Alcohol for teething... opinions?

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My 6 month old is teething BAD. Hardly sleeping at night and all the other horrible symptoms that come with it.

I went to Tesco and the lady serving told me she SWEARS on whisky on the gums for it. I have heard of it before, but I've done a google and I can see it is not recommended...

What's your honest opinions? I'm not sure if it's worth the risk but my LO is really suffering, she's exhausted and no medication seems to be working

No I wouldn't. Whisky would burn and it tastes disgusting

Absolutely not!

Don't - that sounds like a really bad idea!! Stick with Calpol

Ashton and parsons powders please dont give your chil whisky

I'd be as likely to use alcohol as I would to use this Victorian child's cough medicine

No way!

Give your child proper teething medication and drink the whisky yourself.

No, don't do that.
Have you tried anbesol? It's a liquid so easy to get on the right place and very numbing.
www.boots.com/anbesol-liquid-15ml

No. Use nurofen and anbesol oil like everyone else.

My grandad says this, but he thinks a dab of whiskey solves everything. Just don’t do it

Isn't anbesol mainly alcohol anyway, we found dentinox gel useful too.

My late granny (born in 1900) used to give me a nip of brandy for period pain when I was 12. Even that is dodgy.
Please tell me it wasn't the supermarket pharmacist who advised whisky for your child?

I'll probably be flamed for this but there is some truth in it, whiskey actually numbs the gums for a little while and gives some respite to them.

Oh there's definitely truth in it but it's still a really bad idea.

And then if something happens and you need to take DC to hospital and they ask what they have had are you going to say whisky on the gums

A bit of whiskey on the gums would probably numb then and not do your child any harm whatsoever. However there are many other aids for teething as suggested above which I would go with. However I wouldn’t over react regarding the suggestion of a tiny bit of whiskey.

Are you fucking kidding?

No! We used teething powder (camomile I think) and a chewy ring.

Powder for child, whisky for mum.

Absolutely not. First, you must be sure your child has not got an illness as teething is often given as a reason for a fretful child. Fever and pain should be treated with infant ibuprofen or paracetamol. ALL local treatments are absolutely useless and just make the parent feel they are doing something, Babies this age often want to gnash on something . The only way you will definitely know your child is teething is when you see a little split in the gum and a tooth emerging. Alcohol has no place in a childs life, it is a poison. You say teething and all the signs that go with it? Dribbling, mouthing and chewing for example are developmental stages and are not signs of teething

I am quite shocked so many posters think its ok. Before alcohol was removed from teething lotion it was said that it was wonderful if the mother took it

It's illegal to give alcohol to under 5s plus whisky is gross

FFS really?

“I am quite shocked so many posters think its ok. ”
I’m not seeing this?

On your gums? Fine.
On baby's gums? Absolutely not.

Okay thank you for the responses. The reason I wanted to ask here is because as I said I've heard of it before, so I wanted to know how many people would actually recommend it these days.

I'll stick to the medicine as I can see it is no longer the done thing! Thanks