My fiance and i have a 7 week old daughter and she is drooling an awful lot and i was wondering if she could possibly be teething yet.
2006-09-25 07:48:38 · 15 answers · asked by Mothertobe20 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
"At 3-4 months of age all infants begin to drool profusely and enjoy biting down on hard objects. This is not "teething". Teething is the fussiness, extra drooling and chomping that occurs one to two days before a tooth appears. It is easy to blame almost any undesirable occurrence on teething - there are twenty new teeth arriving in the first 2-3 years of life and by coincidence a new tooth is bound to occur just as an illness or fever begins. That is why it is often (erroneously) stated that teething causes diarrhea, high fever, rashes, etc. While the average age for the eruption of the first tooth is six months of age, there is a wide range (3-12 months of age) and rarely a child is even born with a tooth already present."
On AVERAGE 6 months. All babies are diffrent though some can teeth even before 6 months (as early as 3 months), some it takes longer.
Here are some great sites:
http://parenting.ivillage.com/baby/bteething/0,,3xt5,00.html
http://www.healthscout.com/ency/431/396/main.html
http://www.20ishparents.com/ages_and_stages/babies/teethingtips.shtml
2006-09-25 07:51:13 · answer #1 · answered by mystique_dragon4 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
we normally see teething begin anywhere between 4 to 12 months of age. You can use family history as a guideline. If the parents teethed early, there is a good chance that their children will be early teethers, too. While some children don't show many apparent signs of teething, the most common signs are more than usual fussiness at night, excess drooling and even hands that are constantly flapping at his ears."
2006-09-25 07:52:28 · answer #2 · answered by PYT 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually it's around 4 months that babies start drooling and teething. And the drooling can last a month or 2 before any teeth even show up.
2006-09-25 07:57:16 · answer #3 · answered by jt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son started teething at 3 months, but didn't get any teeth until 7 months (he got 2 at a time). They all teeth at different times, but generally teeth show up at 6 months.
2006-09-25 07:54:54 · answer #4 · answered by Mommy2Liam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No that`s impossible to be teething that early. The earliest a baby can begin teething is 4 to five months that`s how old my sister was when she began teething. The drooling means nothing because if she is teething than she probably would start getting a fever.
2006-09-25 08:09:40 · answer #5 · answered by FAMU GIRL 09 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Normally, I think 3 months-4months, I know my girls started teething about that time. But, children are not all the same, she could possiably be. When she goes for a well baby visit (check up) just ask her dr/peditrician.
2006-09-25 07:57:32 · answer #6 · answered by Barb 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well normally , they start teething by 7 months but everything is possible, it's rare to happen but my friend's baby was born with a teeth in her mouth :-)
2006-09-25 07:58:19 · answer #7 · answered by Dali 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought mine was teething then too, later I found out that thats when thier saliva glands (or some kind of gland) gets fully developed and they dont know how to control it yet.
Hope this helps. Mine is now almost six months and doesnt have any teeth yet :)
2006-09-25 08:01:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably not. The earliest I've ever heard of a baby cutting teeth is 4 months but I'm sure it's not impossible!
2006-09-25 07:51:01 · answer #9 · answered by dmommab@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different babies different times, 7 weeks is much too early. Usually 5 months and up.
2006-09-25 09:04:07 · answer #10 · answered by Pam of Ga 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋