Teething

[LuckySalem]

Can someone tell me the best things for teething?

My DD is 4 months old, there's no teeth yet but she's chewing and drooling LOADS!!

I've tried bonjela but doesn't do much and I think calpol should be kept for worse things.

Cheers all.

Surely someone's got some ideas please? The yelling from her is quite upsetting

Dentinox? It's a teething gel suitable from birth.

There's also stuff you can get for her to chew on. Look at the MAM UK website for things she can chew on. I got my DS one of those that you can stick in the fridge and it's nice and cool for him to chew on. The other thing I realised he likes is for me to put my (clean) finger in his mouth and to rub his gum. GL!

calpol if she looks to be in pain. wouldn't hesitate to give as teething is painful. (my dd2's 7th tooth is on it's way and she is in pain with it - squealing out every so often)

amber necklace - look on ebay (i'm not good at links)

ashton powders

dentinox teething gel - can use more often than bonjela

teething rings you can put in fridge

fingers

taggies

frozen carrots/veg cut into fingers (though 4 months maybe a bit young)

can you tell my 2 of have suffered with their teeth

Those Ashton Parson teething powders are good, if only because the faff of actually getting some in your baby's mouth instead of up their nose/in their eyes/all over the room is a great distraction.

Bonjela is really good but doesn't last long. Calpol/Nurofen are reserved for bedtimes in this household because it seems that it's mainly when he's trying to get off to sleep that the pain becomes distressing for him. During the day life is plenty distraction from it.

TBH at that age mine was chewing and drooling loads but he didn't get a tooth until nearly 8 months. He didn't seem in pain as such until much nearer eruption time.

Thanks for these and sorry I haven't replied earlier but I forgot to put in on my threads to watch and couldn't find it again.

She chews on my fingers aswell. It's definatly hurting her as she sometimes chews her fingers then cries out so something there is hurting.

I've given her things to chew on but they all seem to big for her little mouth but i'll try the other things that have been mentioned.