For a while Frankie was drooling excessively from his reflux. When he was placed on the Prevacid I noticed a significant decrease in the drool. Actually, there was practically none. Yesterday I noticed he is drooling constantly, and the bubbles look foamy. Could the prevacid cause this? He is way to young to be teething...he's only 10 weeks old...Has anyone ever experienced this?

Stacy

My daughter started Teething at 2 months... so he could be an early teether... is he chewing on things?? I never noticed anything like that when she was on Prevacid.

Hope that helps

Hi Michele. He is constantly with his fist in his mouth. If he could put the whole thing in...believe me he would. He has also been waking out of a sound sleep crying and then going back. I wonder if he is beginning to teeth. How would I konw?

Well, what he is doing would be an indication for teething. :wink: The increase in drool could be due to the reflux as well, a side called "waterbrash" where they drool rather excessively. However, even though he is so young, my kids did that and were indeed teething. Teeth are in place and ready to come up when they are born, it just takes time. Many people think teeth "grow" after birth, but it is not that way at all. My cousin had a baby with tons of teeth popping out at just 4 months of age. That was truly fun.... at least it was not me! :lol:

Crankiness, chewing on everything (literally gnawing), response to counter pressure (put your finger in the mouth and apply a bit of pressure as it can relieve the pain and they LOVE it.. some do, anyway), increase in drooling, face rashes, diaper rashes (from all the drool), fever (usually low grade), going off food, sometimes increase in food (comfort drinking), and general malaise in some cases (extra sleepy).

Keep an eye on him and maybe invest in a touch of ambesol for those really cranky and painful days. Be careful not to use too much as babies that are so very young can choke easily on their drool once you paralyze them with the ambesol. In fact, check out the package to see if you can use it for someone so young.

I was thinking it was a result of his reflux. I"m not too sure. Come to think of it...he has been really sleepy today. I barely got him to take his bath because he feel asleep right after eating...and he is still sleeping. I am awaiting for his feed. He refused the bottle early this morning. He only drank 3 ounces from 230 am. I am really curious to see what happens. Thanks for all the info! Being a first time mom is definitely hard...and exciting :lol:

I remember Bethany being an early teether--around this same time. Sometimes her drool would look foamy and sometimes it didn't. She also had "drier" days than others, jammed her little fists into her mouth and cried a lot. :cry: A few things that eased her pain were Camilia drops and Humphrey's teething tabs (and if all else failed, Tylenol!). Both are available at health food stores or at drugstore.com.

Keep an eye on things and mention anything out of the ordinary to your ped. Otherwise, it sounds pretty much like teething to me!

:doh: Yeah, and tylenol! Thanks, Mary!

I would suggest trying it only if it becomes a distinct pain and fever issues, though. They unfortunately have to learn how to deal with some of the pain of teething.

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Being a first time Mom is so very exciting! I have been a first time Mom three times now (each child is sooo different :wink: ) and Iain threw me for a loop and really tested all parenting skills I thought I had acquired.

THese Humphrey things must be a US only as I have never seen them here. How do they work?