Baby Development Guide: Milestones, Teething & Infant Safety

Supporting infant growth involves identifying teething stages, establishing safe sleep environments, and transitioning to age-appropriate solid foods.

Teething

Teething Babies and Bleeding Gums

Published Jun,13 2017 | By Danielle Hill

During teething, it's perfectly normal for a baby to experience a mild amount of bleeding of the gums. Other symptoms may include bruising, tenderness, swelling and pain, causing your baby to cry or generally become restless or irritable.

Danielle Hill has been writing, editing and translating since 2005. She has contributed to "Globe Pequot" Barcelona travel guide, "Gulfshore Business Magazine," "Connecting Lines: New Poetry from Mexico" and "The Barcelona Review." She has trained in neuro-linguistic programming and holds a Bachelor of Arts in comparative literature and literary translation from Brown University.