Pregnancy And Baby Care Baby Teething Baby Teething Pain Symptoms

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...While these bring relief, they also help the teeth break through the gums.

Symptoms of Baby Teething

How a child experiences teething, is an entirely individual process. The pain could be more or less. Here is a list of symptoms that the child might display while teething. You must take your child to the pediatrician to confirm the teething phase and for medicines and health tips.

• Irritability: As the tooth tries to break through the gum line, the gums become painful and sore and the child becomes very restless and fussy. The pain is the maximum while the first teeth is coming out, and then again during the molars as the size of the teeth are big.
• Drooling: Drooling increases with teething and the child might begin to drool a lot when he is about three or four months of age.
• Coughing: With all that saliva being generated in the mouth, the baby might cough more. But you don’t have to worry about it as long as the child is healthy.
• Chin rash: Excessive saliva around the mouth can cause a chin rash. You can prevent this by wiping the mouth and chin with a soft tissue.
• Gnawing and biting: The baby will want to bite and chew things as the counter pressure helps to relieve the pressure from below the gums.
• Ear pulling and cheek rubbing: The baby might feel pain the cheeks and ears when the back molars begin to come out. That is when the child pulls at his ears and rubs his cheeks. But make sure that it isn’t an ear infection.
• Diarrhea: Parents often observe that their baby has loose bowel movements when he begins teething. However there are some researchers who won’t agree with this, while others will agree.
• A low-grade fever, cold-like symptoms and disturbed sleep are some of the other symptoms that the child displays