excessive drooling

[shrub]

my ds2 is 8 months old and has since he was about 2 months old had excessive drooling, he also has a constant runny nose and eyes. the drool is constant, so much so i have to change his tops 3 times a day, he has plenty of fluids (bf), hayfever does run in family, though i can't think what the triggers could be at this time of year and he has got 4 teeth through now. i was wondering if anyone else has had experience of this and any advice?

My friend's kid was a constant drooler... pretty funny, we thought. She didn't sort herself until about 1 yo.

My dd is only 8 months and her 2 teeth finally emerged, since they appeared she has been drooling as she never did before. I would say teething. Yours has 4, that may be why.

Apparently the drooling helps in this process.

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Drooling and runny nose may well be an indication of an allergy. My son had this for nearly a year until he was finally diagnosed as having a milk allergy. The excess mucas causing the runny nose also led to him having severe glue ear as well.

Do consider whether there are other factors that might indicate allergies.

I was just about to ask the same question as you shrub. I have a 2 week old girl who is fantastic (sleeps right through, feeds well and is generally content). However, she is a constant dribbler - much much more than her sister ever was. Her clothes are constantly soaked and keeping her skin dry and free from red patches is a constant struggle. Her bedding needs changed after every sleep as the sheets are soaked through to the mattress in a huge puddle - also smells slightly vinegary if not changed within a few hours!! Is this really normal? Should I be taking her to a doctor to check it out? When does a bit of dribbling become something more worrying?
Interested in the allergy side of things - how do you go about getting this checked out without forking out hundreds of pounds down at the chemist with private testing?

see how continual her dribbling is - it made me type "constant" 3 times....

stripeymouse, very similar in that my ds1 never dribbled either and i now you mention it i have also noticed a vinegary smell with ds2, have tried trawling the net but can only find american pages where the doctors give steriod/anti-fungal creams for the rashes that the drooling causes under the chin. i have managed to get rid of the rash with organic 'weleda calendula nappy change cream' and still use it as a barrier, but like you i want to treat the cause. have also noticed slight improvement when i resort to a dummy - though i limit it to nightime. during the day i use a muslin square as a sort of neckchief to take the dribble but have found i am still changing them 3 times a day and they only come in white!!!! we wait in hope......