my 8 month daughter is teething and is in pain. any suggestions for soothing her discomfort?

Answer 1

Put pressure on her gums where the tooth is coming in. Putting pressure on the area where she's teething will relieve the pain. Let her chew on your fingers or safe toys.

Try a refrigerated teething ring (not frozen or it can bruise her gums and cause frostbite).

Refrigerate a wet washcloth and let her chew on that for awhile. The pressure from chewing on it will relieve the pain, and the cold water will feel good too.

Answer 2

So far you're doing things right!! A fever over 101.5 is generally not related to teeth. What way are you taking her temperature? If it's rectally, then you can trust the reading. If it's under her arm, you can not. If it's in one ear, try the other. If you get a different reading in the other ear, it could be an infection in her ear. (It's not a reliable way to know anything though!!) You say your daughter is crying. Is it the "pay attention to me I want mommy and only mommy" kind of cry, or is it the wailing "OWIE" kind of cry? That makes a difference. If it's the former, then indulge her a little. If she's wailing like she's in pain, then that's a different story. I would touch base with her pediatrician for their advice as to how to proceed from here. I would NOT rush to the ER until you speak to her doctor. If it's the first day of fever, you'll be wasting an entire night sitting in the ER for a doctor who sees one child a year to tell you it's nothing and to see her pediatrician tomorrow. (most ER docs have little to no experience with children, especially small ones, unless you go to a specific Pediatric ER, and there's not many of those around.) In the meantime, offer her something cool to drink. While you're waiting to for the pediatrician to call you back, think about these things - because they'll probably ask you: (write 'em down if necessary) 1. When was her last wet diaper? 2. How long has she had the fever? 3. How much Tylenol did you give and at what time? 4. What has she had to eat or drink? 5. Has she been playing today at all, was this a sudden occurance or has she been not herself all day? These are all important things to tell the doctor so they can assess how you should proceed thru the night. Good luck! I hope she feels better!!

Answer 3

Hylands Teething Tablets or Little Teethers teething tablets made by the same people as little noses is the best thing out there. Give them regularly as directed and you will see a huge difference. And it can be given in conjunction with Tylenol.

I also found my son loved the little Ice Pops You know the tubes of liquid that you freeze. The cold helped his gums, the hardness helped the teeth come through, and the flavor had him actually use it, where he spit out the teethers.

Oragel tastes terrible, numbs everything, and is only a short term fix.

Good Luck!!

Answer 4

Ora Gel, Anbesol, teething rings, cold wash cloth, (my mom used to keep a wet wash cloth in a plastic bag in the freezer when my sister was teething and would take it out of the bag to let my sister bite on)

Answer 5

the best thing i found for teething was a homeopathic product called Hylands teething relief, it is a natural product, small tablets that dissolve on baby's tongue. i felt better about using them than those teething gels that numb the mouth etc. have a look at hylands.com to find where to buy it. good luck!

Answer 6

some baby tylonel something hard like carrot to munch on teething toys that can be frozen, popsicle. hope this helps

Answer 7

if you have any jelly tethers, make shore you can freeze them , and stick them in the freezer for about 2 hours and the give the tether to her. the cold usually feels good against the baby's gums and can soothe the pain.

Answer 8

A frozen wash cloth to chew on

Answer 9

a cold teething ring

Answer 10

Bonjela gel or a cold carrot