What are the symptoms of teething in babies?

Nowadays, many parents are relatively young and have no experience in taking care of children, so they don’t particularly understand some things about their children. Especially parents are not particularly clear about some symptoms that may occur when children are teething, and sometimes they are particularly worried, wondering whether it is normal for their children to have such conditions? So what are the symptoms of teething in babies? Next, I will tell parents about the symptoms that may occur when their children are teething, so that parents will not be in a panic when the time comes.

At 6-7 months, teeth begin to erupt. The eruption of teeth makes the gums itchy and the amount of saliva secretion increases significantly, so children have a lot of saliva when teeth are erupting. Because babies' oral cavity is not deep enough, their nervous system development and swallowing reflex are poor, and their ability to control the flow of saliva in the mouth is poor, they often drool. In this case, you should wipe it dry in time to keep the skin of your lower lip dry and clean. As you age and your teeth erupt, drooling will gradually disappear. During the teething period, children like to bite their mother's nipples, pacifiers and their own fingers. This is because when the teeth erupt, the gums are stimulated to become congested and edematous, and children always feel uncomfortable such as itchy gums. Relieve the itchy discomfort by biting the nipple or sucking the fingers. During this period, you can give your baby clean gauze, rubber stick toys or harder food and let the child chew these things to relieve the discomfort of itchy gums.

During the tooth eruption period, some children develop swellings of varying sizes on the gums near the erupting teeth. The surface is bluish-purple and the swelling range varies in size, but is limited to the incisal edge or gingival surface of the teeth that are about to erupt. The swelling is caused by the accumulation of blood under the gums when the tooth breaks through the dental follicle during tooth eruption. It looks like a small hematoma, called eruption hematoma. Generally there are no subjective symptoms, no special treatment is required, and it can be absorbed on its own.

What are the symptoms of teething in babies? I believe parents should have some understanding of it now. When the children grow teeth in the future, parents will have a better idea in their minds and do not need to worry too much. Of course, if children have not grown teeth by the age of one, parents need to take their babies to the hospital.

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