By the time your child has developed his winning smile with many of his primary teeth already showing, he would again exhibit signs similar to the ones he displayed when he first started teething. When you observed this in your child after about a year of his first tooth appearance, it might be that your child could be teething molars this time around. To be sure about it, you could try convincing him to open his mouth so you could inspect the gums for swelling or you might just see a visible tiny bud of teeth about to erupt.

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Drooling is one of the signs exhibited by a teething baby. Sometimes, they would drool excessively throughout the day. Some babies while they are lying down could choke from their saliva, and this would cause them to cough from time to time. That’s why cold symptoms are often associated with teething. Also swallowing of a large amount of saliva could be attributed to softened stools that alert parents as to the presence of diarrhea in their children. Because diarrhea is not really associated with teething, parents are urged to consult their pediatrician when continuous diarrhea is observed.

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