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10 month old cutting teeth- one infected?

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#1 ·
My 10 month old is teething. She has 3 uppers coming in. She has had a fever and the typical crankiness but she's still been the happy active baby she always is.

A few minutes ago I noticed that the gums around one of the teeth she's cutting is really swollen. I looked at her tooth coming in (you can just make out the tip) and there is a white pussy type film and redness. It looks infected.

Is this normal? She's my third baby and this has never happened to us before. What should I do? Should I just leave it?

TIA
 
#3 ·
Two of my daughter's molars came in with the gums swelling up. They were all purple looking though, not white. Once the teeth came through it went away, and I know another family where that happened. It might be completely different though.