Teething. Baltic Amber Necklace

onlyroz

Tina20 wrote: »

All the safety warnings are ridiculous, the recall is because the necklace BREAKS. Which is the EXACT reason WHY they are safe! if it gets caught on anything, it immediately breaks. And if made properly, each bead is tied so they don't come loose once the necklace is broken.

So when your back is turned your child catches the necklace on something - either it strangles them or it breaks, leaving small beads on the floor next to the child, which it then puts into its mouth and chokes to death. Yes, I know they are meant to be knotted so that the beads don't scatter, but a knotted chain of beads is still not something I'd want my baby playing with.

And then there is the fact that you're apparently happy for your child to be exposed to an unknown dose of an untested chemical.

puddy

onlyroz wrote: »

So when your back is turned your child catches the necklace on something - either it strangles them or it breaks, leaving small beads on the floor next to the child, which it then puts into its mouth and chokes to death. Yes, I know they are meant to be knotted so that the beads don't scatter, but a knotted chain of beads is still not something I'd want my baby playing with.

And then there is the fact that you're apparently happy for your child to be exposed to an unknown dose of an untested chemical.

yes and by definition a breakage means at least one bead will come loose and go straight into their mouth

SqueekyMouse

Tina20 wrote: »

Might be a placebo affect, but if it seems to make a difference, why not?

This is the one claim regarding these necklaces I really don't understand. How on earth can they have a placebo effect on a baby? If I understand correctly a placebo effect becomes apparent when the person is told that taking a pill/wearing a copper bangle/hopping on one foot and only wearing yellow/etc will do them good and they too believe that it will.

Well how is the baby made able to understand that this necklace their Mummy is attaching to them will take away the pain in their gums? Or does each necklace come with a visit from Dr Who?

indebtinsussex

I never used one myself with mine, as ds wasnt too bad and dd was over quite quickly, and I used bickie pegs and I nurofened them up when it was too painful which was sufficient.

I know a couple of people who got the anklets and thought they were fantastic and said they saw an almost immediate difference in their child.

I dont understand how they are supposed to work, but according to people they do. I think if you have tried all other options and go in with an open mind then go ahead, but me personally I would go for an anklet rather than a necklace

onlyroz

SqueekyMouse wrote: »

This is the one claim regarding these necklaces I really don't understand. How on earth can they have a placebo effect on a baby? If I understand correctly a placebo effect becomes apparent when the person is told that taking a pill/wearing a copper bangle/hopping on one foot and only wearing yellow/etc will do them good and they too believe that it will.

The placebo effect is more likely on the parent than on the child. In the cases where these apparently work, it is most likely that the child gets better naturally (after-all teething pain doesn't last for that long) or that the parent has convinced themselves that there has been an improvement.

Of course we never hear about the cases where the necklace had no effect at all.

fluffnutter

Tina20 wrote: »

Might be a placebo affect, but if it seems to make a difference, why not?

The placebo effect is indeed a fascinating (and powerful) tool in our arsenal against pain and other symptoms of disease. Problem is it relies on you knowing you're taking/wearing something for a particular condition. How can a baby know that? :rotfl:

peachyprice

SqueekyMouse wrote: »

This is the one claim regarding these necklaces I really don't understand. How on earth can they have a placebo effect on a baby? If I understand correctly a placebo effect becomes apparent when the person is told that taking a pill/wearing a copper bangle/hopping on one foot and only wearing yellow/etc will do them good and they too believe that it will.

Well how is the baby made able to understand that this necklace their Mummy is attaching to them will take away the pain in their gums? Or does each necklace come with a visit from Dr Who?

Same way those that swear homeopathy is a placebo but still works on babies and animals, I guess

Or it could simply be that the discomfort of a beaded necklace/bracelet/anklet digging in takes baby's mind off the pain in it's teeth

dianetheartist

After reading about the amber teething bracelets I decided to try one out for myself as I suffer from Polymyalgia which leaves me in pain and stiff....I was sceptical at first but now qm convinced that amber works for me.I have been able to cut down on the steroids for the first time in ages and do notice a difference when I leave off my amber necklaces and bracelet..

barbiedoll

fluffnutter wrote: »

Really? How does wearing a necklace help with pain relief? Sounds like hocus-pocus to me.

A necklace like this would certainly make me feel better........

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Diamond

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

building_with_lego wrote: »

I got mine from Green Baby, it helped both children and I even wore it myself when climbing the walls with toothache. It did actually work . I'm not sure if it is "just" a placebo effect or not but in Medieval times pregnant women wore amber amulets on long necklaces to ease the pain of labour. A king or Pope (history not my strong point but it was a Sheila Kitzinger book) banned the amber as God was being denied the screams of birthing women to which he was entitled. Maybe they knew about the analgesic properties way back then.

Yeah, the same woman who claimed that unmedicated childbirth was orgasmic rather than fracking painful. I'd trust her recommendations over science anyday. :cool: