not to worry they will come through when they are ready if not he said he would have to lance the gums as the teeth were there but thankfully he had a good set of teeth by the age of 2 very strrong always have been strong he cracks nuts with them. You say she is having to see the dentist so he will reasure you. good luck westy

[tamirra]

Hi Westy thats very reasurring thank you, wouldn`t like the gums to be lanced that it would be much to painful, think we would give that a miss. x

[annie0000]

my friends little girl was about 2 and a half before she had any teeth at all and now has a perfectly good set (she is 10 now) - it didn't cause her any difficulty at all, she had really solid gums and was able to eat pretty much anything.

[tamirra]

Annie, thats what we are worrie about, as she is so tiny anyway how is she going to put o any weight without the teeth, she does manage to eat some things, but she has a food fobia so its very difficult to get he to eat anything, she likes mc d also kfc but unforunatly she has food poisoning from it now, so the little bit of weight she did put on has not come off, we are fighting a losing battle all the time with her. x

[annie0000]

Hi tamirra, I remember you posting about her eating before, so things are not getting any better then? I can't remember what exactly what the issues were, but are you able to maximise the liquid calories she consumes - e.g. milk shakes and pro biotic drinks? My friends little girl was always a good eater and even managed chicken and raw cucumber and carrots without teeth.

[tamirra]

Hi Annie, she does have a fair bit f milk during the day, but we were told by the hospital to cut down on the milk as it was prob filling up her little tummy and there as then no room for the food, but she dosn`t want the food she wants her milk and the picky bits of food that she does like, then we see a dietician and she tells us to fry everything that can be fried if she eats it to try and put as much weight on as we can, but she just dosn`t seem to want to eat hardly anything, at the moment as ive mentioned before she is ill at the moment so cant keep anything down, ive bought minadex tonic to hope this will build her up a little, but she looks so poorly she cant even hold her head up as she is so weak, got the docs again Friday, they did say to add water to her full cream milk to make it semi incase she has a dairy intolerance which i personally dont think she has as she would be sick everytime she drank milk or ate a yogurt, wouldn`t she? With her being so small and having runny stools on more than one occasion in the last few months im thinking cealiac, am i thinking wrong maybe,i just dont know what to think anymore im so worried. x