Excessive drooling in a 3.5 yr old

[Mrsdoasyouwouldbedoneby]

Not sure where to post this but it might be a developmental thing, so here goes.

DD has always been a BIT drooly, but I put it down to teething etc. She teethed horribly and all her back teeth came through at once when she was quite young (under 2). It was so bad that I would regularly find blood on her sheets where she had ground the gums together. Anyway. I always thought the drooling was to d with this. The I thought, nah surely not now she has finished teething, so asked the HV (this was a yr ago), and she said it could be teething... didn't seem t get that she already had her teeth).

Anyway, DD is still drooling at over 3 and a half. Is this normal? What happens is she is talking or even just breathing and the drool runs out of her mouth, makes her a very wet kisser! I am always wiping it away, and she is forever spraying me when she talk at close range. Bizarrely she is never sore (I suspect her sleeve is to thank for that... ).
IS this normal? Is it something behavioural which I can hopefully stop her doing (I have been telling her to swallow her saliva)? Or is it worth a GP visit to rule out physical cause?

Many thanks

o to GP...definitely. Lots of different causes but reassurance is what you need that all ok or help if not so I'd pop along.

I would definitely go to the GP. My DS used to dribble horribly and for a long while I put it down to teething. Then all his teeth came through and he was still doing it! We found out he had glue ear, enlarged tonsils and enlarged adenoids. The adenoids have come out and the glue ear has been cleared, and the drooling stopped as soon as the grommets went in for glue ear. when we went for hearing tests, a few medics did ask whether he dribbled a lot too, so there was obv a link in our case. worth checking out.

OO thanks for these responses! Very helpful. I was worried I'd be wasting my GP's time, but it seems seeing her would be sensible. Thanks again.

My DS used to drool a lot as a toddler too. He also snored incredibly loudly whilst sleeping so we took him to the dr. and it turned out he had enlarged adenoids...he had them removed and the drooling and snoring stopped immediately.