our 8 month old is starting get her bottom two teeth. you can see them breaking the gums. but her screaming, whinning, and pulling and clawing our faces is driving us crazy. we tried baby orajel and teething ring but nothing seems to help. mothers/fathers any suggestions?
2006-11-12 04:37:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
We started freezing different fruits that our lil ones liked. When they would begin teething we would give them a piece of frozen banana or orange and let them naw and suck on them and it seemed to help. Hope that helps....Freezing the teething rings was a change and worked for a lil while. Sugar free popicles are also a neat one....
2006-11-12 04:42:05 · answer #1 · answered by tmjf461 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
what I suggest you do is cut a cool (temperature wise) pear up and give the baby a big chunk so that she can get the juice and its vitamins as well as relieving the pain from her gums. My baby is 15 months old and she is still teething so that is what I do and it works because then she doesn't have to taste the nasty Oragel. They sell these little nets with a gripper at the end and you can put food in them and that can also help with the sensation on her gums as well as her feeding herself. If all else fails you can dab a little Q-Tip soaked in rum and that will probably put her to sleep, but beware she'll wake up cranky and most likely with a headache from this.
Good Luck!!
2006-11-12 04:49:57 · answer #2 · answered by Ms.BusyBody 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ibuprofen and Hyland Teething Tablets.
2006-11-12 04:40:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hyland's Teething Tablets
keep a metal spoon in the freezer for her
wet a baby washcloth and freeze it
ice cube (or "boob cube") in a baby safe feeder (mesh feeding bag thingy)
stalk of cold, hard celery to chew on
massage her gums with your finger (you can also put on one of those nubby fingertip toothbrushes that they make for babies to do this)
2006-11-12 04:45:17 · answer #4 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are a 3rd generation Hyland teething tablet family. My granddaughter just cut her 8th tooth and we bought a vibrating teething toy at Wal-Mart. It worked good for the in between times. Good luck.
2006-11-12 04:51:09 · answer #5 · answered by Renae 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
frozen washclothes
diluted clove oil...
And for your husband a stiff drink...
[Ok and one more thing... I don't like to drug my baby but I breastfeed and I discovered that if *I* take two advil before bed with both sleep better. I had a headache from the screaming]
(It *should* be less than a week now and you will get a break)
2006-11-12 04:45:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
let her chew on a cold, wet washcloth
came back to say I've heard frozen things are too hard on the gums and to put rings or cloths in the fridge. besides, they would be really cold to hold on to.
2006-11-12 04:39:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hyland teething tablets, they are safe, easy to give her, and really work. A damp washcloth that has been in the freezer works well also. good luck
2006-11-12 04:41:53 · answer #8 · answered by Playful_Pandora 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Give her popsicles. It freezes her gums a little and of course she will think you are totally spoiling her. Everybody's happy! Oh, and clip her fingernails. Good Luck!
2006-11-12 04:45:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just give her something cold to chew on...maybe give her some infant tylenol to help with the pain. I let my baby chew on popsicles, with us holding it of course, nice and cold, plus she got some flavor.
2006-11-12 05:20:58 · answer #10 · answered by buckeyefever7 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋