Amber bracelets for teething??

[Jengib]

I am just wondering if anyone has had any experience with using amber bracelets for their teething baby? I have a 5 month old ds who is teething really bad. I am giving him calpol baby ibruprofen and using teething gels. I have asked about and a friend of mine said her sister used amber bracelets on her dd and it worked wonders. I know there is no miracle cure for teething but I hate seeing him in so much pain so anything I can do to help I will try. Thanks

[Andcake]

Woo choking and strangulation hazards...

[TittyGolightly]

Teething gel slides off gums - use anbesol liquid instead.

Ashton and parsons teething powders are great - the grittiness encourages babies to grind their guns which helps with pain relief, the sweetness takes their mind off the pain and there's calming chamomile too (unlike Teetha ones).

Amber bracelets are not proven to do anything - the heat required to release any compound from amber is hundreds of degrees, not body heat. There's a bit of a placebo effect though.

[Jengib]

Thank you so much I will try the anbesol liquid and the teething powder. I didnt think the amber would do much and you are right they could be a choking hazard.

[Cutesbabasmummy]

I tried an amber bracelet on my son but honestly I don't think it helped at all. I didn't find the teething powders helped either but anbesol was good.

[Ktown]

I don’t understand how amber could help? Surely it could just break as it is brittle.

[Aquamarine1029]

Amber necklaces and bracelets are extremely dangerous and entirely useless. Babies have died because of them.

[TittyGolightly]

Amber contains an analgesic substance and its peddled as natural pain relief delivered though being worn on the skin. As I said above, the temperature needed to extract anything from amber is significantly higher than body temperature.

They're not meant for babies to chew.

[VinIsGroot]

Try Nelson's Teetha granules... We called them baby Smack..... They contain camomile and I'm not a wooo person at all..but the best teething aid ever ...

[WanderingTrolley1]

A friend uses them for both her children and swears by them.

[TittyGolightly]

They contain camomile and I'm not a wooo person at all..but the best teething aid ever ...

They're homeopathic, so no actual chamomile in them. The gritty texture will help, but that's it.

Ashton and Parsons powders do contain chamomile.

[shhhfastasleep]

Powders and anbesol. A grown up ish friend was “teething “ with wisdom teeth - late bloomer - and they told me it helped when I suggested. We used them on our dd.

[ASqueakingInTheShrubbery]

Most of the powders are homeopathic. We used to call them ground bullshit. There may be some with active ingredients though. Amber has no scientific basis but if it's on the baby 's ankle and fits properly it's unlikely to do any harm. What worked for us was calpol and nurofen.

[shhhfastasleep]

I think it is the texture of the powders that helps. I too think homeopathy is woo bullshit.

[KarateKitten]

Teetha granules are a load of bollox. They are full of sweetener so you might as well rub some sugar on a baby's gums and say WOW, they stopped crying. Amazing.

Also, as with all homeopathic shite it's not subject to proper medical testing before use. So fuck knows what you're actually giving your baby with a load of these things.