Black spot on baby's gums

Kirii · 01-08-2005, 09:01 PM

I just noticed today that my almost 12 month old has a dark almost black spot on upper gum. It's also swollen. She's teething again, but I don't know for sure if that's a tooth? It's suppose to be white not black. Any ideas?

Soulcatcher · 01-08-2005, 09:11 PM

Nothing to worry about. It is from teething. She could have gently bumped that part of her gum and it is a bruise. It will go away. Seriously NOTHING to worry about! I know this one from experience.

Kirii · 01-08-2005, 10:48 PM

Okies thank you

I tried looking it up on line before posting, but it's hard to weave through everything else for an answer that I can get here quicker :P
She's got 8 teeth and 3 coming in now and poor baby isn't even a year old yet though close in 2 days. I feel for her

Glad that they getting it done and over with as soon as possible :P

Soulcatcher · 01-08-2005, 10:56 PM

They teeth from birth. I didn't know that until the dentist told me. Isn't that sad for them poor babies. She has quite a way to go...xxxx The longest and the worst are the eye teeth, the fangs.

Kirii · 01-08-2005, 11:06 PM

The ones coming in are near where the eye teeth are gonna come in, there's a empty space for them from her other teeth and the new ones. Her pediatrician said "I thought she would have more teeth by now" saying that she wasn't teething so I didn't realize her mood change could be due to the teeth. She just saw him less than 2 weeks ago and one of the teeth has already erupted quite well. I barely noticed it til she yawned. She's been a handful all week long. Not sleeping well, being severely cranky and just getting over a cold :/