The baby is watering.

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mampwamp

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The baby is watering.
The baby is drooling.
The baby's saliva dropping on my hand.

were those sentences above correct?
 

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The second is. Babies drool.
 

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In BrE, "dribbling" is more common. "Drooling" is used though.
 

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I am not a teacher.

Animals and dirty old men drool.

Babies and footballers dribble. ;-)
 

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In the US, babies drool.
 

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The baby is watering.

This one doesn't work. We can say that someone's eyes are watering, but not that the baby's watering.
 

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We also say "the baby is spitting up".
 

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For me, that means that the baby had produced a little bit of vomit (usually some undigested milk). Dribbling is just saliva.
 

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Yes, but if it is juice, it can be difficult to differentiate. That said, I am not a baby expert. ;-)
 

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There's also slavering (with a short 'a').

[I took your title to mean 'The baby is wetting its nappy (diaper)'.]
 

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Is it correct to say "the baby is suckling and dribbling milk"?
 

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I connect "suckling" with animals. I would say that a baby is "breastfeeding" or just "feeding".
 

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Suckle for babies sounds old-fashioned to me. I would use it for animals too- suckling pig, for instance.
 
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