Teething baby.?

Our baby is teething early. Seems she does everything early. She is even in the 95% for length. Need some advice on teething. first baby.

Teething baby.?
Our baby is teething too. If she doesn't seem in pain, just drooly and chewy, give her some things to chew. My kids liked the rubber teething rings(I put them in the fridge). Our baby is having alot of pain so we're using baby orajel. YOu can usually tell where the tooth is coming in by where the swelling is. He's also been getting low fevers in the evening so we've been using tylenol for that. Frozen washcloths are great when they can hold them themselves. Just wet a corner, freeze for about 10 minutes, and they can chomp away. It helps take down the swelling, and it's not a huge mess. I've heard a rash can be common too, but I don't have any experience with that. Good Luck
Reply:baby orajel works wonders, teething rings(you can put them in the freezer or fridge to be cold they like them better), give her a cold wash cloth, popsicles, clean her gums gently or brush with a baby toothbrush just with water she'll like the feeling.
Reply:well orajel never worked with my kids, so i used to get a qtip and dip it into some whiskey and rub it on their gums and that helped them so much better and the doctor said it was okay,, or let her chew on a frozen french fry or a frozen wash cloth
Reply:How old is your baby? My baby just had her first 2 teeth pop through the gums, but she's been teething for about a month or so. She is almost 5 months old now.





Give her stuff to chew on. You probably have the problem I have, all of the teething rings are too heavy for her to hold in her mouth, so are wet wash cloths. I ended up giving my baby whatever she could hold to her mouth to chew on which ended up being - receiving blankets (which we use for spit up rags anyways), really small stuff animals, we have a soft ring toy that squeaks, rattles, etc. she chews on that, as well as those plastic links you can buy and link together in a chain. She can hold those good, and you can hook a chain of them to her car seat etc.





Other than that you can try Tylenol, teething tablets, and a very small amount of oragel if needed. I only use the oragel as a very last resort when she is inconsolable.





You can also try massaging her gums with clean hands (and trimmed fingernails), sometimes that gives them some temporary relief and they calm down a little bit.





Oh, and I don't know that those charts are always right. At her 2 month appt she was in the 95th percentile in height and weight. At 4 months she was 75% in weight and OFF the scale for height, the Dr. said she was the avg. height of a 7 month old! I think as long as your baby is making steady progress, don't worry about all those numbers too much :)
Reply:give her something to teeth on like putting a teething ring in the freezer and let her teeth on that, my mom gave my brother a carrot to teeth on when he was a baby so really anything that is safe and okay for him to chew on is okay for her to teeth with, give her Tylenol especially if she has a fever and just hold and cuddle her as cuddling with mommy or daddy can always make you feel better when you don't feel good
Reply:How old is your baby? Our 9 month old has shown signs of teething since he was 3 months old (red cheeks, lots of drool, bum rash) but no teeth yet. It has been a LONG process and sometimes teeth can move up and down until they finally poke through. Advice....give her a teething ring or cool face cloth for comfort. Massage her gums with a clean finger. If she is clearly uncomfortable give her tylenol but don't give tylenol without reason as studies are showing that parents are overdosing their babies with meds and this is leading to liver failure. So, use this route only if she is clearly uncomfortable. Don't use teething gel as it can cause too much numbness and can cause your baby to choke. I tried it on myself and stayed numb for 7 hours. I used it once on my baby and he was uncomfortable with it all night long. I hope this helps but remember, although you think she is teething, you might not see anything for a long time.
Reply:My daughter is 5 now she did everything early even walked at 7months. I found out that she hated the orajel. What worked for me was Juice Popsicles the ones with 100% juice. The coldnest of the popsicle soothed her gums a lot better than putting a teething ring in the freezer.
Reply:Give her a cold, hard object. Its been shown that instead of "Soft" like parents usually offer, that something firm or hard will help the tooth to break through the skin faster.