Guest guest Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Aubrey is 3 1/2 years old and I've noticed lately she has been grinding her teeth alot in her sleep. I've read it could be a sign of an anxiety disorder and was wondering if any of you had dealt with this issue before. Her behavior lacks to be desired and everytime she is seperated from myselft or my mom (who watches her while I'm at work some and what not), she goes absolutely balistic, screaming, yelling, and kicking. It's gotten to the point whenever I drop her off at daycare, they literally have to pry her off me, then I make a mad dash to the door so we don't have to pry her off again. She also throws tantrums, pulls her own hair out, and bites her nails. Do any of you think maybe her behavior and teeth grinding could be correlated? Also just so everyone knows, she gets lots of attention and is disciplined so not real sure why the behavior is so bad. Anyone gone through this before? Any insight? Tonya __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Anxiety could be a factor, but something that RSS children often have which would make it also likely to have teeth grinding is a small jaw for their face. Things don't always line up so well... Inga At 11:09 PM 9/7/2005 -0700, you wrote: > >Aubrey is 3 1/2 years old and I've noticed lately she has been grinding her >teeth alot in her sleep. I've read it could be a sign of an anxiety disorder >and was wondering if any of you had dealt with this issue before. Her >behavior lacks to be desired and everytime she is seperated from myselft or >my mom (who watches her while I'm at work some and what not), she goes >absolutely balistic, screaming, yelling, and kicking. It's gotten to the >point whenever I drop her off at daycare, they literally have to pry her off >me, then I make a mad dash to the door so we don't have to pry her off >again. She also throws tantrums, pulls her own hair out, and bites her >nails. Do any of you think maybe her behavior and teeth grinding could be >correlated? Also just so everyone knows, she gets lots of attention and is >disciplined so not real sure why the behavior is so bad. Anyone gone through >this before? Any insight? > >Tonya > > >__________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Tonya, Yes. I went through this myself as a child and through adult life. It is stress related. My dentist wanted me to get a special mouth guard for night-time sleeping. My 3 1/2 son also did this while we were in a huge transition in life and he finally stopped doing it. Sometimes, small children will do this (as babies) when they are getting teeth. Check with your dentist if you are really concerned. By the way, the 3 1/2 yr age is the reason for the bad behavior. LOL - I'm laughing because this has been a " fun " topic for many of us over the last month-and-a-half. I even warned some parents I met at the park yesterday - they were asking me about it. It seems SO many people think 3 1/2 is 100 x worse than the terrible two's. Trust me, it gets better. You are doing all the right things - it's not you (I thought it was me - it's not). Our best to you. - H > > Aubrey is 3 1/2 years old and I've noticed lately she has been grinding her teeth alot in her sleep. I've read it could be a sign of an anxiety disorder and was wondering if any of you had dealt with this issue before. Her behavior lacks to be desired and everytime she is seperated from myselft or my mom (who watches her while I'm at work some and what not), she goes absolutely balistic, screaming, yelling, and kicking. It's gotten to the point whenever I drop her off at daycare, they literally have to pry her off me, then I make a mad dash to the door so we don't have to pry her off again. She also throws tantrums, pulls her own hair out, and bites her nails. Do any of you think maybe her behavior and teeth grinding could be correlated? Also just so everyone knows, she gets lots of attention and is disciplined so not real sure why the behavior is so bad. Anyone gone through this before? Any insight? > > Tonya > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 At 05:36 PM 9/8/2005 +0000, you wrote: >Tonya, Yes. I went through this myself as a child and through adult >life. It is stress related. My dentist wanted me to get a special >mouth guard for night-time sleeping. My 3 1/2 son also did this >while we were in a huge transition in life and he finally stopped >doing it. Sometimes, small children will do this (as babies) when >they are getting teeth. Check with your dentist if you are really >concerned. > >By the way, the 3 1/2 yr age is the reason for the bad behavior. >LOL - I'm laughing because this has been a " fun " topic for many of >us over the last month-and-a-half. I even warned some parents I met >at the park yesterday - they were asking me about it. It seems SO >many people think 3 1/2 is 100 x worse than the terrible two's. That was true for , too! I remember hearing him holler from outside the house - and he was only around 13 pounds! Inga >Trust me, it gets better. You are doing all the right things - it's >not you (I thought it was me - it's not). > >Our best to you. > >- H > > >> >> Aubrey is 3 1/2 years old and I've noticed lately she has been >grinding her teeth alot in her sleep. I've read it could be a sign >of an anxiety disorder and was wondering if any of you had dealt >with this issue before. Her behavior lacks to be desired and >everytime she is seperated from myselft or my mom (who watches her >while I'm at work some and what not), she goes absolutely balistic, >screaming, yelling, and kicking. It's gotten to the point whenever I >drop her off at daycare, they literally have to pry her off me, then >I make a mad dash to the door so we don't have to pry her off again. >She also throws tantrums, pulls her own hair out, and bites her >nails. Do any of you think maybe her behavior and teeth grinding >could be correlated? Also just so everyone knows, she gets lots of >attention and is disciplined so not real sure why the behavior is so >bad. Anyone gone through this before? Any insight? >> >> Tonya >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 LOL I can just see you throwing a fit in Wal-Mart or wherever. Tonya sheryl gavrock wrote: Dakoda has bad temper tantrums and has grinded his front teeth so bad that they are not much of a tooth anymore. Dentist told me not to worry baby teeth still and he wldnt keep guard in. Family used to tell me you need to spank him when he throws tantrums like that , i do and he laughs and continues because he has high pain tolerance , now when he does it at home , I fall out with him and throw mine, that seems to help at home , but can't do that in public.lol Inga wrote:At 05:36 PM 9/8/2005 +0000, you wrote: >Tonya, Yes. I went through this myself as a child and through adult >life. It is stress related. My dentist wanted me to get a special >mouth guard for night-time sleeping. My 3 1/2 son also did this >while we were in a huge transition in life and he finally stopped >doing it. Sometimes, small children will do this (as babies) when >they are getting teeth. Check with your dentist if you are really >concerned. > >By the way, the 3 1/2 yr age is the reason for the bad behavior. >LOL - I'm laughing because this has been a " fun " topic for many of >us over the last month-and-a-half. I even warned some parents I met >at the park yesterday - they were asking me about it. It seems SO >many people think 3 1/2 is 100 x worse than the terrible two's. That was true for , too! I remember hearing him holler from outside the house - and he was only around 13 pounds! Inga >Trust me, it gets better. You are doing all the right things - it's >not you (I thought it was me - it's not). > >Our best to you. > >- H > > >> >> Aubrey is 3 1/2 years old and I've noticed lately she has been >grinding her teeth alot in her sleep. I've read it could be a sign >of an anxiety disorder and was wondering if any of you had dealt >with this issue before. Her behavior lacks to be desired and >everytime she is seperated from myselft or my mom (who watches her >while I'm at work some and what not), she goes absolutely balistic, >screaming, yelling, and kicking. It's gotten to the point whenever I >drop her off at daycare, they literally have to pry her off me, then >I make a mad dash to the door so we don't have to pry her off again. >She also throws tantrums, pulls her own hair out, and bites her >nails. Do any of you think maybe her behavior and teeth grinding >could be correlated? Also just so everyone knows, she gets lots of >attention and is disciplined so not real sure why the behavior is so >bad. Anyone gone through this before? Any insight? >> >> Tonya >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 grinds her teeth a lot but I noticed lately with school starting its back. Sometimes with it seems to come from anxiety/stress but I also wonder if when her allergies are bad and it's a way of reacting to a post nasal drip? Her ped when I talked to him about it a few years ago didn't comment much because there was no concern over her baby teeth. I always grinded my teeth in my sleep as a kid - my sisters would slap me in the face to wake me up to stop it because it would wake them up. I still grind my teeth. My dentist had given me a temporary gaurd until the permanent one was done - well I broke it the first night and water ran down my throat. I can't wear my permanent one anymore since have caps and stuff put on my molars. B Tonya Bartlett wrote: Aubrey is 3 1/2 years old and I've noticed lately she has been grinding her teeth alot in her sleep. I've read it could be a sign of an anxiety disorder and was wondering if any of you had dealt with this issue before. Her behavior lacks to be desired and everytime she is seperated from myselft or my mom (who watches her while I'm at work some and what not), she goes absolutely balistic, screaming, yelling, and kicking. It's gotten to the point whenever I drop her off at daycare, they literally have to pry her off me, then I make a mad dash to the door so we don't have to pry her off again. She also throws tantrums, pulls her own hair out, and bites her nails. Do any of you think maybe her behavior and teeth grinding could be correlated? Also just so everyone knows, she gets lots of attention and is disciplined so not real sure why the behavior is so bad. Anyone gone through this before? Any insight? Tonya __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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