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?
 
The second is. Babies drool.
 
In BrE, "dribbling" is more common. "Drooling" is used though.
 
I am not a teacher.

Animals and dirty old men drool.

Babies and footballers dribble. ;-)
 
In the US, babies drool.
 
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.
 
We also say "the baby is spitting up".
 
For me, that means that the baby had produced a little bit of vomit (usually some undigested milk). Dribbling is just saliva.
 
Yes, but if it is juice, it can be difficult to differentiate. That said, I am not a baby expert. ;-)
 
There's also slavering (with a short 'a').

[I took your title to mean 'The baby is wetting its nappy (diaper)'.]
 
Is it correct to say "the baby is suckling and dribbling milk"?
 
I connect "suckling" with animals. I would say that a baby is "breastfeeding" or just "feeding".
 
Suckle for babies sounds old-fashioned to me. I would use it for animals too- suckling pig, for instance.
 
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