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whats the gum look like when the tooth is near to coming
through?? millies been teething for ages now and for the last few days her bottles have been hit and miss when her teeth hurt as soon as the bottle touches her mouth she'll cry and will be ok once she has her teething ring will munch on it for ages. i looked at her gums and at the very back on her bottom ones they r white but surely these teeth cant come through first!, also on her bottom gum just at the side there is a red lump i was wondering if this is where a tooth will come through? if so how long could it be? ive not noticed it b4. i hope it wont be ages! as i feel so sorry for her she went mad other night trying to bite my shoulder!! she'd be fine then all of a sudden she'd try and bite, i gave her my hand and she bites down sooo hard it hurts! hope it doesnt take too long!!! shes 17 weeks xxx
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Its such a simple thing to get excited about but they look so sweet with there first few teeth!!
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Gabe's gums looked very white and were hard before the first tooth popped though. He didn't have any problems with the 1st but he did with the 2nd which came thru 5 days later.
[Modified by: ccbmommy on January 05, 2009 09:36 PM]
I can also see that the teeth next to the middle bottom ones are moving upwards as well, as the gum???? surface is getting wider.
He will be full 4 months in 2 days.
OK, I tried to take a photo of the gum, but failed, so it s blurry, Hugo just tries to bite me and shakes the head, lol.
But I have photoshoped where his lil teethers are coming out, they do look like pale blisters, but they have done for a couple of weeks now, and I don't think the tooth have come through just yet :P
I would recommend Anbesol liquid rather than any gel though, it is far easier to get onto the right spot and it stays there unlike the gels which tend to roll off. If you try it on your own gums you will see that it does actually numb them!! I would advise putting some onto the red areas before feeds.
Poppys teeth all showed as red lumps before they actually broke the surface - she started showing signs of teething at around 14 weeks I think but only got her first (bottom centre) two at 6 months and a week and they were through within days of each other.
She is now almost 16 months ( not really a baby I know!) and has 13 teeth but another 3 on the way!!
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