To Consider Homeopathic Teething Gel Appalling?

[UncleT]

It's being advertised on the telly at the moment. It 'contains' 12c dilutions of herbs. Look up 12c and you'll rapidly find out that this means none of the substance remains in a sample. Other ingredients are water, ethanol, a sweetener and gelling and lubricant agents. There is nothing that will help with teething pain.

[CustardOmlet]

Homeopaths don't have a brain, simply skull water with the memory of a brain.

Thank you Infinite Monkey Cage

[Waltonswatcher1]

Really? Another homeopathy rant ?
Teething too . Um ...
Well I don't believe teething pain exists - I do believe teething is used to avoid admitting a child is off colour and maybe harbouring something contagious . Far easier to socialise when you write off the temp as a teething issue .

[hazeyjane]

Huh?

[Waltonswatcher1]

'Huh?'
What sorry ?!

[hazeyjane]

I am confused by the idea that teething is a conspiracy by conniving parents trying to infiltrate the public with germ ridden children, but then I thought maybe you were joking, so I ended up just typing 'huh?'

[cardibach]

Well, my wisdom teeth definitely hurt when they came through (perfectly straightforward, no issues) and I was old enough to know. How anyone can think that bone cutting through flesh could be pain free is totally baffling. Could you explain, Walton'swatcher, why this particular 'germ' only strikes in the few days before a tooth comes through?

[Waltonswatcher1]

No I really believe it !
Happy to be laughed at and shown out of the room .
So many times I have thought virus - temp rash irritability . And the mum has said teething .

[cardibach]

Walton's - and then a new tooth
And this virus only strikes in the days before a new tooth

[Waltonswatcher1]

The teeth don't just pop through though do they ?
I am not a dentist so can't back that up !

[cardibach]

Umm - yes! There is no tooth, there is a sore and swollen gum with associated whingeing and moaning, pink cheeks, maybe a bit of a temp (often not) and then - boom- new tooth. What on earth do you think is happening? ANd have you got any wisdom teeth?

[hazeyjane]

Waltons, none of my 3 dcs ever had a temperature when they were teething, just red cheeks, screaming, swollen gums, dd1 hd horrendous nappies, dd2 and ds didn't, and miraculously the screaming, grumpiness and lack of sleep would stop when new sharp little teeth poked through. I am also a stickler about keeping my kids away from people when they are ill, so would never use teeth as an excuse.

[Waltonswatcher1]

I don't believe in teething pain and my 3 have never suffered in anyway from any teething symptoms . That's a great placebo effect .
I wonder how many other things only exist because we name them ?
I shall close the door on my way out !

[Waltonswatcher1]

Yes I had my wisdom teeth taken out . The pain was from them growing in the wrong place and squashing the other teeth - totally different than teeth coming up .

[Waltonswatcher1]

Hazeyjane - you are in the minority sadly . Even beloved friends hate to cancel engagements due to toddler illness .
Its the same with school and the 48 hr puke issue, but that's a well covered mn topic !

[1stMrsF]

The teething powder recommended to me when mine were small contained contained xylitol, a sugar substitute that has a cooling effect when tasted so I concluded that they worked not because of the homeopathic properties (non-properties IMO) but because they felt cool on their gums, which was soothing.

[passmethewineplease]

YANBU, anyone who doesn't think teething hurts a baby is stupid.

[passmethewineplease]

Walton how do you know hazeyjane is the minority?

Can you speak for everyone?

[Oddthomas]

My wisdom teeth grew in 'perfectly' (according to my dentist) - full set, nice and straight, plenty of space for them - it still fucking hurt! It's such a difficult feeling to describe a there is nothing to compare it to. It was like a constant, stinging, on-edge, angsty sort of pain inside my gums (which, FYI, were red, hard and swollen) and even though I'm an adult and not a baby I still had the urge to put things in my mouth and gnaw on them to try and get some relief.

My babies get Calpol and/or Nurofen when they're teething because when I was teething my wisdom teeth if someone had offered me magic memory water instead of actual painkillers I'd have told them to fuck right the fuck off.

[Oddthomas]

My two oldest also suffered red cheeks, dodgy nappies, restless sleep, whinging, and loss of appetite when teething - funnily enough I had the same symptoms when teething (not the nappies but the dodgy tum).

[cardibach]

Your DC didn't have teething pain, or you refused to recognise it and let them suffer? Or treated a 'virus' (with what? CAlpol? Because that would work...)? People like you worry me.
Minority? I don't think so. I think teething pain is pretty well accepted by the overwhelming majority, and with logical reason. ANy chance of explaining how you think bone can cut through flesh without pain? I've already told you my (straightforward) wisdom teeth (well tooth tbh, I only have one) did hurt. I didn't have a virus

[ToysRLuv]

Amber necklaces can be a strangulation and choking hazard. Better stick with funny water and sugar if in need/want of placebos or distractions for teething pain. Or Calpol.

[cardibach]

SOrry drifted off after the minority bit of that! Most people accept teething pain and allow their children out with it but keep them away from others when they are ill, in my experience.

[Oddthomas]

I was just going to say that I don't use amber teething necklaces as a friend of a friend lost her baby when he choked on the beads.

[backwardpossom]

Teething doesn't hurt? That's a joke, right?

[cardibach]

Sadly, backward, I think it is in all seriousness... Some people really worry me.