https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 27 Jun 2026 17:28:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-know#post-1735489 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 08:49:17 +0000 .twist. 1735489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>chewing and swollen gums. It's hard to get a good look though so, I really only knew for sure once the tooth cut. </p> <p>@Grace: So do we. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-know#post-1735474 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 08:45:03 +0000 avivoca 1735474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually her grumpiness, excessive chewing, and horrible sleep are sure signs. She also gets awful congestion. This last time she had an unexplained low-grade fever and was tugging her ears, so I was sure she had an ear infection. I felt really dumb when the doctor pointed at the tooth trying to come through.</p> <p>She was a grumpy, chewy mess for a good month before the first tooth popped through. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-know#post-1735452 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 08:37:18 +0000 Alivoo01 1735452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The excessive amount of chewing 24/7 and the non-existent night time sleep. Hate teething because that means terrible sleep for like a month till the teeth break through then we get maybe a week of decent sleep before more teeth come through. Arg </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-know#post-1735065 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 21:55:50 +0000 Pepper 1735065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: Ditto!</p> <p>I can only tell once I can feel the tooth. LO didn't get his first tooth until 8 months, and I was certain he was getting one so many times prior to that! Of course, he cut his first tooth while we were on vacation, and literally a day later, a second one popped up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-know#post-1735025 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 21:19:26 +0000 Emsmems 1735025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: great, thanks for the tip. I'll bust out the mesh feeder tomorrow! </p> <p>@SleepyMonkey: that's what DS is doing. He's normally very happy until he's tired... But today he has been crying and screaming out of nowhere. </p> <p>If this is teeth coming, it really sucks because we are flying to a family wedding tomorrow. Of course it would happen now! Haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-know#post-1735010 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 20:59:35 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1735010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Crying for no apparent reason which was very out of character for her. Didn't become obvious it was teeth until they came through though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-know#post-1735006 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 20:56:06 +0000 MrsH 1735006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Emsmems: our first one cut through today. She was cranky and drooling and gnawing on everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-know#post-1735000 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 20:44:07 +0000 delight 1735000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly we didn't know at all til the teeth came in. I remember at 5 months she was biting down on my finger and I felt teeth. I was shocked cause I hadn't seen signs other than a little drool. We've been lucky that her teeth haven't bothered her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-know#post-1734991 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 20:39:17 +0000 Chuckles 1734991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think most parents think their kids are teething before it's really happening. Babies just are a drooly bunch :happy: For us, it was a couple of months where he was drooling a lot and mouthing everything when I thought he was teething before any teeth started poking through. I was never really sure until I saw them. Recently as his upper teeth are coming in, he is definitely chewing on his hands right where the teeth are, so I know that's why, but I can already see them starting to come in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-know#post-1734715 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 16:59:40 +0000 Grace 1734715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When the tooth cut through. I did a lot of unnecessary Advil dosing. Oh well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-know#post-1734704 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 16:52:45 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1734704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I could tell because of all the symptoms you described - excessive drool (he would soak through 5+ bibs a day! I got a master drooler on my hands), extra fussy/cranky, biting on things more, and swollen gums. 5.5 months sounds about the right time for teething to rear its ugly head. :bummed: </p> <p>Hyland's teething tablets worked really well for us. I'd also get one of those silicone/mesh feeders and stick cubes of breastmilk in there. He loved that. Frozen grapes in the feeders worked well too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-know#post-1734676 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 16:16:46 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1734676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly? I knew when I saw the teeth cut through. My boys never let me get a good look in their mouth, so I just have to guess based on (1) grumpiness, (2) night time sleep, (3) chewing and drooling. I know some moms can always see if their gums are swollen or red, but either I don't have that talent or my boys are particularly uncooperative about that. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-know#post-1734668 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 16:12:56 +0000 Emsmems 1734668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How did you know your LO was for sure teething? DS is drooling like crazy and very grumpy/irritable, so I'm thinking maybe teeth are coming? But I don't really know. He's 5.5 months. </p> <p>What did your LO do that were sure signs he/she was teething? </p>