Are these teeth?! 7 week old baby...

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Please tell me these are not teeth forming already! My baby is just 7 weeks old but she has really been crying and then I spotted this in her lower gum! Surely she’s far too young to cut teeth?
Has anyone else experienced this so young and how long does it take for them to actually come through? I don’t have any teething toys yet...what should I do?!

Look like 2 little teeth to me Hun xx

Picture is a little grainy so hard to tell but they certainly look like teeth! It's early and unusual but it can happen!

Yes! Get it over and done with. !

Try massaging baby's gums with a clean finger and helping guide teething toys to her mouth. I don't think you can even give Calpol until 8 weeks?!

Looks like it to me - my DD now 8, cut her first tooth at 15 weeks, she couldn't even sit up yet had this lovely little tooth. :)

This has really upset me she’s a tiny baby why does this happen so early??

It's not unheard of for some babies to be born with a tooth or the start of one

My Dd1 (now 20) was born with a little blister on her bottom gum, and cut her first tooth at 10 weeks old. First I knew was when she bit me!

She had both bottom incisors by 16 weeks. That first wee tooth was always slightly yellow and she lost it at about 4 and a half. Big tooth didn't come through until her other teeth got wobbly, and is just like all her other teeth, no problem.

It’s just one of those random things. My first got his at 11 weeks - I didn’t know enough to realise it was that unusual! Sometimes babies are born with a tooth already there! It’s fine - normal - just less common.

Looks like it to me. Not entirely unusual but can see why it feels too soon. Conversely ds1 was over 18 months old before he got his first tooth

My first got hers at 9 weeks. They do look like teeth in your photo.
They're too young for most teething gels/medicine unfortunately. But with asking chemist just in case.
If you're breastfeeding you can pump and freeze into ice pops for them to suck with you holding on bottom gum while they do. This really helped us. Not sure if you can freeze formula.

Thank you for the replies so far. From this stage where the gum looks a little white - how long does it take for the tooth to actually cut through?

I know of two babies born with teeth

I also know of babies born with teeth.

Why are you so upset? Teething is a normal process that all babies go through. I really don't think teething at 7wks is that unusual, although probably a little earlier than average.

My DD cut her first tooth the day of her christening at 12 weeks old and the second the day after. It’s really nothing to be upset about it’s just one of those things that varies for each child.

Looks like it to me. My friends daughter was born with teeth. X

Agree those look like teeth beneath the gum. They can take ages to come through though. It’s nothing to be upset about. Two of mine had a tooth by 16 wks.

My DS got teeth early and they all followed suit quickly often those first 2. We barely had any problems with him teething because he got them all so young so make the most of it.

Anbesol liquid is worth its weight in gold!!! Along with a cold Sophie the giraffe