Is it normal for teething to start at three months? ?

Question

how long does it last, what are the symptoms?

Answer 1

Yes, there's a wide range of normal.  Average age is around 6.5 mos for a first tooth.  My DD had her first tooth at 3mos 29 days, and another 2 days later.  She started chewing on her fists and blankets and what not around 2.5 mos, and was fussy during nursing (the suction of nursing or drinking from a bottle can hurt a bit when they're teething).  She didn't drool a lot, but that's another symptom reported, as well as low-grade fevers.  Some babies will scream a lot from the pain, although mine seemed to be pretty mellow with her teething.

For some babies, it might only be a few days for the tooth to pop through, for other babies, it can take months.  Some get them one at a time, others will seem to get them in pairs or even four at a time.  Molars usually are more painful, but generally don't show up until around a year for the first set, although, again, a wide range is perfectly normal.

One thing that worked really well for my daughter was a small washcloth, dampened, then put in the freezer for her to chew on.  When she got teeth toward the back, I would take a toothbrush and do the same thing (that way she could get something into her mouth to chew on - it was kind of hard to shove a washcloth back there, I'd imagine).

Answer 2

Babies start 'cutting' teeth at varying ages, and three months is perfectly within the norm.

I was breastfeeding my son and it hurt so bad I saw tooth marks on  my nipples when he was just 6 weeks old.  His first two teeth appeared fully, when he was a bit shy of his 2 month birthday so to speak, and he had a FULL MOUTH of teeth at 11 1/2 months.

Symptoms:

Drooling

Fever

A ruddy face (blushing like)

Crankiness

Crying and blistering screams

Constant need to suck / bite / chew on something (Zwieback is good)

What works to soothe:  

A car ride was the only thing that worked for mine :-), either that or a stroller ride on a bumpy sidewalk

Good luck, and happy parenting!  

Answer 3

My daughter started teething at 3 months....drooling and crying and gumming everything.  The symptoms come and go. But her first teeth didn't pop all the way through until she was just about 6 months old....so it can be sometime.  She's still teething at 13 months...they do it everytime a new tooth is getting ready to come in.

Answer 4

Yes, it's normal.  Mine were usually cranky and wanted to bite on everything- and also ran a low fever every time.  Tons of drool and looser stools from swallowing more usually happened too.  How long it lasts can vary- sometimes the tooth stops growing a bit and everything is fine again.  Sometimes it just takes until the tooth comes through.  Mine liked for me to rub their gums with a cold wet washcloth- it seemed to help.

Answer 5

Some babies are BORN with teeth, so teething at three months is normal. My daughter started teething about that time. Some of the symtoms are:

-temperature

-visible white specks on the gums (where tooth is about to pop through)

-runny nose (my daughter had this bad)

-irritibility

-the baby constantly putting her hands in her mouth

-a lot of drooling

Babies can teeth anytime for the first year of life, as well as into the next year after he/she is one year. You might get perhaps a month break of no teething here and there, but the teeth will pop through when they want too. My daughter is 8 months now and she has three bottom teeth and two more coming.  

Answer 6

my dd just cut her first tooth at eleven weeks to the day!!

her symptoms were lots of slobber, and then when it came through, fussiness i guess from pain..tylenol helped a lot; but check with your doc before you medicate your baby to see if it is ok...