teething

UK/ˈtiːðɪŋ/US/ˈtiðɪŋ/

nounB2Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,964 of 15,258neutral

Teething is the painful weeks when a baby's teeth push through. Teething trouble, a teething ring, she is teething.

It causes dribbling, chewing and broken nights, and it does not cause fever, whatever is said — a baby with a temperature is ill rather than teething. Teething troubles is the standard phrase for the early faults in anything new.

Definitions of teething

1nounteethingThe painful weeks when a baby's teeth push through.B2
“Teething kept the baby awake all night, and she chewed on everything she could reach.”

teething is a stage.

Where it comes from

From teethe + -ing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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teething in the wild

Melba toast is also available commercially, and was at one time given to infants who were teething as a hard food substance on which to chew.
Melba toast
Isolated drooling in healthy infants and toddlers is normal and may be associated with teething.
Drooling
Zwieback is commonly used to feed teething babies and as the first solid food for patients with an upset stomach.
Zwieback
Though the process of teething is sometimes referred to as "cutting teeth", when teeth emerge through the gums they do not cut through the flesh.
Teething
Meanwhile, Stewie attempts to create a time travel device in order to escape the pain of teething.
Mind Over Murder

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