To please please please ask you to help me!!!

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My baby is almost six months! She's usually amazing and wonderful but right now I'm dealing with grizzle scream banshee scream grizzle cry sob!

It's breaking my heart!

I think she's teething???

Someone please tell me what to do!!

Posted here for quick response because I just can't see her in pain anymore :(

rub her gums with your little finger?

If you have any calpol or similar, get that down her, 2.5ml. If you have Anbesol or Bonjela, put that on her gums. Failing that, give her something cold to chew on.

Ibuprofen

Chilled teething ring

Anbesol liquid stuff from chemist or teething powders.

Calpol! Then tomorrow get some homeopathic teething granules to rub on her gums. I use Teetha made by Nelsons they sell it in Boots and most health stores. Good luck!

Are you certain it's teething?

Well... It's been very sudden, painful cries...

Such dribbling, with red rashy cheeks a few hours ago?

Xx

Hot bottom is a sign too I seem to recall...

Or is that more usually associated with the last teeth?

She's my first, can you tell??! ;)

I felt just like I was starting to get the hang of this mummy thing!! Then this... Square one! :)

if it's an unusual cry for her it's always best seeking help with a small baby... it could be anything so best to rule out anything serious or something that may cause problems feeding (oral thrush/sore throat etc).

Does she have a temperature?

Actually, yesterday she suddenly became sore and hasn't been before... My mum told me to use shed loads of Vaseline as a barrier and I've been really religious about it... But yesterday she got a line if real soreness right down the.. Middle?

Homeopathic teething granules??? The bullshit stuff that people will believe never fails to astonish.

OP, the usual signs of teething are flushed cheeks, stuffing anything and everything in her mouth and (with my DCs) pulling at their ears. A raised temperature and a runny bottom were also tell-tale signs although those symptoms can be caused by other problems of course. If it is teething then Calpol and something safe for them to chew on will help.

What is corn beefy??? :o

is she feeding as normal and are her nappies the usual colour?

I feel crap... I've never even thought to sniff her ears or anything

But doing now and smells fine... She's so so so upset! Screaming! Never had this before...

Teething granules like Nelsons and Ashton and Parsons are actually very effective Snorbs and I'm no airy fairy woo devotee.

A sudden and very distressed cry I'd get checked out tbh.

will she suck a dummy?

Corn beefy is mottled, like corn beef. Extreme example here.

She'll suck a dummy for seconds then spit it out...

Snorbs... I once bought an amber teething necklace for my PFB after taking "advice" from Babyworld huns elsewhere

honestly, if a baby is continuously crying for 2hrs+ and/or has an unusual/high pitched cry, you're best not to self triage and just get them seen asap.

it's a pain in the arse if it's just teething but it really is advisable.

Thanks... No, she's not corn beefy... She seemed fine about 4ish.. Was laughing at me on her mat! :s