red chin - dribbling - teething?

[satya]

I've heard of bubs having red cheeks when teething.

Well my son has a red chin that kinda goes around towards his ears.

I think it's being caused by his continual dribbling. This is new behaviour for him for around a week now. He seems to be constantly wet around the top of his clothes and no amount of changing his bibs & tops seems to stop it.

He's always been a happy chucker and used to have a rash in the folds under his chin from constantly being wet under there. This is different to that. It's bright red and is not on the point of his chin, but under it and under his cheeks, but not in the folds.

With the previous rash I had to resort to a cortisone cream as nothing else would cure it.

Anyone have any ideas on how to keep him dry or what to put on the red spots?

He's also not as settled as he normally is.

He's putting his hand in his mouth a lot but he's been doing that for ages.

His gums feel a little bumpy and he smiles when I rub them.

[Nadine]

Maybe something like vaseline will help, as it repels water. Just rub it on the effected area and it should keep it dry.

When my daughter was a baby she use to get splotchy from chlorine and the swim instructor suggested vaseline. So I would apply that to her face and that stopped the reaction she got from it.

[Doing my best]

Hi,

It is possibly teething, but around this age bubs get a lot of the signs such as constant dribbling, putting hands in mouth and becoming a bit unsettled..

Vaseline is a good barrier for the rash, but unless it is bothering DD (which so far, she has never been bothered by a rash), I just leave it be..

[BellyBelly]

Vasoline is a petrochemical I wouldnt use it. Lanolin would be much better.

I would see a traditional chinese medicine practitioner, I think it means lots of heat in the body. My sister took her bub to Sharmaine at BellyBelly and he stopped drooling and he was a terrible drooler. He loved the taste of the herbs too, they are sweet childrens herbs.

[Je$$_84]

My DD used to get the drool rash on her chest (like a spotty rash) but when when she hit about 3 1/2 months she started with the red cheeks and chin. I put it down to teething.. My Gp told me to use lanolin or bepanthem but i found leaving it worked just as well... I give her a soft toy or face washer to suck on which soaks up the drool.

[Nadine]

Ok now I feel like a dill suggesting vaseline LOL. I use lanoline for my lips and it works very well (and seems to repel water too), so go with that. It is natural