I need some advice on my 4 1/2 month old baby.?

You might notice bright red swollen patches on the gums where the teeth coming down. My daughter is now 19 months and cutting her fangs (no she is not a vampire). We have dribble in the bucket load, and every time she cuts teeth she has a cold or cough. this is completely opposite to my 12 year old who cut teeth without you noticing. Now you know your babies symptoms you can be ready with the calpol and liquid ibuprofen, cold teething ring and other goodies when she needs them.

Well a lot of what I read is pretty normal, my twins are 8 1/2 months old and well one of them had 2 teeth by 4 months. The Dr. said that was pretty early. The other one had the 2 teeth by 6 months. Now the Dribbling wow that is completely normal. After 6 months they don't that much anymore. I can't say much about the breathing part but my girls had a lot of boogies all the time too. Remember that they are new to this world so their bodies are still adjusting to it's environment. I wouldn't worry too much. Definately voice your concerns to the Dr. In the meantime enjoy your baby, isn't it wonderful????!!!!

Well as far as the teeth are concerned... they could come at anytime. I had teeth when I was 3 months... my first son got them at 5 months and my youngest son is 10 months and still shows no sign of teeth. She is definitely teething though but how long they take to push through... who knows! Everyone is different. My son gets a runny nose sometimes and a cough but as long as it isn't affecting her breathing and she doesn't have a fever then don't worry about it. Ask your doctor if you get worried. Pediatricians are used to lots of questions from new mommies... never be afraid to ask... there is never such thing as a dumb question.

The trapped wind will be just an accumulation of wind from over night, nothing to worry about as it could be she is swallowing a lot of wind when she has a bottle, (it's a lot different to you feeding her).She could be starting to cut her teeth, they will take a week or two to show. Don't worry about the mucus as when they start to cut teeth they can be "out of sorts".

drooling is perfectly normal no matter how mich it is, as long as it is always clear- if it is white or cloudy, that could be an infection- if that happens, bring her in for a doctor visit, but my kids drooled alot sometimes and not so much other times- its all fine- about the food, it is harder for her body to digest formula and cereal compared to breast milk which hardly gives alot of BM or wind- she will naturally have more BM and wind as you introduce more foods that are just naturally more difficult to digest- usually milk products lead to alot of stomach distress so I have always used soy formulas and added soy formula to cereal- it takes more effort for her to eat whole food, so she will sound like she is breathing heavy, they might cough alot too to make sure the food is going down the right "tube" the coughing might just be something that is naturally keeping the food away from the windpipe- if she coughs up flem that is clear- always fine, if it gets cloudy, yellow- then that can indicate and infection- that is the rule of thumb I always used with coughing, as long as it comes up clear, all is OK- you can email me if you have questions, I don't know everything, but I had 2 kids, and I'm a Pharmacist- I can try but of course, I am not a doctor- another rule of thumb, if you FEEL instinctively that something is wrong, then take her to a doctor no matter what others may say- it is a Mother's instinct which is very correct many times- feel confident in your feelings

well there are a few things you can try you can get some sort of music player for the crib many can be set to sound so that when the baby crys it will turn on play and teach the baby to sooth him self back to sleep, or you can try laying him down and letting him cry a little while to release energy and frustration no longer then a few min then pick him up comfort but dont say anything for 1 min and place him back in the bed repeating until he falls asleep that's what we had to do with my son and he nows lays down and goes right to sleep for naps and bed time, its hard but what ever you decide to try stick with it for a week to be sure if it will work many babies will just fall into a routine on there own.

She's just teething.

If she has wind then give her some fennel water.

They can get pain in their gums for a while before the teeth actually come through. If she's in pain then give her some Calpol.

Try not to worry.

She is probably teething......mine popped his first tooth at 3 months so it is very possible. That explains the drooling...from about 3-6 months I kept a bib on my son all day! It helps not having to change him all the time cause the top of his shirt is soaked with drool. Talk to your doctor but expect to see a little tooth peeking through any day :-)

Teething causes extra saliva, and as a result can cause some coughing and spluttering as they can't swallow it like we would.

Try not to worry, phone NHS Direct if you are really worried though and write any questions you have down for the doc as you generally forget once you're in the office!

She sounds fine...just teething, probably...keep an eye on her temperature, just in case she has a fever, but it will rise slightly if teething. You could try some gripe water for her wind...which is itself most likely due to the cereal, and no problem.