Hi Anne..
Babies can teeth for months before the teeth show. Jesse's first didnt come through until he was 5.5 months old but im sure he started around 3 months. But from memory around that age (9weeks) he did become more dribbley and had to wear a bib most of the time... started to put his hands in his mouth, discovered his voice etc too. I think that may just be what they do at that age.

Yeh, i would hold off on the bonjela. If youve tried everything (burping/nappy/feed etc) and he's still crying, then perhaps give some baby panadol (i found this to be the best thing, even when teething). But by the sounds of it to me he's just a normal bubba. They all go through that sort of thing from time to time.. unfortunately they cant tell us whats wrong so we just have to try everything.

Best of luck