I'm very confused by symptoms of teething. People think my baby is constantly teething because she always has something in her mouth and chews quite aggressively but she also has bad reflux (now on omeprazole) which I think is the reason for a lot of her teething type symptoms. She wakes about 10 times a night every night so that's not a good indicator either. She is generally quite fussy and needs constant attention/holding most of the day.
Her front bottom teeth came in at 5.5 months and other than a slightly more restless night I wouldn't have noticed anything different. Now I can see possibly four top teeth about to break through and this week she's been miserable. Cries almost every time I walk away from her. Cries in my arms. Sleeps very restlessly from 2am onwards. She's very tired and her eczema got very bad and I think she's got heat rash on top. No temperature but has had diarrhoea all this week (spoke to gp and they are testing her poo). Has been both breast loving and also not really interested on other days. Bad nappy rash (never normally suffers with this), tummy pain and worse reflux.
Could this all just be teething even though this didn't happen this first time round? I'm wondering if there is more at play.
Would love to hear other people's experiences of teething.
Thanks