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thrush or teething?
My 12 week old DD has been miserable for the last couple of days. A couple
of days ago we were in the car and she woke up and just started crying. Didn't want to feed, burped a couple of times but was still crying. I stripped her off and walked her around and after about 30 minutes she calmed down and went back to sleep. During that time she was all bubbling at the mouth and drooling a lot and sticking her tongue out. Since that time she's been either all smiles and happy ,or crying and miserable (she's normally quite contented and happy, and only grizzles a bit when she's hungry or tired). When she feeds she pulls on and off, and it hurts me as well as she doesn't always let go as she pulls away. She's been sticking her fingers in her mouth, and drooling a lot more than normal, but she'll often chomp on her hand when she's hungry. I can't see any white spots in her mouth, but I also can't feel any teeth coming through. My nipples are sore currently, which is what made me wonder about thrush, but they might just be sore because she's being so rough at the moment. She's pretty young to be teething, so I'm really not sure. I've got her a teething ring, but she doesn't hold onto things yet, so she won't chew it by herself, and if I hold it to her mouth sometimes she'll chew on it, sometimes she doesn't want it. Thoughts? Anything else it could be? |
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thrush or teething?
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... My 12 week old DD drooling a lot and sticking her tongue out. Since that time she's been either all smiles and happy ,or crying and miserable (she's normally quite contented and happy, and only grizzles a bit when she's hungry or tired). When she feeds she pulls on and off, and it hurts me as well as she doesn't always let go as she pulls away. Sounds like early teething to me. You might not see any teeth for months tho. My son had all the same behaviors at 3-4 months and didn't actually have the teeth pop thru until 7 months old. I treated him like he was teething right from the start and was able to stop the 'pull off" behavior. I gave hylands teething tablets before naps, be careful with these tho. the first few times, they can keep some babies wide awake. These didn't really help as much with nursing when the baby was wide awake. http://www.hylands.com/products/teething.php Before nursing, I'd hold the cold teething ring for the baby to chew on for about two minutes before trying to nurse. Sometimes a warm wash cloth to gum worked better. In the end, if he still kept pulling off, I'd use Baby Oragel or Little Teethers so he could eat in peace. That did the trick 100% of the time. "Unfortunately" you can only use it 4 times a day. More often can cause issues with swallowing. You need to use care when using these anesthetics on such a young baby and use only tiny amounts. Usually a small amount on the bottom gum line, just in front where the first two teeth usually come thru can work wonders. The biggest concern is, if you use too much, it can numb the baby's throat so they can't swallow properly, and it's a choking/drowning risk. Too much on tender tissue also happens to burn A LOT. I know that one first hand Most numbing gels actually say, for 4 months old and up, so I'd let your pediatrician know you're trying it. And yes this was a problem about 50% of the time till his teeth popped out finally at 7 months, then I had a two week break. Now his top gums are sore and he gnaws on everything. It's much better now that he can hold the teether He was able to 'help' hold it around 5 months old. Tylenol was also a bedtime lifesaver, but check with your pediatrician for that too. Good luck! -Heather |
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thrush or teething?
"Heather D. Lewis" wrote in message news "Linda" wrote in message ... My 12 week old DD drooling a lot and sticking her tongue out. Since that time she's been either all smiles and happy ,or crying and miserable (she's normally quite contented and happy, and only grizzles a bit when she's hungry or tired). When she feeds she pulls on and off, and it hurts me as well as she doesn't always let go as she pulls away. Sounds like early teething to me. You might not see any teeth for months tho. My son had all the same behaviors at 3-4 months and didn't actually have the teeth pop thru until 7 months old. I treated him like he was teething right from the start and was able to stop the 'pull off" behavior. I gave hylands teething tablets before naps, be careful with these tho. the first few times, they can keep some babies wide awake. These didn't really help as much with nursing when the baby was wide awake. http://www.hylands.com/products/teething.php Before nursing, I'd hold the cold teething ring for the baby to chew on for about two minutes before trying to nurse. Sometimes a warm wash cloth to gum worked better. In the end, if he still kept pulling off, I'd use Baby Oragel or Little Teethers so he could eat in peace. That did the trick 100% of the time. "Unfortunately" you can only use it 4 times a day. More often can cause issues with swallowing. You need to use care when using these anesthetics on such a young baby and use only tiny amounts. Usually a small amount on the bottom gum line, just in front where the first two teeth usually come thru can work wonders. The biggest concern is, if you use too much, it can numb the baby's throat so they can't swallow properly, and it's a choking/drowning risk. Too much on tender tissue also happens to burn A LOT. I know that one first hand Most numbing gels actually say, for 4 months old and up, so I'd let your pediatrician know you're trying it. And yes this was a problem about 50% of the time till his teeth popped out finally at 7 months, then I had a two week break. Now his top gums are sore and he gnaws on everything. It's much better now that he can hold the teether He was able to 'help' hold it around 5 months old. Tylenol was also a bedtime lifesaver, but check with your pediatrician for that too. Good luck! -Heather Thanks Heather, it really does seem like teething, but the fact that I can't feel anything coming through, and because she's so young made me wonder. I tried the cold teething ring and that def helped with the feeding. Will also keep in mind not to use too much numbing meds - I haven't yet, but I hadn't realised (which makes sense now) about throat issues etc. I'm really hoping it doesn't go on for months though like it did for you, I hate seeing her so miserable. |
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thrush or teething?
Wow, I don't know but my 18 week old is doing the EXACT same things. I
actually never thought of thrush, I thought either teething or low supply because of the roughness during nursing The sticking out of the tongue is really new for her, and she seems to be playing with it "see what I can do!", and actually I hadn't attributed that to teething but it makes sense. I don't see any redness to the gums that might indicate a tooth is on it's way, but my guess from her behavior is that we're working on it. Just thought I'd let you know that whatever the cause, my DD is behaving exactly like yours! I think I'll relax about the possiblity of low supply now. Amy |
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