Does anybody have any advice on alleviating awful teething pain?
My 12 month-old grandson is working on his 8th tooth. He's into his molars now, and every time he cuts a tooth it's just awful. His gums swell, tons of slobbering, etc.
I know it's not something dentists want, but we have tried giving him Tylenol, Dr. Hyland's Teething Tablets, and we've rubbed his gums with Baby Orajel. Nothing seems to help.
Do you have any advice? What did you do to help your Little One get through teething?
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My little one got her first two teeth before three months so i've tried a lot of things lol. I found when my daughter was getting her molars i switched her to Nuby teethers they have special teethers made for certin teeth comming in. She also liked the gummy gel type on the outside. I also heard a lot of good reviews from the baltic amber necklace though i can't bring myself to use it considering we have two teeth left then were done and i just dont like putting anything around my daughters neck!! also i would give my daughter ice cubes i made sure they were small enough that if she swallowed them they would just slide right down made her teeth/gums feel good (made for a wet carpet but i didn't care) and she didn't have to hold a toy that was freezing cold. Good luck!!!!!!!
I would love some tips on this. My 17 month old is getting his molars I believe. We didn't really have a problem with his other teeth but now he screams throughout the night. I took him to the doctor but they didn't find anything wrong other than him probably cutting teeth.
My son doesn't believe in giving his son tylenol on a regular basis when a tooth is coming in, and we are at odds over it. I told him, as a nurse, I did not believe in watching someone in pain when there was something I could possibly do about it. It's not fair to make the baby hurt just because he's a baby and can't say anything. I also use colic calm, and that calms him down till the tylenol kicks in, but these things only last a certain period of time, so baby mom and I keep him on a schedule, and it does help somewhat. I just wish I could help him more.
I used to put on one of those rubber baby toothbrushes that you wear on your finger and massage his gums until the Tylenol kicked in, and rub in some baby Orajel just before he went to sleep. It worked the majority of the time.
Nothing seemed to work for my daughter..We tried Advil, but I'm not sure if it did any good. Advil is better for swollen gums and teething than Tylenol so I don't know why everyone chooses Tylenol.
My son had 13 teeth by the time he was 12 months old, he'd get 2-4 at a time so i know how hard it is to see them in pain and not be able to do anything. Tylenol helped my son somewhat, but not much. The only thing that seemed to help was giving him really cold fruit or snacks that he could chew on. Strawberries are a good one.
My friends suggested giving him a cold or frozen wash cloth to chew on, he never liked it but it may work for you. Hang in there!
My mom said when I was teething she soaked washclothes in water and put them in the freezer. She'd turn and twist them so there were different angles to wedge into different places for chewing. She said the cold numbed the gums and the texture massaged my gums, but also helped getting rid of skin so the tooth could break through faster.
Besides that, she never mentioned my being in pain or having to do anything to break pain, so that's all I have.
Sometimes you just have to ride it out. Don't worry if routines get messed up, that's not even important. If he won't sleep, get him up and give him lots of cuddles. If he sleeps with a pillow, keep his head as high as possible. A kids painkiller with an anti inflammatory in it helps more than one that's just a painkiller. Ice cold things to chew on. Try pineapple or celery from the freezer. Rusks. Amber necklaces - I swear by them. Once my son broke his and cut another tooth while I was waiting for a replacement. MASSIVE difference. Oh and my son loves his nuby teething ring.. the colourful bugs one. Haven't met a kid yet who will give that up lol.
@Pollypinks@xanga - I don't use pain relief either, normally. If it is super bad or my son has a fall I might but my house is a primarily drug free house. I don't even keep panadol or anything for me in the house. I understand how you feel about not letting someone be in pain when you can do something about it though, and that's the breaking point for me. It's way too hard to watch your own kids hurting when you can take that away so easily.
Many times I can successfully us herbal medication that helps with the teething. We used its with colic, and it really did work. I remember thirty some years ago my neighbor had a baby suffering from colic, but she didn't believe in medicating him. I remember asking her how she could watch her innocent child suffer, when she, needing migraine medication, didn't budge at all. I remember her crying, stating she never thought of it that way. Never thought of it that way! Couldn't believe my ears. Dr. Hylands teething pills sometimes work well, and they don't have anything nasty in them. My grand baby's mom and I just made a pact months ago that if we could stop any pain with the baby, we would. I think I had a horrid case of colic, according to my dad, but I think it went further than that, because the whole family laughs about me rocking back and forth and crying for very long periods of time. A little comfort would have been nice, I think.
I've moved my approach to that of a nursing one, and I can usually get him comfortable within 30 minutes, and that lasts 4 hours. Tylenol, plus Colic Calm, to bring the crying and pain down, and sometimes testing tablets at the same time. Then I rock him and hold him, walking about the house, until the stress has come down considerably. Usually the Colic Calm will help with sleep, which with our little guy is much needed by this time. And he wakes up one or two hours later feeling just fine, ready for a really cold bottle, or, even some food. I'm of the belief that whatever works, go for it, in moderation. I mean, I have 3 autoimmune disorders, and I don't let myself get in that kind of pain.
my little guy doesnt really like anything in particular, and nothing really works well enough that i would swear by it. of course he is cutting 4 molars at one time right now. >.
when nothing works, a cup full of cold liquid and quiet time in his crib.
We do the mini popsicles with my 21 month old. They're small enough so that he can maneuver them wherever he's hurting (we did four molars at once), and it soothed/distracted him from the pain. With my eldest (now 15), we used strips of beef jerky. He was old enough to not choke if he gnawed a piece off, but there was something about the salt and the texture that made him so much happier. Not to mention, again, maneuverability and it helped break the teeth through the gums. Of course, never leave the child unsupervised.
We do do Tylenol, Orajel Naturals and and Hylands Teething Tablets, too, especially at night.