Babies and Teething

Gingham_Ribbon

Sticking teething rings etc in the fridge can help too.

But if they're all coming at once, you'll probably have a rest from it when everyone else with kids the same age are going through it.

purplepurple

to echo Gingham Ribbon, we put teething rings in the fridge which worked very well..... when it was really bad we gave them cold, thick carrot sticks ( always with supervision! ) and they worked brilliantly... they seemed to have a bit more "give" in them than the plastic teething rings and taste nicer! Both mine also had a wooden rattle (it was mine when I was a baby) that had a wooden ball at the end of the handle and that was also a godsend :snow_laug

Easing Teething

shays_mum

Ahhhhh poor thing , i'm going thru the same at the mo, mine was a late teether, they are all coming through now (he's 13m) & with all the other stuff, his poor bottom is really sore , his older sis is not responding well to all the attention:(
Really there's nothing that i can think of that's not already mentioned here, i tried to give him nurofen for kids/bonjela/ashton parsons/calpol etc etc, nothing knocks this little man out!!!!, so you gotta literally grin & bare it, goodluck i think over xmas i'm really gonna need it :rudolf:

Glad

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jopsey

sending you hugs I have been going through the same lately with my 7 month old and with every tooth he got a cold aswell not much advice but like your self i tried everything you name it i bought it and nothing seemed to ease it but belive me i know how your feeling, i felt it was harder than having a demanding newborn then one night a few days ago he went to bed no crying,no waking in the night and i have got my little giggly cherub back just hang in there it can go on for ever

Shahie

My Son was born with a Tooth!

Front bottom right, the tooth was loose and came out when the Hospital Dentist wiggled it...

He started teething at 3 weeks, Yes 3 weeks! His second tooth - front bottom left appeared at 4 weeks...

To young for ANY Pain relief medication, so we had to resort to a dummy - it helped but then stuck with a dummy which we thought at the time was a bad thing.

Next teething phase was at 5 months, a friend recommended Ashton & Parsons Powders, available from most Chemists. This stuff is an extract of Chamomile - worked very well for us and calmed him down almost immediatly.

The Dummy was actually a Godsend, helped calm him down and was his comforter which helped getting him off to sleep. However, don't just leave a dummy stuffed in their mouth, only use it when necessary or they become dependent on it.

When he was about 10 months and all his milk teeth had come through, we simply stopped giving him the dummy. For about 7-10 days he moaned and asked for the dummy before going to sleep. After that never asked for it again.

My nephew who is 7 days younger than my boy was never given a dummy and sucked his thumb. He is almost 2 and still sucks his thumb, so much so that at times, he has a red raw thumb.

Good Luck with your little one.

Toothsmith

Calgel is a good teething gel as well.

Really, I can only echo some of the other advice given above.

I really like the site posted by purplepurple. Never come across it before. Some sound advice for all teethy things there.



EDIT
Just read on that site that babies can be registered from the age of 6 months and they recommend first dental check at the age of 2.

RUBBISH!!!


Babies can be registered at birth, and I always like to see them from 4-6 months upwards. 2 is far too late.

Although there's not much to see before 6 months, I find it important to talk to mums about brushing and beginning good dietary habits from 1st visit onwards. Also, if kids have never known anything other than coming to the dentist, they accept it much better as they get older.

I like to see them long before a 'fear of white coats' has been ingrained by those nasty doctors who stick needles in them!!

fsdss

have u tried biccipegs??you can get them from most chemists...they are like very hard biscuits, totally safe and produced for teething problems.

Gingham_Ribbon

My son cut his first tooth at 10 weeks and couldn't find his mouth with his fist, so he'd get hold of a teething ring and whack himself in the eye so I'd have to either sit for hours with my knuckle in his mouth or holding the teething ring for him.

He used breastfeeding as a soother too so I didn't get any peace, but he was in the bed with us so it wasn't like I had to keep getting up in the night with him.

My husband says Calgel was brilliant. I don't remember. I just remember the days before we could give him anything because he was too little. It's not easy, but it passes and I daresay the teen years can be even worse. :santa2:

iwanttosave_2

my son has cut his first tooth today, he is 7months, it was threatening for ages. I nearly cryed when i felt it. bonjela/calgel is great, as well as some calpol and some thick strips of cold carrot or teethers.