An inexperienced person will be able to notice the size difference between a baby tooth and an adult tooth only once the first adult tooth has come in. He *should* start loosing his baby teeth now. If you see a double set of teeth, the adult teeth usually are the larger ones that you'll see come in behind the smaller baby teeth that get pushed in front of that adult tooth.
Sometimes you get lucky and you'll find a baby tooth lying around, but otherwise, he's likely to just swallow them.
Something you can give him are carrots or your apple core (take out the seeds first) and see if any of them get stuck in there. I wouldn't give him ice as that can chip off the enamel of the new teeth. Another suggestion, since he's a chewer is to go to your local pet store and get him a rope toy w/ a knot at each end and let him go to town on it. If he's not terribly interested, you could try rubbing a little bit of bacon grease on it...just enough for an odor and peak his curiousity. But it doesn't sound like he'll object either way, the little chewer! lol |