Mummabear - we have an amber necklace here. Got it on amberbebe.com.au. - eli's been wearing it since about 5 mths and while I can't tell you how much it helps with pain (I've got nothing to measure against since he didn't have any teeth then) it definitely stops the drooling! I love it and have had 2 friends try them also and they think it's made a difference for their bubs too.

As for washing the mcn's with other things... That was my own mental issue, I couldn't bring myself to wash the clothes and nappies together!

Sarah, I'm sorry your little girl reacted so badly to the sposies. We were the opposite here, I had the bamboo inserts and E got NR whenever we used the mcn's but only gets a little NR while teething with sposies... Every kid's different but I definitely find there's less NR with the sposies.