To buy an amber teething necklace?

[Stuckunderababy]

Ok, ok, I am the world's biggest sceptic and am well aware there is no scientific evidence to show they work, but I have the teething baby from hell and am desperate!! So many people swear by them that my 'bollocks' stance is starting to wane.

So, is it a placebo and you just blame the baby being grumpy on something else, or should I part with 15 of my hard earned pounds for the miracle cure?

elfy - Your summary fits better to subjects like favourite colour or food that are subjective.

• Some people believe green is the best colour and have arguments to support their view - it's nature's colour, etc
• Some people believe yellow is the best colour, because it is fresh, etc.
• And they can't agree

On subjects like chemistry and biology, you can't say "Some believe so and so, others believe so and so" and leave it there because (1) Only one side is correct and the other is wrong, unlike preference for colours, (2) there is evidence, or lack thereof, which supports one side and doesn't support the other and (2) logic based on, well, chemistry and biology which supports one side and not the other.

Some people believe they don't work and have arguments to support their view. Other people think they do and have arguments to support their view.

Some people don't see any credible evidence that they work and are therefore not required to accept that they work. These same people are not under any obligation to demonstrate or argue that they don't work. Other people think they do work and have anecdotes to support their view.

For what it's worth, I don't believe that they don't work, I simply haven't seen any evidence that they do.

There is very little room for maneuver between these two points.

Not true. It's called research and evidence-based medicine.

worldgone - All babies are cute (fact ).

Would you think any other jewellery look good on your little baby? If not, why not?

cote No, not all jewellery, just as all jewellery doesn't look great on me. She looks good in surfer/hippy style jewellery. I suit more elegant metal-based pieces.

Incidentally I have had another good google and still can't find any cases of amber necklaces causing deaths (unlike things that we know have caused deaths in children including formula, forward facing/ill fitting car seats, nappy sacks, blind cords, grapes, carrots, sausages, boiled sweets, popcorn, rubber balloons and shepherds' pie).

In life, our children are exposed to many potential risks, I just don't think that amber necklaces are very high up on that list.

I'm actually more concerned about sausages, which just happen to be my daughter's favourite food.

I had one and my DS managed to bite one of the beads off and managed not to choke, have you seen the size of the beads?? Find a case of a baby choking on one and I'll stand corrected. I wouldn't say they do help with teething though, try nurofen!

Oh and I got it because I thought baby was supposed to chew it for relief I dumped it after it broke.

I am not totally against the placebo effect...but in the case of obvious negative side effects it is surely better to use something that actually works.

btw babies and animals are actually susceptible to the placebo effect not just the adults watching them....

we could do our own double blind trial....lets buy some amber looking beads and some amber beads and then post them out to mners at random and see which ones work better.

HINT: there will be no difference and there is no need to do this as it has already been done....

btw babies and animals are actually susceptible to the placebo effect not just the adults watching them....

Evidence please? My understanding of the research in animals and babies is that the apparent placebo effect is explained by conditioning.

^^Didn't mean to sound so abrupt, BTW.

Yep, my friend had one and a bead came off.

maid hmmm I know I read something about this somewhere...something more rigorous will have to await my return to work and access to articles however on the basis of the fact that part of placebo is partially down to simple conditioning and ..well pavlov etc. it should be perfectly possible for animals and babies to sense patterns and change and respond accordingly.

"A recent double-blind veterinary study involved arthritic dogs randomly assigned to either a treatment or a placebo group. Their response to treatment was objectively assessed by force-plate analysis, which precisely measures the use of individual limbs while a dog is in motion. The result? Fifty-six percent of placebo-treated dogs had an objectively measured, significant, positive response."

I guess maybe these are mostly older dogs....which might give them a head start!

Trouble with placebo testing is that they are typically sugar solution or pills ... and they've recently established that sugar really does aid healing.

My son wears an amber necklace and we have tried homeopathy.

Im a firm believer in the placebo effect and more than happy to roll with it. The mind is a very powerful tool.

It amazes me how incredibly rude some people are.

I used one with ds his teething was so bad he would have fevers of 40deg everytime he started until the tooth cut. He would vomit and not sleep for days.

I got him one and the fevers went away completely, he still gets a little grizzly but 90% better then he was.

Maybe it was coincidence who knows, I'm not willing to take it off to test the theory tbh.

And it amazes me....

Never mind.

I find it totally incredulous - I assumed they were used AS teething necklaces - babies chew on them etc.... but THEN to find out they are actually just WORN as teething necklaces... well, I am dumbfounded.... really?

strange how it is not touted as the best medical advance EVER.....

Have a teething

my2cents I am glad your DS is feeling better, but please google "reversion to mean"

Try something like this instead to help relieve teething pain.
www.biteybeads.com

It worked for us!!! Wont leave the house without them!

Of course they don't work but desperate, exhausted parents will try anything.

I wouldn't buy one because I think beads/necklaces are unsafe for young children.

If they really worked they would be recommended by medical professionals/the NHS. Total snakeoil.

If your child is in pain because of teething, give them Calpol or Nurofen. If they are cutting a molar or won't let you give them liquid pain relief, give them a suppository - it works much quicker.

You will find a teaspoon of granulated sugar to have the same effect as homeo-bollocks teething powders - cheaper too it's the sensation of the granules that gives relief, nothing magical in the powder.

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Bumping an old thread to peddle your wares. Bugger off and a good day to you