Infant Teething | when to start Calcarea Phosphoricum for babies

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Infant Teething Using Calcarea Phosphoricum for
teething problems

• By Wonder parenting

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Introduction

• Worried about infant teething? Infant teething
  comes with so many pieces of advice and
  suggestions from everyone around the baby.
• Once the baby is born we look for his or her
  growth and development. For better immunity, we
  are always ready to shield them. It includes
  using home remedies, medicines or over layering
  of clothes to protect the child in winters. But
  what should we look for to assess that if they
  need it or is it unnecessary? Especially when it
  comes to dentition or infant teething difficulties
  .

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Understand the developmental milestones

• When talking about the GROWTH and DEVELOPMENT
  these are two different aspects.
• Growth is a measure of physical maturation and is
  quantifiable like weight and height.
• Development is an acquisition of skills like head
  support, grasping, walking, talking, development
  of attitudes, adaptation to family and society.
  And all these become the developmental milestones
  of a child because they are acquired at different
  times in their active phase of initial years.
• One of the most important phases of child
  development is during active infant teething. It
  is not a disease but yes it is associated with a
  lot of troubles. And parents of toddlers know
  that by now what all troubles they have faced
  during initial months of infant teething.
• Common signs and symptoms of infant teething
  are restlessness, gum rubbing, thumb sucking,
  cranky child, drooling of saliva, loss of
  appetite. Above these symptoms, an infant
  will try and put everything in the mouth which is
  the main cause of concern. It usually leads
  to infection and other complaints like diarrhea,
  fever, vomiting, irritability etc.

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More about dentition

• Deciduous teeth refer to milky teeth or temporary
  dentition which starts appearing around 6-7
  months and start feeling trouble 1-2 months
  earlier. At around two and a half year old, they
  will become 20 in number.
• Permanent teeth are 32 in number and start
  erupting at 6-7 years of age.
• Age of eruption of teeth is approximate and
  should not be taken as a benchmark, it may be
  earlier or little late.
• Average temporary teeth are 6 at the age of 12
  months, 12 teeth at 18 months, 16 teeth at 24
  months and 20 teeth at 30 months.
• Lower incisor (front teeth) come up first.

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Structure of teeth

• Teeth are the hardest substance of our body.
  Parts of teeth include- enamel, dentin, pulp,
  cementum and periodontal ligament. Enamel part is
  made of calcium and phosphate.

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Should we give Calcarea Phosphoricum 6x during
infant teething?

• This question must have arrived in every parents
  mind before they give something medicinal (they
  think without side effect). But the answer is
  NO, we should not give it to every child
  because every child does not need it.
• From any source, newspaper, print media,
  neighbor, grandmothers or anyone else, one must
  have heard to use Calcarea Phosphoricum as soon
  as a child starts to show signs of dentition or
  infant teething. Many must have used it too.
• Have we ever thought why? It is like any other
  homeopathic medicine and so we should not use it
  without a prescription by a certified doctor.
• In Homoeopathy, medicines are always selected
  on the basis of the totality of symptoms and on
  basis of similimum, not on the name of the
  disease. Individualization is the key. It means
  one medicine given for one condition is not
  mandatory for a similar condition in another
  person. The reaction of the body is different for
  every individual, so when the reaction is
  different medicine will also vary.

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The indication of Calcarea Phosphoricum in infant
teething When we use it!

• It is a great remedy in defective nutrition.
• When the child is thin, looks unhealthy, weak.
• Slow in development of teeth and bones, though
  well fed.
• They are anemic, dull and insensitive.
• Vomiting of milk, colicky pain, worse from any
  change of weather are additional features. 
• Diarrhea is a very prominent feature.
• The stools are green and sputtering, passed
  with great noise. They will feel complaints more
  when thinking of them.

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Thanks for watching!

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