We have a nice wooden crib and about a month ago my daughter who is 9 months old pulled herslf up to standing and started to eat the crib. There are marks on the top of the railings from top teeth and on the bottom from her two bottom teeth. I had never heard of this before does anyone have any suggestions on what i can do or how i can stop this please.
My daughter started chewing her crib at around 10 months. Apparantly it is very common. We bought plastic crib rail guards to protect the crib and our little one. She stopped almost as soon as we installed them. Try that and good luck.
tam
I dont think you can stop her from it... both my kids did it. My daughter is 18 months and has ruined the crib but she does it before i ever even know she is awake. I dont think its toxic so I am not worried.
If the plastic coverings don't work, put something she doesn't like the taste of on there! :-)
Haha. This is great. Hi Michaela. I don't know what they other mothers are saying, but I almost guarntee you that this is ok. My son, who is 17 months now, just got this little foam football. The first thing he did was took a huge chunk out of it! He is constantly biting objects.
I think its funny, the weird things that kids do. My son carries things in his mouth like a dog!!! Hahaha. He scoots around the living room on his forehead! Man, it is FUNNY!
Maybe you could give her a teething toy when you put her in the crib. Find one that she likes to munch on, and let her see it every time you put it in there. That might save the crib. Find her something hard or soft, that has no worries of popping, leaking, or things breaking off and going into her mouth. Ok? Good luck with this! Oh, do NOT be worried, ok? This is nothing new with kids. Enjoy your baby's weird stuff.
Best Wishes, Teila
All my boys used to do that. I'm thinking she's teething so getting her something else to chew or bite on might help.
It is normal, my son did it too. It isn't totally necessary, but if you want them, they sell crib rail guards. They are long plastic strips that cap the top of the rails.
It actually is very common, and that's why they made protectors for them. You should be able to just go to Baby Depot or Babies R Us to get them. They are just plastic covers that go over the crib rails. So no worries, it's perfectly normal. Just get yourself some crib rail protectors! =)
Hi! Michaela:
I just got an e-mail newsletter from WhatToExpect.com and biting is the subject. Go to their website and read the article. It's under 10 month olds. My son is almost 11 months old and he has bitten me and he bites on our coffee table(which I don't care about because it's old). He hasn't chewed on his crib(yet) but the rails also have plastic covers on them. Maybe you can get some of those.
Good luck to you!
You can add a crib rail protector to your baby's bed. Here is a good example:
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Good luck with the bed rail!!
Denese
Don't worry there's no lead in any of the paint anymore, so she will be fine. My last 2 boys did the same thing. They are both very healthy. I know that's not hopefull but the truth is, it probly feels good on her teeth. She'll be o.k.
My 14 month old started chewing on her white painted crib when she was about 9 months old too - there is a plastic railing protector on the front of the crib, but she decided that she wanted to chew on the paint and wood on the SIDES of the crib. Its like they know that the plastic protector is for them, and they completely ignore it. LOL.
So now, I crib has little teeth marks all over it. Its just something you have to live with, because there is no stopping them. I just ignore the gouges: she no longer chews on the crib but the marks are still there. Oh well. Paint no longer has lead in it, so I just hope that the paint tasted bad enough to keep her from eating too much of it. LOL.
Good luck.
They have a plastic cover to go over the crib rails for when babies teeth.
They have rubber barriers at Babies -R- Us and thru OneStepAhead.com specificaly (sp) for that. It's a teething thing. I did it, my sister and my son. It's no big deal, you just want to protect them from splinters. Shen
Hi, my now four year old daughter did this when she was the same age. There is plastics you can buy to put on the railing to prevent this. If I recall the are relatively cheap and slide ride on top of the railing.
Hi Michaela,
They have something called a teething rail that goes on the part of the crib that your daughter is biting. All you have to do is call a wood working specialty store and they should sell them there. Hope this helps.
My son, who was about 9 months at the time this began, did (and still does) the same thing. Our doctor suggested a rail cover, but said that it really wasn't anything to worry about. Frankly, the only thing that worries me, aside from the crib being very nice and VERY expensive, is that he's getting little scrapings in his mouth when he chews on the rail. But again, our doctor says it's normal, so try not to worry too much. I know that Target and Babies R Us sell some version of a crib rail "bumper" or cover of some type. We tried it, and he just pulled it off. You might have a different type of crib (ours has pretty thick wooden rails on it) and it might work better. Good luck!
There are bite guards for the crib rails available at Babie's r us. My sisters and I all did this. We even did it to our bunkbed after we were a little bit older. I'm not too sure why, it just felt good I guess.
...Most children's boutiques and Babie R us have crib railings - plastic. They help a lot! Also, call the crib manufacturer and see if they have crib rails for teethers!
Hi my oldest daughter used to bite the crib and when i saw i just started to put teethers, toys in the crib but she still woulden't play with it and kept bitting the crib. There's no much you can do for that, when u see her doing it just tell her don't bite the crib and give her something that she likes.