[tri-med] Re: Some questions about fussiness and teeth grinding....

Cody grinds almost 24/7 it is especially bad if there are vistors in the house 
or something is not the norm.  The dentist said that his back teeth are ground 
down ALOT and it is something that we have to worry about when his adult teeth 
are in.  He is 9 1/2 and has only lost 4 baby teeth so I think we have time to 
work on it.  For now we have tried different therapies, things for him to bite 
down on but nothing seems to stop it.  We have had guests over and they also 
hear his grinding during the night but we are used to it and do not hear it any 
more.  Even during the day people will say Cody please stop and I'll say what 
is he doing.  The reply usually is don't you hear that?  I say sorry no I am so 
use to it that I don't hear it any more.  
Tracy mom to Cody (Trisomy 9)
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> I was just talking to a friend who used to grind her teeth in her sleep. 
> One day she was at a massage therapist and mentioned that this was = 
> happening 
> so the therapist massaged the muscles inside her cheeks by sticking her 
> fingers in her mouth, and she has not grinded since. It is not an easy 
> thing to do the feeding therapist has told me to do it with Eleora abut = 
> it 
> is almost impossible without getting bit. Just a thought. 
> Cindy 
> Live Well, Love Much, Laugh Often Cindy Mom To Cullen 4/7/99 ( my = 
> amazing 
> wild child) and Eleora 8/27/02 PT13 with partial deletion of 9 (Gods = 
> light 
> and ours) 
> http://www.livingwithtrisomy13.org/album28.htm 
> http://groups.msn.com/Trisomy13Support/shoebox.msnw 
> www.toomeyfamily.net =20 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: tri-med-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tri-med-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] = 
> On 
> Behalf Of jwaite 
> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 8:00 AM 
> To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Subject: [tri-med] Re: Some questions about fussiness and teeth = 
> grinding.... 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----=20 
> From: "toomey" 
> 
> > Eleora has the same problem with teeth grinding it got worse when we = 
> =3D 
> > started 
> > trying to get her off her thumb. 
> 
> Alex used to grind his teeth as a toddler. It was so loud that he'd wake = 
> us 
> up at night. And he was across the hall! 
> I'd go in and rub his jaw but it was a quick fix. 
> 
> Michelle mom to Alex (18, partial trisomy 14 mosaic) and Molly (14) 
> MichiganUSA 
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