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  • Water filled or chilled rubber teething toys?

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  • some other teething gel?

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    Teething - a poll for parents

    What do you use for your baby's teething pains?

    It's my 3rd daughter - we normally use Bonjella and this helps take her mind off things for a while - but is there something better out there?

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    Last edited by RoganJosh; 11-03-2009 at 05:22 PM. Reason: spelt baby "bay"
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    Re: Teething - a poll for parents

    calpol, most epic thing in the world
    Someone left a note on a piece of cake in the fridge that said, "Do not eat!". I ate the cake and left a note saying, "Yuck, who the hell eats paper ?

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    Re: Teething - a poll for parents

    aye - we use calpol too - although administering can be a bit sticky
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    Re: Teething - a poll for parents

    Dentinox is FTW, after four kids it gets my seal of approval for teething gel. Otherwise infant ibuprofen &/or infant paracetamol. Unless they have asthma, then ibuprofen is a no-no.
    But having said that research has shown that using paracetamol as a baby increases your risk of developing asthma about five years later by about 46%. Tho nobody as yet has been able to prove how.

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    Re: Teething - a poll for parents

    Quote Originally Posted by 0iD View Post
    But having said that research has shown that using paracetamol as a baby increases your risk of developing asthma about five years later by about 46%. Tho nobody as yet has been able to prove how.
    thats quite scary tbh.

    We're struggling with teething, right now. Poor little spud, he can be happily eating and then he just screams and then wont touch food for ages He's a hard little tryer though...

    Teething gel is a nightmare to apply, and so we use infant ibuprofen.. but not often. He likes to chew my finger tips the most, and whle it hurts like hell, it's no worse than being bitten by my dogs, which has occured a million timesd when I play with them.

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    I always liked Biccipegs as a finger substitute, they soon find they taste infinately better
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    Re: Teething - a poll for parents

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    I always liked Biccipegs as a finger substitute, they soon find they taste infinately better
    nah...he likes blood..... and is scared of the sun...
    dya think it's a worry?

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    Re: Teething - a poll for parents

    Yup, we avoid paracetamol for our kids. Indonesia - a country where the use of paracetamol for kids has exploded over the last 10 years - has seen a massive rise in asthma recently. Although that could be attributed to the huge rise in pollution levels.

    We stick with Ibuprofen, bonjella & chilled chew toys...
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    Re: Teething - a poll for parents

    My little en just got on with it. If we did ever consider he was seriously in pain we'd give him a dose of Calpol.

    Research will always show something or other in a bad way, but lets remember people of the 'parenting' generation had toys with lead paint, cars without cat convertors and all kinds of other bad things. We're still here aren't we?

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    Re: Teething - a poll for parents

    Bonjela (or Cal___ equivalent) and Calpol. Rinse and repeat.

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    Re: Teething - a poll for parents

    A mixture of bonjella and calpol-alike here normally seems to do the trick, but we are admittedly at fairly early stages in the teething process..

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    Re: Teething - a poll for parents

    I'd forgotten biccipegs, I haven't used those since our first.
    I was unaware of the paracetamol/asthma link, I grew up with many asthma sufferers in Malawi and it was attributed to either a certain plant (the name of which escapes me) which produced loads of pollen or an anti-malaria drug, but nobody used paracetamol to my knowledge.
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    Re: Teething - a poll for parents

    Everything. Going through this with our little boy now, have done for the last few months off and on. We also found teething powder helped suprisingly well, especially in the middle of the night, although they seem to get less effective the older they get. I have also found that gels only really help once the teeth start cutting through the gum, calpol is best when they are moving through the jaw.

    My little boy loves the taste do calpol, but to avoid those sticky times when they are really upset we squirt it in his mouth with a seringe (how do you spell it?).
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    Re: Teething - a poll for parents

    Ashton & Parsons Teething Powders.

    They're a herbal remedy but they certainly help(ed) our little one through all his teething pains over the last 18 months or so. They do a wonderful job of calming him down and making him less fretful. Lots of our friends swear by them as well.

    http://www.thebabywebsite.com/review...ng_Powders.htm

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    What about frozen calpol - I'm suprised nobody's thought of that

    Surely that would be a win-win situation as you'll not get the sticky mess from it all over and the cold from the frozen mixture would also assist in cooling and soothing the teething pains.

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    Re: Teething - a poll for parents

    Quote Originally Posted by adrianslack View Post
    Ashton & Parsons Teething Powders.

    They're a herbal remedy but they certainly help(ed) our little one through all his teething pains over the last 18 months or so. They do a wonderful job of calming him down and making him less fretful. Lots of our friends swear by them as well.

    http://www.thebabywebsite.com/review...ng_Powders.htm
    I forgot about this, used on my youngest & was a winning combo with Dentinox.
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