Oh god my kid is grinding her teeth. Help

[ProfessorArtNerd]

It's awful. It makes my blood run cold. She's gonna mess up her already messed up teeth. My god. How do I make her quit if?

[peachykate]

My sister and I both grind our teeth! I used to kick her out of my bed when we were kids because I couldn't sleep with her loud grinding. When Dh and I started dating he told me I grind my teeth also.

Night guard. I am not even sure if they do that for kids that young.

[eb777888]

UGH!!! S does this (H sometimes does, too). Drives me fucking crazy. I found the more I tell him to stop the more amused he gets. I still haven't found a solution.

[Deleted]

Ignore it. That's all I ever came up with and I forgot Payne did that until this post.

[missyny]

Evelyn used to do it, too. ugh. gross and gave me the chills.

turn up the tv.

[Deleted]

How old is she? It is very common for kids to grind, and most outgrow it as their adult teeth (especially their adult molars) start coming in.

[amberatkins]

Ugh. My younger son did that for a while and every time I would yell something along the lines of, "Eeeeee! Stop stop stop!" And he'd look at me and do it more. Ugh, it was awful.
But he did stop eventually and google assured me that it's common and won't ruin their teeth forever.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

She's about to turn four. If I don't sell her to the circus first. Confession: she also sometimes still uses a paci. She keeps finding them, god damnit. She grinds when she's awake.

[dowagercountess]

I grind my teeth.

[Deleted]

I'm a grinder too. Mouth guard.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

I clench my jaw in my sleep. I used to have a mouthguard for it but haven't used it in a long time. But this is while she is watching tv or occupied. I mean, she doesn't watch tv. We don't own a tv. Nope. Not at all.

[Deleted]

If she's only four, I wouldn't be concerned about the grinding at this point. Hopefully she will be one of the many who grow out of it. There really isn't anything that can be done at her age. Are you worried about her teeth, or is the noise just really irritating?

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Well both. But I'm not gonna lie, that sound is a killer.

[peachykate]

May 11, 2012 22:12:29 GMT -5 amberatkins said:

Ugh. My younger son did that for a while and every time I would yell something along the lines of, "Eeeeee! Stop stop stop!" And he'd look at me and do it more. Ugh, it was awful.
But he did stop eventually and google assured me that it's common and won't ruin their teeth forever.

I usually grind now while I am in that asleep/not quite asleep mode and DH shakes me with his legs and says "babe, you are grinding."

Me: I dont'care, stop talking to me so I can sleep!

[Deleted]

I would be more concerned about the paci affecting her teeth at this point than the grinding. You've probably got a couple of years before she starts losing baby teeth, but you should definitely make sure that paci is gone before the permanent teeth start coming in.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Yeah, I keep throwing them out and she finds another one. This is what I get for buying matching ones for every outfit when she was teeny

[Deleted]

Hahaha. Just be sure that once you get the last one out she doesn't replace the paci with her fingers or thumb. From what I hear that is a terribly difficult habit to break.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Oh she does suck her thumb when no paci is around. She sees two dentists, the one she saw the visit before last didn't care because at least it was only a paci, not a part permanent of her body