My 8 month old does not have any teeth yet and hasn't been showing any signs of teething. However about 5 days ago I put him to bed and he woke up crying, non stop crying. I gave him some calpol and Ashton and parsons teething powder and he stopped the crying almost immediately and went back to sleep. So I thought maybe he's teething, he's been fine since.
Then last night he did the same woke up crying all of a sudden but this time he did not stop. He'd settle for a few minutes at a time but was crying for such a long time. It started at midnight and I looked and was still sitting there at 4am. He'd had calpol and Ashton and parsons but this time he stopped crying for maybe ten minutes then started again continuously. He's been otherwise healthy, no temperature, no changes in milk or diet and wet and dirty nappies are as normal. So I can't think what else it could've possibly been. We've got up this morning at 8am and the crying has not stopped. When I thought I'd finally got him down at 4am he started crying again and this has continued.
I will have a look at his gums later on since he is actually sitting quite content now with his dummy. But from what I could see last night they looked fine, not red or swollen or anything.
Is this a likely symptom of teething? I don't know what else it could be and I feel like if I was to call my GP I'd just be laughed at when the only symptom he's got is crying. However this just is not normal for him and I'm yet to experience what teething would look like.