Amber teething necklaces and sleeping.

[Miss E]

Yep.

I started off putting it around DS's ankle everytime I put him down, but it was such a PITA and always seemed to come off.

In the end I decided to just leave it on while he slept. I figured he always slept in his cot and there was absolutely nothing in there that it could get caught on, so it didn't represent a strangling risk. Also, they are designed to break when under pressure, so there is already a very low strangling risk. If it did break then the beads were individually knotted. If he did end up swallowing the one that came loose, they are so small that they would just pass right through. From memory DS was about 5 or 6 months at this stage and he continued to wear it 24/7 up until recently.

HTH

[Fleur]

I started off putting it around DS's ankle everytime I put him down, but it was such a PITA and always seemed to come off.

Same here. Pie got hers at around 8 months, it probably hasn't been off her for at least 12 months now.

We used to take it off for baths & hair washes too but one night it got left off by mistake (didn't go back on after the bath) - it was off for 24 hours all up - never again!

[Ozziehoffy]

Haven't read through all... cos well... I'm being lazy lol...

I have left Elijah's on since he got it... hmmm I think he was around 8 months old? It's on all the time, swimming, bathing, sleeping etc. Most of them I think use the same screw clasp? Those are designed to break under too much pressure... secondly, the size of these necklaces are quite small and to hook onto something would be a fairly difficult feat, especially in a cot where there isn't anything I can think of that it could get hooked on.