Teething at 3 Months?

Can't say about your little girl, but mine had 2 teeth in her mouth by 2 months soit is possible to have teeth this early. Let her suck on a frozen wash cloth or something like that. THat should help.

Good luck.
A.

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Everyting you said was correct. All kids have different schedules and that "preteething" can go on for months, usually on and off. However, around 4-5 months babies also find their hands and start drooling and it is not toatlly teething. The main sign tha tit might be teeth is the waking you mentioned. She is a LITTLE bit young for all the drooling hand chewing.

First thing I would suggest is having her ears check by the doctor for infection which looks a lot like teething. Also, try a little Tylenol right before bed and see if she sleeps better. The good news is that Tylenol really helps and that the first 1-2 tooth is the worst. Then they seem to become accustomed to the pain and don't act as bothered.

My oldest daughter had teeth at 3 months old but fortunately they didn't bother her that much. In fact we didn't even know that she had teeth until she bit my sister. My middle child had teeth at 4 months and they did bother her. Try giving her teething rings and such, sometimes just letting her gnaw on your own finger would help and when worst came to worst, I would give my daughter a little bit of infant tylenol to ease the pain, it did help. Good Luck

K.

My baby (now 13 months old) started teething at 2 months old. She didn't cut her first tooth until she was about 8 months old. We learned that some babies are early teethers -yeah! She was teething for almost 6 months before anything even came in, so you may be waiting for a while.

We have a lot of the water filled teethers in the refrigerator and that helps at times.

We started with Oragel and that helps, but it is not recommended by our pediatrician because it apparently numbs the lips and tongue as well as the gums. It still helps though...

We mainly use infant motrin now and sometimes infant tylenol. Both are good, but the motrin lasts longer.

She also likes wet washcloths and if you cool them down in the refrigerator that helps also. Hope this helps and good luck!

My daughter has been teething off and on since about then and didn't get teeth til closer to 5 months. She has 8 now, and more coming. She's a year old. Talk to your ped about how much Tylenol would be appropriate. It might also be soothing to let her chew a cool washcloth or a teether you had in the fridge.

My daughter got her first tooth at 3 mo! Daycare thought she had an ear infection and made me take her to the dr and he thought I was crazy for thinking she was teething but mom was right and the tooth popped out within a couple days. The worst part of teeth at this age is most of the teething rings etc just aren't appropriate because their mouths are too small and they aren't holding things themselves.

Our saving grace was Tylenol. She never got more than a dose a day but the minute it touched her tongue she would calm down. Saved our lives...maybe it will yours too.

She could be teething. My oldest has two teeth by 16 weeks! Give her a teething ring to gnaw on get a few and keep in the refridgerator. You'll probably have to hold it for her. A damp clean wash cloth that you put in the freezer for just a few minutes and massage her gums. Baby orajel can be used and check with your pediatrician about using motrin or tylenol. Good luck.

Hey A.!
I posted something similar on here when my baby Miles was about your daughter's age; he started that teething behavior of excessive drooling, refusing to nurse, chewing, fussing. He didn't cut any teeth until a few months later, but I think they are definitely shifting under the gums and causing pain way before they are visible. I gave Miles face massages (he would fall asleep right in my lap), cool chewies from the frig, infant tylenol, and lots of extra love and cuddles; one parent told me, I don't know if it's true though, that as adults we couldn't handle teething pain! So just give her lots of hugs; she may act like this for weeks, or just a day or two. It is so heartbreaking to see your new little baby in pain!! Good luck and I hope you both feel better.

Sounds like she is starting to teeth. My daughter started when she was 3 months too. Sorry to say there's not much you can do besides teething rings wet rags when older baby tylenol and baby ambesol and unfortunately this is just the beginning of teething. My daughter still doesn't handle it well and she's 12 months now. She stopped sleeping thru the night at 6 months and still doesn't. Luckily every baby is different so hopefully you'll get lucky! Talk to your pediatrician for some advise and go from there. Only you can make your decisions for your family and what you think works best for your situation. Some advise I listen to and some I don't! Good luck!

It is possible for your child to be teething already. However at 3 months the drool faucet seems to just turn on and babies start chewing on everything. for a long time my son drooled and I thought i saw white in the gums. However it wasn't teeth but his jaw bone that I was seeing. Sometimes it is hard for babies to adjust to the extra drool, which may be waking her up. They have to get used to swallowing all of it etc. Teething is a long process but most babies are not bothered by it until the tooth is about to break through the gums. IF she is still fussy in a few more days I would take her to the doctor and see if there isnt somethign else wrong. If it is teething chewing on frozen washcloth really helps. Wet the wash cloth and throw it in the freezer and then let her chew on it.

Hi A.,

My son actually started teething around the same age, and his first tooth appeared at around four and a half months old! My mom recommended putting a little rum on a Q-tip (very old school), and he liked this, but I didn't want to get him drunk, so I only used it when he was in extreme pain... and I bought some natural teething remedy (I believe Hyland's tablets) at Whole Foods, which helped him a lot. It might take a while for the tooth to break to the surface, and there can be a lot of discomfort, so anything you can do to ease this transition will probably be appreciated by your little one. Best wishes!!!