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Amber necklace advice

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GuernseyFrench · 13/04/2010 19:45

Hi there,

I have read about the pros and cons of amber necklace but I just wonder from which age do your DC start wearing it?

Thanks

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NathanBarley · 13/04/2010 23:17

what pros and cons do you mean, guernsey? do you mean in some sort of crystal healing-y type way?

owlsa · 13/04/2010 23:19

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misdee · 13/04/2010 23:20

dd4 wears an amber necklace. i got it as a last resort as she teethed badly compared to my other dd's/

i think it has eased things slightly, but she is still a grumpy toad. but not as slobbery or red cheeked.

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WidowWadman · 14/04/2010 06:51

There are no pros, unless you sell them and they make you money.

kreecherlivesupstairs · 14/04/2010 07:25

Truly true widow. We live in Switzerland and they are everywhere. Most of the Swiss children I see, from babies upward wear one. I wouldn't say it did harm but can't see a benefit. A friend of ours had a DS and for a joke I got her one, once he started teething she put it on him. Friend reported that not a gram of good came out of it excpet for making him look a bit girly

LoveJules3 · 14/04/2010 18:26

My Ds has one. He doesn't look remotely girly and doesn't drool half as much since he's had it. he's 6.5m now and has had it since 4m. Most people i know are really interested in how it works, and how many of you used the herbal teething grains before you write these off?

The oils from amber are absorbed through the skin to ease the discomfort. They work along the same lines as copper/magnetic bracelets for rheumatism and arthritis.

WidowWadman · 14/04/2010 19:18

"The oils from amber are absorbed through the skin to ease the discomfort. They work along the same lines as copper/magnetic bracelets for rheumatism and arthritis."

Indeed, it's called "placebo effect"

MmeLindt · 14/04/2010 19:26

Very popular in Germany where we lived when the DC were babies. SIL gave me one but I did not use it often, mainly because I was paranoid that DD would get caught somehow and strangle herself.

SoupDragon · 14/04/2010 19:34

"Indeed, it's called "placebo effect" "

A baby can't be affected by a placebo affect.

seeker · 14/04/2010 19:38

It is a form of indirect placebo. When the baby is wearing the necklace, the parents notice the "good" half hours - when the baby isn't wearing it, they notice the rubbish half hours.

LoveJules3 · 14/04/2010 22:33

Really. My ds has good and bad days either way..... it's the dribbling i notice. # top changes to none. Hmm. Placebo indeed.
Do you say the same about granules or just rubbish all homeopathic remedies?

LoveJules3 · 14/04/2010 22:34

Sorry, should read 3 top changes

WidowWadman · 14/04/2010 22:53

Yep, I say the same about all homeopathic remedies.

NathanBarley · 14/04/2010 23:23

Suggest those in support of Amber necklaces dip into the book 'bad science' by ben goldacre to see where widow wadman's coming from, it might change your perceptions somewhat.

LoveJules3 · 14/04/2010 23:30

There's always going to be people who don't agree with homeopathic or alternative therapies, Not everything has to be totally scientific you know.
Where do you think aspirin came from? Started off life as a herb........

seeker · 15/04/2010 06:22

Aspirin started life as a bit of tree. So did many other medicines. Quinine, digitalin....

Not sure how this point is relevant to the discussion of absorbing amber oil through the skin.

Mind you, not sure I'd be happy about my baby absorbing untested, unsterilized unknown oils through her skin. Good thing it doesn't happen like that really!

WidowWadman · 15/04/2010 06:36

Seeker - Aspirin contains active ingredients. Homeopathic remedies don't. They're diluted into nothingness. There is a difference between herbal remedies and homeopathy.

seeker · 15/04/2010 06:53

WW - my reply was to LoveJules3 - I'm on your side!

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GuernseyFrench · 15/04/2010 11:56

I didn't post this question to create a fight! It seems that I wont bother checking this thread anymore!

By the way, I'm not a hippie, just curious about alternative solutions if it can avoid my baby suffering or beien filled with medicine

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 15/04/2010 12:03

WidowWadman To be fair it might not be the placebo effect it could be good old regression to mean

And of course if the placebo/regression to mean effect appears to be "working" then that is a good thing for all involved (in this particular application).

LoveJules3 · 15/04/2010 14:27

Whatever. So long as it works for my ds and i'm not constantly drugging him, i'm happy.

misdee · 15/04/2010 17:22

its not going to hurt to use one.

dd4 seems happy with hers.

Elsa123 · 16/04/2010 17:48

I have a butterscotch amber necklace- apparently worth quite a lot, so I wouldn't let it be chomped on- but maybe it will stop my excessive pregnancy drooling , will don it and report back. Oh and I will try not to think that it is a placebo!!

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