How do i know if my child is teething?

Swollen red gums: Teething: the specific act of the primary teeth of infants breaking through the gums. While grandmother refers to the drooling infant that chews on everything in sight for weeks as teething, actually medically diagnosed teething lasts only a short while. The gums are swollen, red, perhaps bleeding. There may be a low grade fever. The advancing edge of the newly erupting tooth often can be felt.

You'll know...: Some kids really never have a problem with teething. Some make a big fuss. The general signs could be irritability and fussy, excessive saliva production, and because of that excess saliva...Spitting up. Look in their mouth and look for bumps on there gums where teeth may be breaking thru. I have found that back teeth are generally worse than the fronts.

The normal : Signs of teething, irritability, wanting to bite on anything, crying, drooling, sometimes fevers, gums appear reddened in the area that the teeth are erupting.