Drooling and teething in 3 month old
My son is 3 months old and wants to put everything in his mouth! He's also drooling all the time. Could this be teething? Should I be giving him teething gel/ teething powder to ease the pain?
While teething is not likely, it is possible - some babies even have teeth as soon as they are born! A simple check could just be using a soft washcloth to cover your fingers and gently run it against the front of his gums - if it's teething, it may be a little hard or have tiny white bumps coming out. However, it's likely just a natural thing - while adults use our five senses to explore things, babies use their mouths because their eyesight isn't very good at that age yet. They put things into their mouth to determine whether it's safe - for example, things that are sharp will hurt them so they know it's not safe, while things that do not taste nice tells them they probably shouldn't try to eat it :)
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