Those ridiculous amber necklaces...

[moxon]

...that all babies seem to be wearing these days. No, people, it does not help with teething pain/inflammation/positioning. It's just pieces of amber. You would need to heat it to extract the oil which you can use to make your baby smell like the inside of a potpourri bowl after using as a massage liquid base if you want, but it still won't do jack to give your baby a carefree pearly whites experience. I am getting so tired of everyone buying into this new-age old-age rubbish, and seeing otherwise perfectly reasonable parents stringing up their babies necks in gimicky stuff.

leedy I know. "Homeopathic alternatives to vaccination"

Mind you, I'm a bit surprised that amber necklaces don't prevent whooping cough and polio...?
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Invents: New! Traditional! Bac-o-vaccine!

Perhaps it's time to start a rumour, and of course a website selling them, that amber necklaces strung on copper wire keep children "safe" from mobile phone masts. Surely nothing would be too much for parents to spend on this vital safety measure? But obviously, "nothing" doesn't pay the bills, so how does five hundred quid sound?

Don't be silly, dugh

Amber necklaces on copper to keep children safe from mobile phone masts?

No. What's needed is... bac-o-hats! Pop a bacon infused hat on your little darling's head, and the magic power of bacon will stop that pesky mobile phone radiation. Plus, it doubles as an attractive fashion accessory

I've just bought some Bickiepegs.
They've been around for decades and definitely help with teething. why? not Because they are WOO, but because they are rock hard biscuits!
and they're only £1.85 a box!

And of course, ShadowStar, you can monitor how well it's working by checking if it's cooked by the end of the day.

TBH I did consider them when I thought they were for chewing on (and foolishly told myself that perhaps the safety risks weren't as inherent as they appeared). Cute but practical, I thought. Then I realised that, Ah random unreal amberish properties were supposed to just sink into DC's skin upon contact to various body parts and somehow migrate to the jaw and gums to "cure" teething. So I never did buy one.

Maybe a head band that repels harmful wifi and phone signals. Made from organic something cotton and handsewn crystal blah blah.

Buy it or subject your baby to brain poisoning. And look it works, my baby has no brain poison for reals.

$50.

Maybe a head band that repels harmful wifi and phone signals.

I do find it utterly hilarious that a decade ago, every middle class parent who wanted to compete on the competitive parenting league table was marching against mobile phone masts and wifi in schools.

Then they bought an iPhone. Then they bought their children an iPhone.

Speaking of magic pork products, the Ig Nobels were awarded last night: MEDICINE PRIZE [USA, INDIA]: Ian Humphreys, Sonal Saraiya, Walter Belenky and James Dworkin, for treating "uncontrollable" nosebleeds, using the method of nasal-packing-with-strips-of-cured-pork.
REFERENCE: "Nasal Packing With Strips of Cured Pork as Treatment for Uncontrollable Epistaxis in a Patient with Glanzmann Thrombasthenia," Ian Humphreys, Sonal Saraiya, Walter Belenky and James Dworkin, Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, vol. 120, no. 11, November 2011, pp. 732-36.

If it's about decoration why does everyone on here totally slam those who pierce babies ears or put hairbows and headbands on them?

I tend to think the above things are seen as a bit 'common' (horrid word) but an oh so enlightened amber necklace is 'cute'

Os omg dangly?! That's dangerous

i find it really helpful to keep me from entering into conversation with those parents. they are usually the ones who enjoy giving advice.

There used to be a little toddler at my ds swimming class with great big hoop earrings. My ds was absolutely fascinated by them and i was petrified that he would reach out to grab one.

Did anyone read this story? It immediately made me think of this thread and now I'm wondering if cheese-o-teethe would be a better product.

Hangeland was then told to perch on the end of a massage table and spend the afternoon in that position with a slab of cheese carefully positioned on the sore spot. The cheese, according to Magath, would have soothing effects.

Do you know what, 11 months ago i would have agreed with you.
dd at about 3 months old developed severe eczema, it was bloody awful and nothing helped it.
someone suggested an amber bracelet/necklace and i dismissed it thinking what a load of crap but eventually i thought it was worth a try. So i got her an anklet (i preferred this as it seemed less of a choking risk) and within a week her eczema had started to really clear up, and within a few weeks it had completely gone.
now, of course, it could just be coincidence and could have just cleared up naturally but i have no way of knowing that. I would recommend an amber anklet for anyone who was struggling with baby eczema.

Didn't make a bit of difference to teething though so i still think that's a load of bull.

it could just be coincidence and could have just cleared up naturally but i have no way of knowing that.

Yep, it was just coincidence and there is a way of knowing that: science.

filthiest depends on what cheese? Mouldy cheeses if worn around the neck long enough might release spores which could drift into the nostrils, and which might skew the results... ?

I can't BEAR this amber anklet nonsense. It honestly makes me think the mums who string their babies up in this manner are completely thick.

Im not completely thick thankyou. I was utterly desperate at the time as dds eczema was horrendous and after several recommendations i caved and tried an anklet. At that stage i would have tried absolutely anything!!

Lj8893, of course you were desperate. These things are sold to desperate people and then when the customer leaves they have a good laugh at their expense.

So another good reason not to buy these things is that the people selling them don't deserve to profit from their dishonesty.

There are kabillions and kazillions spent on medical research every year around the world. If there was anything in the mystical powers of Amber don't you think someone might have noticed....and by someone I mean someone with some actual science and medical training.

Sometimes you have to have a bit of common sense.

Yes there is Billions spent every year on medical research for new drugs and therapies. However only the ones that the pharmaceutical giants can patent are likely to make it to the market. eg. dead sea salt is a proven effective therapy for eczema and psorasis but it doesn't get a mention because they can't patent it and therefore they won't make money out of it.

People who have a diagnosis either for themselves or their children which involves long term treatment go through a stage of 'breavement' for their / their childs health during this they go through the denial stage where they are particularly susceptible to the "i'll try anything" scenario. Always google clinical trial and whatever it is your considering.

I have no idea how amber necklaces are supposed to work but eg. gold helps arthritis. This was discovered when people who had rheumtaoid arthritis suffered less on the hand with a gold ring on it. So precious metals and minerals eg. magnesium can be absorbed through the skin.