Teething question?

first of all, y is it that if someone says their baby is crying everyone is so quick to say "oh, they r teething." and how long do they teeth? people have been telling me that my daughter was teething since she was 2 weeks old!! she is 5 n a half months now!! so when is that 1st tooth gonna push through? i mean, she has only been teething for 5 months now. she drools n chews on everything... has been like that for over 3 months now... still no teeth. doesnt seem to be in pain, gums arent red or n e thing. so when will this tooth push through? n how can u assume she is teething because she drools n chews?

Teething question?
Babies chew on things because their gums are tender be patient. My son is 7 and half months old and like your daughter has bee nteething for age and ages but still no teeth. The drooling is another sign on teething. Teething is not nessacarliy a tooth actually cutting, babies teething move as well which can cause them pain and the moving also makes their gum tender then for all the chewing and drooling. The tooth coould cut through tommorow or it could come when she is one.
Reply:haha teething is a long process!! I don't know why people say oh they're teething maybe just so they can feel like they know something excessive drool can be from other thing than teething ie food allergies and sticking a fist in their mouth can somtimes mean reflux is present...
Reply:HAHA i know just what you mean, Everyone told me the same thing with my first son. He was almost a year old before he got his first tooth!! so he was teething for about 11 months. I think that is just an easy excuse for someone to give you when they really have no idea.
Reply:my son started that drooling chew on everything phase around 3 months. He eventually got his first two teeth at 6 months. Than the next month 6 came in all in one week. Teething is an odd thing but once she gets the first set...the rest will come quickly =)
Reply:Who ever told you that your 2 week old baby was teething didn't know what they were talking about. If your baby is not uncomfortable, then there is no reason to be concerned about them teething. Some babies never have much pain from teething and others have a really hard time with it. If your baby is fine, there's nothing you need to know about teething. If you think your baby is uncomfortable because they might be teething you can try a few things that might help you determine if teething is the reason for them being uncomfortable. Drooling and wanting to mouthe things are not at all reliable symptoms of teething. Babies drool and chew on things all the time. Babies can also be teething "all the time" but, I think what yo're interested in is the acute stages of teething. Teeth can take a long time to grow in and your baby might be uncomfortable (or not at all) through some of it or a lot of it. Most babies are fine with it until the teeth are really tryiing to poke through the gums and that's what hurts them the most. The baby might have trouble sleeping, be really irritable, act like they are in pain, get diarhea, have a low grade fever, even get an ear infection from teething. One way to see if your child is in pain is to give them some Tylenol when they are fussing and see if the fussing stops. If they seem to feel significantly better when the Tylenol is working and then act like the pain has come back once the Tylenol wears off -- and nothing else is giving them pain -- chances are pretty high that they are teething. Do not give your baby Tylenol without talking to your doctor first. If you find that you are needing to give your baby Tylenol for extended periods of time (more tnan a couple of days) then you need ot investigate what's going on with the doctor. Babies cry for many reasons, only one of which is teething pain. Some babies don't even get their first tooth until over a year old and if that turns out to be the case, then you know in hindsight (which is so wonderful!) that teething was not the problem.