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Hi Jackie,
I sometimes use baby orajel at bedtime or motrin. I don't use a lot of the orajel because this will make the entire mouth numb and they could choke. I have all kinds of teething stuff and some she likes and some not. I would also use my own finger if it made her comfortable. Try a cold washcloth and see if he might chew on that. I did notice that once they broke the skin it got better (usually a few days or so). It sounds bad but my mom would use a little rum or wiskey when I was teething, but back then she didn't really have anything like we have now. |
| posted by on 07/30/2007 09:43 PM
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| my 6 month old loves sucking on cold wet wash cloths. he's been sleeping through the night since he was 5 weeks old, so if he wakes up crying, i know it's the teeth. i am really afraid that if i bring him to bed with us, he won't sleep in his bed anymore, so if he wakes up, i give him some motrin and rock him until he falls back to sleep. it's really not as bad as i thought it was going to be. good luck! |
| posted by cathy on 07/30/2007 09:53 PM
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| My daughter started teething when she was 4 months old and my husband and I found that cold, damp washcloths worked out the best. I would wet them a little bit and then stick them in the freezer for a couple of minutes. She wouldn't use the teething rings...she would scream everytime we tried to give her one. |
| posted by Jamie on 07/31/2007 10:18 AM
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| Putting the teethers in the freezer makes them to hard, try putting them in the fridge and have many of them so you can alternate them out when they no longer feel cold. Baby tylenol works best. The topical solutions don't work well because they're surrounded by saliva and just get washed away. There are also mesh bags you can buy at babys r us that you can put an ice cube in. |
| posted by lorena on 07/31/2007 10:56 AM
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| Have you tried Tylonel?? This will definitly help. If you don't want to use Tylonel a lot only give it to him before he goes to sleep. |
| posted by Michelle on 07/31/2007 12:59 PM
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I haven't tried Tylenol yet. Ian ended up sleeping better last night. I may do that if it gets worse at night.
I called my peds this morning about what they would recommend as well as their opinion on Hyland's Teething Tablets (which was recommended by Kathy last night). They basically told me the same thing that I've been learning in here. Wash cloth in the freezer, Tylenol, and maybe Orajel....although that has a tendency to numb a babies entire mouth and can make them even more fussy (which so has turned me off that now). They actually couldn't tell me anything about the teething tablets because they haven't heard of them. I thought that was strange. |
| posted by Jaxon on 07/31/2007 01:40 PM
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| Mackenzie (4 mo) is also teething. Yesterday was probably the worst. I made some apple juice pops (just in the ice cube tray) I didn't freeze them all the way thru that way i could break it up with a spoon and feed her little pieces, she loved it. She also likes the finger tooth brush (made by gerber) it really seems to help her gums. Gerber also makes a tooth and gum cleaner that doesn't have floride, so its safe for them to swallow. I use tylenol only when they really bother her. Good Luck |
| posted by Amanda on 08/01/2007 10:21 AM
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| Teething tablets are the best in my eyes. They work every time for my daughter. |
| posted by lll on 08/01/2007 11:54 AM
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| About that tooth and gum cleaner, my daughter loves me just rubbing the brush on her teeth. At babies r us they have on in a case so it does not get dirty and slips right on your finger. |
| posted by lll on 08/01/2007 11:56 AM
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I asked my doctor too about the teething tablet. Without knowing the ingredient, she could not give me any feedback. She recommended Tylenol or Children's Motrin for teething pain. I'm still planning to use the Tablets.
CVS carries it but never has it in stock...so annoying. Did Ian get his first tooth yet? |
| posted by kathy on 08/01/2007 04:29 PM
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I found them at the Vitamin Shoppe and I want to say I saw something similar at Walgreens...don't quote me though.
It actually looks like he is getting a couple of new teeth. Nothing has popped through yet though. |
| posted by Jaxon on 08/01/2007 06:44 PM
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Jackie
there are so many things out there and you will find one that works for your son ...
for my twins I would give them tylenol every night before sleep and we never had any real bad teething issues other than cranky or not eating the day they were cutting (don't forget drool BLAH!)
during the day I would give them an ice pop (they love Flavor-ice) the tetthers only worked durning play time ... I would give it too them while they played and they would use them, but any other time they would not
if they were fussy because of their teeth at nap time I'd give them some tylenol if they REALLY needed it (knowing I'd be giving it to them at bedtime too I'd keep track of the time) ... I tried orajel (I used the swabs which I really liked since it was not messy) but they would suck on it as soon as I put it on and I just feared how much was getting numb other than their teeth, also it was so short term I did not find it helpful for bedtime
ok I have gone on long enough about this ... sorry
GOOD LUCK
Colleen
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| posted by Colleen on 08/02/2007 01:46 PM
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Veronica my girls LOVED that too (the grins and giggles finger brush)
they love when I use their tooth brush on their teeth and gums now too ...
they also love to rub their gums on a cold wet washcloth |
| posted by Colleen on 08/02/2007 01:49 PM
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| Everyone has a prefrence or I guess their doctors do and my pedi said not to use the orajel or the teething tablets, she said the best thing was to alternate tylenol and motrin, you can every 3 hours (tylenol then 3 hours later motrin) but call your pedi to see how much and how frequent for your little one. This is the only thing that has helped my son he would never take the teething things or the cold wash cloth. He is 17 mos and had some teeth coming in this past week and I had to give him tylenol before bed it lasted for about 3 nights now he seems to be okay and I hate giving him medicine I only do it if he is uncomfortable but it does work and he is a happier baby. Good Luck |
| posted by amy on 08/02/2007 08:18 PM
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