Just when you thought you had finally got the hang of motherhood, when you were getting used to the great routine. Your life resembled some kind of normality, it all gets thrown up into the air again.
Your baby is teething!
The 1st tooth normally appears around 6 months, but this can vary greatly.
The dribble is causing a nasty red rash on the chin, your changing babies top every few minutes as its dripping wet with saliva. Those chubby little cheeks are bright red and everything within reach is being thrust into their mouths.
They start waking during the night, they don’t want to be put down, teething can be exhausting.
Their temperature can raise and you start to panic, is this down to teething or is your baby ill?
Nappy rash often accompanies teething and this alone can be a nightmare to treat. They may be off their food and generally just out of sorts, for most of the time we feel useless.
There are numerous teething remedies available, the most common being teething gels that you rub onto their gums, herbal powders and teething toys. I have found the best comforter to be a cold clean wet flannel. In honestly anything that is hard and safe is ideal. The teething toys I have never found to be particular helpful.
Medication in the form of Calpol or Nurofen can be given if baby is really finding teething hard.
Then just when that new little tooth finally appears and you get back into your old routine, guess what? Another tooth is on its way …
What did you find helped your baby?
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I find putting teats in the freezer and taking them out as and when lo wants a bottle and cold yoghurts a yummy soothing treat
thanks hun, i will try the cold flannel, my lil lady is teething at mo bless her xxx
Thanks so much I put a wet flannel in the fridge and my lil boy has found this very comforting x
anbesol liquid is magic in a bottle
I will have to try all of these, my 9 month old has no teeth as of yet but think they may be on their way x x
This is something I’m so nervous about! My baby is 3 months so she will probably get a tooth soon! eek! I’ve heard that teething crystals are good
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Well with my lil boy, teething powders helped n they did at 1st with holly aswell but at the min nothing is working for her
think i’m gonna try some anbesol soon. I’m lucky that at the min it dnt effect her at night, its just the day time when shes grouchy n crying constantly.
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the best thing i can advise is anbesol, its a liquid anaesthetic and its worked wonders with both my children, there isnt anything else i would reccomend apart from obv calpol x
i forgot to mention ive found giving my babies a tooth brush is helpfull x
i used anbesol, nelsons granules, calpol and nurofen. anything hard like a cold carrot to bite on was good, also a toothbrush. xx
Personally the teething stage for me is torture lol my girls got everything from sore bum to dribbling rash!!x x
i make ice lollies and my girl loves rubbing her gums on them and i bought her this lobster toy u can put in the freezer that she loves but to but ihonest i dont rate them that much as the fewiv had just dont some to stay frozen for that long x
ROCKET LOLLIES!!! they are the way forward!!!!!! and recently (17months) mummys toothbrush seems to be t he best aid for teething!
I never thought of this, I shall try it with her next tooth x
my son was never that bad, he liked the bikki pegs, but then he stopped sleeping when his last back ones came thru…. i wonder how differnt my lg will be.
Thanks for such a great tip im gona try the flannel wen he is teeting again x
Camomila 200c worked a treat for my son. We ran out a week ago and I didn’t think anything about it until he started waking at night screaming. Started him back on it and his mood is better and back to sleeping through the night!
My lg coped quite well with teething, only tell tale signs were red flushed cheeks and got abit of a cold :/ when she did struggle though we used dentinox teething gel which i thought was amazing!! i like to try stuff 1st before giving it to her so i just put a little dab on my tongue and it was well and truly numb haha.
Thank god for dentinox as i think the teething stage could have got ugly lol xx
Its horrible when they are teething
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ice pops and ashton and parsons i swear by lol x
Amber Anklet both my boys used it no issues so far!! xxx