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What's All the Drool About?
Tips for Getting Through the Drooling Stage
By Shannon McKelden
As with all medical suggestions, the use of the hydrocortisone cream should be done only with the approval of your own pediatrician.
Sometimes prevention is the best course of action. As mentioned above, bibs are handy during waking hours to keep clothes dry. But other items commonly used by babies, in combination with drooling, can actually create a problem.
"The skin irritation may also be exacerbated by trapping that moisture behind a pacifier," Dr. Steltenkamp says. "Pacifiers are OK to use but just be cognizant of this potential. Parents can best handle these problems by keeping the skin around the mouth dry – wipe it off." Keeping a dry cloth handy at all times should make that job easier. A few extra dry bibs might be useful, too.
Serena Robar, a mother of three from Maple Valley, Wash., found a way to help the drooling problem. "I would let my baby chew a dry washcloth," she says. "It would help sooth the gums, help incoming teeth break through and soak up the excess drool."
Another thing Dr. Wible suggests keeping in mind is that common remedies for teething discomfort, such as rings and pacifiers, may stimulate increased salivary production.
"The important thing to remember is that this is a natural process that, with the exception of skin irritation, does not produce any medical complications in the healthy infant," Dr. Wible says.
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