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Original poster

to think amber necklaces are a load of bollocks?

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PancakeBum · 05/04/2018 15:00

And that if I had severe toothache I'd rather take a fucking painkiller?

Surely even if they ARE releasing these "oils" or whatever they're meant to do to help with teething then you are using an untested substance on your baby? And are they not a choking hazard?!

Or am I just being grumpy because I come from a family of homeopaths who all irritate the life out of me?

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Lweji · 06/04/2018 07:12

hasn't amber got electrostatic properties?

Perhaps that's what does it.

So do plastic pens and synthetic clothes.
Maybe we should stop dressing babies in cotton. Wink

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PancakeBum · 06/04/2018 07:14

I don't think they are load of bollocks

Yeah but they are though.

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PancakeBum · 06/04/2018 07:14

I'm going to try opium, that sounds like a winner.

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TreesAgreen · 06/04/2018 07:17

Lweji
Oh yes! I forgot to mention, There was this Celtic mother and child found in a peat bog, and the child had the remnants of a willow necklace on. Shock

Lweji · 06/04/2018 07:26

I bet the child had a smile on their face.

W0rriedMum · 06/04/2018 07:27

Bit too old for all this now, but I thought the country was buying a Sophie toy for teething, because we all know only a giraffe shaped toy is going to work..Hmm

RoadToRivendell · 06/04/2018 07:30

Ridiculous, but favoured by mothers I'd swerve, so in this respect they're useful.

RoadToRivendell · 06/04/2018 07:32

The mother spoke to me like I was a dimwitted twat the whole day who knew nothing about either childbirth or babies. I’d already got her pegged as a lentil weaver and didn’t even bother starting a conversation about the necklace but I strongly got the impression she was itching for me to mention it..........I knew if I did I would just get a bullshit woo lecture and I’d never change her mind on the subject.

Snort.

Lweji · 06/04/2018 07:33

Maybe it's the mould in the giraffe that works.

www.bbc.com/news/business-38660041

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PancakeBum · 06/04/2018 07:42

Does anyone recall that woo hipster parenting blog post that gets taken the piss out of all the time on here? Something about a room being prepared for a baby with an elimination communication corner and suchlike?

Anyway, I bet that parent uses Amber necklaces.

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G5000 · 06/04/2018 08:17

I am from the Baltics. There's amber everwhere, but interestingly it has never been mentioned in traditional medicine as teething remedy. Surely if it worked, people would have discovered it when a teething baby accidentall chewed on some amber?

BustopherJones · 06/04/2018 08:31

I would like to read that blog, although it may make me angry.

FlibbertyGiblets · 06/04/2018 08:38

If it is the family I'm thinking of, the newest baby was very ill and so we collectively decided to leave them alone. (Adorable handknitted acorn shaped baby hat types)

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PancakeBum · 06/04/2018 08:40

Oh really Flibberty, I hadn't realised.

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Keepingupwiththejonesys · 06/04/2018 12:25

I've had a bit of toothache and would prefer.to try the opium over the amber please

WhiteCoyote · 06/04/2018 12:48

I wear a raw amber pendant and can honestly say it has no affect on me. I love it cause it’s pretty. I don’t believe in crystal therapy etc at all, but is there really a need for bitchy comments ripping the piss out of those that do?

I would never put it on a baby though.

newtlover · 06/04/2018 13:02

Mrs TylerJoseph for these occassions the phrase 'that's nice dear' was invented
I like the sound of the acorn baby hats though and am an anti-woo agent.

Weezol · 06/04/2018 13:09

Is this the wrong thread to say that my friend turned her back on her teething baby and about three seconds later saw the baby on one end of the dogs massive rawhide chew, dog on the other end, both participants blissfully happy?

BeyondThePage · 06/04/2018 16:02

Weezol sounds like my sort of household!

Once caught my DD(then 2, now 17) with 2 great big hairy spider legs poking out of her mouth! I believe spiders may have a beneficial effect on teething... (not so much on a mum's feelings of nausea though)

Weezol · 06/04/2018 16:26

Beyond me, her and her OH have sworn to never discuss this in RL, but they got her her own rawhide chew for use under close supervision at home. One very happy kid and two less stressed parents. It's what used the happen in the olden days anyway, kids would be given a bit of leather or hide to chew on.

I'm also curious as to what happens to all the amber beads once teething is complete. If they are just going to get slung in a drawer, send them to me! I can't justify the cash on an amber jewellery for myself, what with disability benefits being nothing like the media claim (have the skills to re-string), but will make a donation to a charity of sender's choice.

Fatandfrigid · 06/04/2018 16:50

Only thing teething gives you is teeth.

There is zero evidence for all the side effects that are supposed to come with it.
Ask any dentist.

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PancakeBum · 06/04/2018 16:54

What side effects?

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BustopherJones · 06/04/2018 16:55

I mean, there must be some pain. Getting my wisdom teeth wag agony on and off for months and at one point my whole face swelled up on one side. I looked bloody beautiful.

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PancakeBum · 06/04/2018 16:59

Yes of course it hurts.

Causes rank poos too (in babies that is).

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RepealMay25th · 06/04/2018 17:03

Each to there own. I don't think they are load of bollocks

And yet they are, whether you think so or not.