What to do if your baby is irritable due to teething?

Many parents will find that their babies are always irritable during the teething period, and irritability will bring many adverse effects, such as crying, being naughty, or not wanting to breastfeed, etc. This situation has a huge impact on the baby, so parents need to pay special attention and take timely measures to deal with it. The following is a detailed introduction on what to do if your baby is irritable due to teething?

When the baby is restless and chews things, parents may wash their fingers and help the baby massage the gums. At first, the baby may resist a little because of the friction pain, but when the baby finds that this relieves the pain, he will soon calm down and be willing to let parents use their fingers to massage their gums.

It takes about 2 years for a baby to grow the first deciduous tooth and all the deciduous teeth to grow out. Basically, a few teeth grow every few months. The following situations are likely to occur when a baby's deciduous teeth grow out:

1. Drooling

About 2 months before babies start to grow teeth, most babies will drool or put their hands into their mouths to scratch. If parents carefully examine their baby's mouth, they can see that the gums are partially white or slightly red and swollen, and that the gums feel hard like tooth tips when touched.

2. Mild cough

Babies will secrete more saliva during the teething process, and too much saliva can cause babies to feel nauseous or cough. As long as it's not a cold or allergies, there's nothing to worry about.

3. Chewing

The biggest characteristic of babies' teething is chewing things. He bites his own hands, his mother's nipples. It can be said that as long as he sees something, he will put it in his mouth and chew it. The purpose is to reduce the pressure of teeth growing under the gums by biting.

4. Pain

Pain and discomfort are inevitable during your baby's teething process. The pain is caused by gum inflammation, which is the only way for the soft gum fibers to deal with the approaching teeth. It is especially uncomfortable when the first teeth and molars grow.

5. Irritability

As the tooth tip gets closer to the top of the gum, the inflammation becomes more severe and the constant pain makes the baby irritable and restless.