My DS (PFB) is 6 months and right in the midst of teething. His first tooth has broken through and I think the one next to it is following close behind.
He's showing pretty much all of the usual symptoms except red cheeks, but the one he seems to be suffering most with is excess saliva and as a result, excess mucous. I know 'they' say there's no proof teething causes this but I'm pretty sure most mums (including the doctor I saw) would beg to differ, right?
The main issue with the excess mucous is it's coming out in his nappies and boy, are we getting a lot of those! Today was good in that (so far) we've 'only' had 6. It's been as many as 9 or 10 some days over the last week or so. They start off relatively normal looking and smelling and get more mucousy as the day goes on. The last couple of the day are just small amounts of green, foul-smelling sludge. We have to whip the nappy off him as soon as we hear him go, because one of these horrible poos gave him awful nappy rash last week. I was getting so concerned about his dire rear I took him to the doctor on Friday who said it was possible he'd had a slight bug, but that teething was also the likely culprit. She checked him over and said he seemed fine, just to keep him fed and hydrated.
I suppose I'm looking for reassurance from anyone whose LO went through a similar phase while cutting their first teeth. How long can I expect it to last? We're keeping Pampers in business at the moment!