In healthy children there is very often fretfulness and poor sleep for two or three nights; there may be loss of appetite, so that only one half the usual amount of food is taken; there is salivation or drooling, and often slight fever; there may be some symptoms of indigestion, such as vomiting or the appearance of undigested food in the stools. In delicate children all these symptoms may be much more severe.
How long do these symptoms last?
Usually only three or four days; but there may be no gain in weight for two or three weeks.
What is the cause of most of the other symptoms attributed to teething?
Nearly all of them come from indigestion due to bad feeding.
What is the best infant food?
Mother's milk.
Of what is mother's milk composed?