Help for teething please...

[laneydaye]

HI, been using ashton & parsons powders, bonjela and now cos its getting worse calpol when its bad.....
dd's face looks like its been burnt when its bad just last couple of days seems to be really bothering her

Any other stuff i could try

All tips and suggestions welcome and very much appreciated....

thanks

Dentinox teething gel or anbesol teething gel and medised - hope they're through soon, hun.

which do you think is the stronger hunkermunker cos bonjela (from 2mths) isnt even making a bit of difference!!!!

and cheers...

Anbesol is meant to be the strongest I think. We use Dentinox most often - DS seems to love it

thanks hunkermunker.xx

went to chemist, couldnt get de3ntinox but got anbesol.....

giving it a go but it dosent have an age on it....
the chemist said it would be fine.. dd is 4.5mth

Calprofen as it contains ibuprofen which is the only thing that eases tooth ache calpol doesnt touch it ( friends a dentist )

whats the age on calprofen?

just checked bottle 6 months but do talk to doc or hv.

thanks will do.....

calpol used to zombie my ds, but dd.... dosent seem to have much effect....

oooh medised !!!!! its bloody fantastic !!!!!! its like night nurse for babies can use from 3 months does everything

Nelsons 'Teetha' powder

My 5mo dd is going through this too - no sign of teeth on her gums, but she gets crotchety, has bright red Aunt Sally cheeks and bites down hard whilst slobbering on everything in reach. Some evenings she's inconsolable and we don't know what to do for her. We try to limit the amount of Calpol we give her but sometimes I can't stand to see her suffer and I'm counting the minutes til her 4 hours is up so I can give her another dose. I've got Calgel but no matter how ahrd I try, I cannot get it on her gums - it either slides off straight away, ends up on my finger nail instead of pad, or she's licked it away within seconds! Any tips?
I've tried smeering it on one of those semi-circle shaped teethers (a bit like a dummy from the outside) but she won't even entertain the idea and it's out as soon as she's licked the gel off.
Any tips?

My son liked chewing on dried apple rings. I had to hold the ring and make sure he didn't swallow/choke but it seemed to calm him.

my dd didnt seem to feel better with bonjela, someone suggested ambesol its a liqiud

seeming to work a lot better at the moment......
wet flannel was another nsuggestion..... she loves it and it calms her down....

There are teething powders called 'something and parsons '(can't remember the first name).Boots have them and my friend swore by them.I remember her little boy getting excited when he saw the wrapper as he knew it would make him feel better!!!!!

Boots do something called 'Bickiepegs' which are like a very hard biscuit that comes with it's own string that you can attach to their clothing they are hard for them to bite down on. Or peeled raw carrot kept in water in the fridge to make it really cold helped a bit with my DD. She suffered really bad with the first four teeth and nothing would touch it she would moan and cry all day at the height of each tooth coming through, we tried all the remedies on here even alternating the Calpol and Calprofen didn't touch it, she wouldn't entertain any teething ring, ice cubes crushed inside a flannel sometimes helped a little but it wasn't long before she was in pain again. After the pain of the first four we were recommended an amber teething necklace(the amber when next to the skin is meant to heat up and the oils from the stones transfer through to the skin to help abate the pain - it is an old I think east european remedy) which someone I spoke to said she had used on her two boys, I was a bit sceptical as they weren't cheap I think £10.00, but the time we have been through with teething it was worth a try, we have bought it and she has wore it every day since, whether it is working or she has just got used to the pain of teeth coming through I don't know but I daren't take it off just in case (of course take it off at night as I don't want her to strangle herself in her sleep, but that is the only time she gets any problems now with teething and we get some restless nights but the days are much more bearable when teeth are coming). I think some children get it much worse than others and most things don't work that seem to for others. I really feel for you both I know what a hell of a time it can be and really frustrating that you cannot do anything to help while they are suffering so much.

Hi There - could you tell me where you got the amber necklace - desperate at the moment - DS teething at 4 months - need to get it sorted as this is going to go on for while!

A friend suggested cooking slices of apple and then freezing them, they can then be safely chewed and are also cooling. Haven't tried it myself.

Amber necklaces are from Green Baby. They're on-line but can't remember if they are .com or .co.uk off the top of my head. We haven't tried those either as we were too worried about the dds strangling themselves!

I bought mine from twinkle there is something called an iris root that is supposed to help on here as well but I haven't used it and don't know how good it is. You do need to check on baby all the time if they are going to wear it and I take it off at night as I am frightened with her rolling around so much that it would tighten and strangle her so care does need to be taken with it. I checked on Ebay before I bought it to see whether anyone else was selling them as £10.99 is alot of money to spend unless you are sure, there weren't any on at the time but it may be worth a check again to see if you can get them any cheaper that way. Please bear in mind it appears to work for us but as with all the other things it may not work for your baby.

Many thanks Humphrey - Ebay a good idea.

has anyone tried medised and found it doesn't work for teething pain?