Why do mums put those large beaded necklaces...

[TheFancyPants]

..around their babies necks? Surely its not safe? Why are they fashionable?

Are they teething necklaces?

Its amber, parents highly rate them for teething pain. I think they're cool but I would be far too anxious to put one on my baby.

The amber ones are for teething pain I think. Or maybe just wanting to teach pearl clutching early on 🤷‍♀️

@MyLittleOrangutan

Its amber, parents highly rate them for teething pain. I think they're cool but I would be far too anxious to put one on my baby.

Ah OK! I keep seeing them and dont understand the fashion for them!

Because they are woo and believe that a chemical contained in Amber (ridiculously high melting point) will magically transmit itself into their child's blood stream.

They will also tell you that since wearing it their child has potty trained at 6 months, never talks back and is already reading.

But hey. I've got magic cream to sell them.

Amber ones aren’t large, if you’re seeing large ones they could be for chewing? I’ve seen chunky silicone ones for chewing.

They are amber beads for teething,,reflux and colic.

Do you mean the amber ones? They are supposed to help with teething pain. The 'science' behind it is obviously bollocks but anyone who has had a teething baby will understand the desperation to try anything that might help.

These ones

The 'science' behind it is obviously bollocks but anyone who has had a teething baby will understand the desperation to try anything that might help.
I'm sure, but they're dangerous and should be discouraged.

Or maybe just wanting to teach pearl clutching early on
😂

I always think they look like a choking risk, but then again I am super paranoid about babies choking. Are they for chewing on? My neighbour has one of those ugly beaded dummy clips for her baby and that looks equally risky to me.

@B33Fr33

Because they are woo and believe that a chemical contained in Amber (ridiculously high melting point) will magically transmit itself into their child's blood stream.

They will also tell you that since wearing it their child has potty trained at 6 months, never talks back and is already reading.

But hey. I've got magic cream to sell them.

I couldn't have put it better!

Yes, there's some nonsense about something in Amber magically fixing teething pain. The choking thing worries me too - they say they're knotted between each bead so if it breaks only 1 comes off, but that's enough, surely?!
Also I used to see kids wearing them at softplay (back through the mists of time...) and worry about the strangulation risk.

@namechangetheworld, I would think not only a choking risk, but also a strangulation risk.

Teething pain. I had one for each of my boys, worked like magic for the first one, second one didn't have any teething issues generally so not sure if it helped him.

They looked cute, and when they're babies and non mobile, much less likely to snag on anything. Babies didn't even know they were there 🤷🏽‍♀️

worked like magic for the first one
Yes, the placebo effect can seem like magic. It is an amazing thing.

Mine had them, they're amber and help with teething.

Aaaah.
I was just gearing up to say wait until your neck is scrawny and wrinkly, and Prue Leith looks lovely in hers......but, I see it's not that sort of thread.
As you were.

Yes they're great for tooth pain, haven't you seen dentists handing them out to adults in pain...oh wait

@Wingedharpy

Aaaah. I was just gearing up to say wait until your neck is scrawny and wrinkly, and Prue Leith looks lovely in hers......but, I see it's not that sort of thread. As you were.

Me too

I really couldn't give a shit if it's the placebo effect @DappledThings. It worked, that's all I cared about.

Why do folk get so get up about what others do with their kids? Would I put a giant headband on my baby? No. Do I care that others do and judge them for it? Also no.

WTAF!

@Kottbullar

Yes they're great for tooth pain, haven't you seen dentists handing them out to adults in pain...oh wait

Exactly this. Seriously if people were offered a magical amber teething necklace when they visited their dentist for toothache they would rightly think the dentist had lost the plot.

Anyone who claims they worked for their babies got lucky and didn't have a child who was bothered by their teeth. Anyone who has a child who suffers greatly when cutting teeth will not be using amber they will be using actual medicine to help with the pain.

@Strokethefurrywall

I really couldn't give a shit if it's the placebo effect *@DappledThings*. It worked, that's all I cared about.

Why do folk get so get up about what others do with their kids? Would I put a giant headband on my baby? No. Do I care that others do and judge them for it? Also no.

I would judge a headband on a baby for both safety and aesthetic reasons. Judging people for making more safety decisions around their children is a perfectly reasonable thing to do.

It's great that the placebo effect works. But I was always a little wary of the kids in those necklaces, they often went hand-in-hand with not being vaccinated.