Black and Blue Gums

Completely normal sign of teething! I'd guess that you'll see a tooth in place of the bruise in a few days.

My kids never had that, their gums were always just puffy around new teeth. Maybe just give your Ped a call and leave a message for them to call you back. Usually don't call back til the end of the day if not urgent, but will put you at ease.

This is typical with teething babies.

I believe I read about it in the Dr Sears Baby Book. It's handy to have a book like this (there are many, written by different doctors) around the house for when things like this arise. Please don't rush off to the doc for every little thing - it creates longer waits and drives insurance rates up for the rest of us.

I have never heard of or experienced this. However, I would suggest calling your pediatrician just to give you peace of mind. You can never be too sure, especially with a young child.

Not normal, go to the doctor.

Hi Jennifer,
Wow, that's a new one on me! I've never even heard of it, so I did some searching. All I found was a blog with some discussion on it:
http://www.girlsgonechild.net/2006/10/babys-got-black-gum...

I don't know the people posting, nor how true any of it is, but their experience was that the gum discoloration was due to bruising of the gums from teeth breaking through.

I'd personally recommend getting to a doctor to have it checked out.
Sheesh! That must have been a bit alarming to see in your little baby's mouth! All the best to you both.
M.

Does she have a tooth there already? My daughter fell and hit her tooth (it actually went back up into her gumline) and the gums around the area were very swollen and bruised for a while. The tooth grew back to it's normal position after a while.
If she doesn't have a tooth there already, maybe you should call your doctor to see if it's normal. Good luck.

Hi Jennifer,

This happened to my son once but it was because he hit our granite counter top very hard after the stool he was on slipped from under him. Your child may have hit their mouth or it very well could be a new tooth. Unless you have never noticed with any other teeth that have come in, it should go away pretty soon. Don't worry too much about the eating, unless she starts dropping weight. Just give her soft stuff until the gums have healed. I hope this helps. M.

hi,
that happened to my son, and his gums were black and blue for a long time before an actual tooth poked through.

Hi Jennifer :)

Perhaps your little one fell while you weren't aware of it or jammed something in her mouth? I've never heard of gums bruising during teething; only swelling. I would find a good pediatric dentist and tell them about it. I have one in San Clemente,CA if you are interested.

Good Luck!
J.

i had this happen to my son.. He was getting a molar in and the dentist told me it was normal. the tooth comes in a sac and the sac usually ruptures as it breaks the surface of the gum but not always, the sac has a little blood in it and once it is punctured by your child eating it will look like a tooth breaking the surface if your still uneasy call a pediatric dentist and ask to be seen that day they usually accomidated you .. A doctor will just be a waist of time ,ore likely because they deal with illness were the dentist speciallizes in the mouth..

go to the hospital asap or call 1800 dentist for an emergency pediatric specialist.

I haven't encounterd that with my kids but I surely would suggest you take her to a Pediatric Dentist to have them check it out.

take her to the doctors just to make sure, I have never seen teething do this, sounds like she feels somewhere,