Littlepig, the Amber resin is suposoed to act like a panadol, well thats my understanding. It is warmed by the bodies temperature and then moves through the skin. Please correct me if I am wrong
There's this site as well actually and it also has more info on amber.
Some very pretty necklaces etc there and if I'm not mistaken they're cheaper too. Oh, also has a bit about not allowing the bub to wear the necklace whilst unsupervised (so no sleeping in them I guess!).
Looks like it's the acid (I guess that's what you were referring to Boomba ) and the electromagnetic properties that do the trick, but I want to know what they do that will stop my little un from hurting.
I've tried to find out some proven info, rather than just folklore, but all I could find was a wiki thingie that doesn't explain how it works medicinally, just that people used it because they believed it did stuff.
I reckon I'm going to have to buy her one as a xmas pressie and not mention the teething thingie at all
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: edit out link to site that sells necklaces *please read guidelines*
To be honest, I'm not sure how they work - but apparently many chemists in parts of Europe stock them - so if that's true, surely there's something to it?
Plus I've heard many accounts of parents convinced that it helps their kids - and it's not like the kids are tricked and know to act different - if the child's behaviour changes, then I think that's pretty good evidence.
A question for those who use amber teething necklaces and find them to be effective - have you previously used other forms of pain relief (eg: Nurafen, Panadol), and how would you compare the results?
I am interested in trying amber but have only heard about its efficacy from those who have only ever used amber or homeopathic remedies - they have never used conventional pain relief. So it's hard to know what the comparative 'level' of pain relief is - those children may have simply been ones who do not respond as badly to the pain of teething, and thus amber has worked well for them. As panadol, nurafen and SM33 are the only effective treatments so far for my son, and I really prefer not to use them, I wonder if amber would provide a comparable level of pain relief.
sorry girls I forget to reply! We have occasionally used panadol but only at night when he isnt wearing the necklace. also we ahve used it when he has been in lots pain, cause we dont like using panadol! sometimes i think his teeth dont worry him as much as it would other kids, he is pretty cruisy! Sorry this proably doesnt help and my brain is fried cause its so hot
I'll let you guys know, ours are on their way, I've had it up to here with Riv's grumpiness and I know he's teething. But you can't give a toddler a daily dose of nurophen for perpetual grumpiness can you. Even if they don't work, they'll look cool.
But no, not too concerned LJ'sMum, because they're individually knotted, with a clasp that will pull open under pressure. So if for some reason it manages to snap, only one bead should come loose and I'm not too concerned about one bead.
LJsmum Myles often gives his a really big tug and it has broken! Like Nelle said they are individually tied on.
Nelle thay are soo cute on them! people always comment on how funky he looks! lol!
Hi Ladies! For those of you who have asked but are still unsure...
How do they work?
'First off, amber is made for wearing, not chewing. Also, it is a resin, not a stone so it is warm to the touch. It has been known as a natural analgesic, helping to fight inflammation, infections and respiratory disease. By placing amber next to your baby's skin, the warmth releases healing oils, which are then absorbed via the skin into the bloodstream. The oils released from amber contain succinic acid. Recent scientific research has proved that succinic acid has a beneficial affect on the human body: stimulating the thyroid glands to help reduce drooling and soothe red inflamed cheeks as well as having calmative, analgesic, antispasmodic, expectorant, and febrifuge (anti-fever) functions.'
HTH
ETA: Re: Chocking
'When buying an amber necklace, make sure you buy genuine amber made from Baltic amber. Also, ensure that each bead is individually hand-knotted so that all the beads remain intact whatever happens to the necklace so there is no danger of choking.'
Deanne.
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I read the info you posted on one of the websites selling amber necklaces and that's what actually prompted me to ask how they worked.
I know it gives info re: the historical applications for amber and amber oils and that amber is warmed by the body and releases succinic acid. But I've since discovered that because amber is actually a fossilised resin (so it is more stone than resin - like coal I guess... or not really!) it needs to be softened before the oils are released. In ancient times, the amber used to be reduced to a coarse powder and heating to a few hundred degrees in oil to make the amber oil remedies and poultices that people used.
I found out that it softened at 150C (320F), which is way hotter than external body temp (obviously!), and a melting point way in excess of this.
So I wonder how much oil can actually be released from the warmth of a babies body and as such do they really have painkilling properties, or is it just a placebo effect (perhaps more on mummy than baby!). Or maybe just that people were using other methods to help with teething at the same time.
I so want them to work, but my husband is a research scientist and I really do have to try very hard to convince him on things like this (hence all the questions!).
Plus, seeing as most people seem to be using other methods of helping the pain etc at the same time, he's going to tell me it will mean that the other products are interferring with the results. Now, if I could persuade a group of you to give your kids nothing at all to help, another group to use the necklaces and another to use only panadol for example, then that would be a valid experiment... any takers?
Kerry - if you could do that research you'd be a world saviour!
I know that if Pip's not wearing the necklace, then we need to use panadol. If he's wearing the necklace, then we don't use panadol.
I think it comes down to the same stuff as natropathic remedies/homeopathic remedies. Science shows that the active ingredients are so diluted they have no medical effect, yet they still seem to work. The current theory is that the resonance of the carrier is affected by the ingredients... Are children able to follow a placebo effect? I don't think so, not at the ages we're talking about. We've started Pip on some homeopathic remedies for his recurring snot, and it seems to be working..
Yeah, I think I'd need to find a bigger test population though to satisfy my hubby
I like the Hylands tablets as they seem to work, but I don't know if it's because she is distracted by having the little tablets in her mouth, or if they actually do anything. I guess the amber necklaces would be more of a distraction than a placebo too.
I think that the research would be really interesting too...
Just thought that i would add
Molly Jane has not really paid any attention to her necklace at all...
She has had it on for about 3 months now and has not pulled or played with the necklace, so as for it being a distraction, its not (well not in our house anyway)
I have also use camomillia (homeo treatment) at night when she is quite grumpy... dont know if that did anything really so we have discontinued that.
Havent used any panadol or the link, BUT we still dont have teeth yet so i am really not a useful source of information
Well, we just received our first amber necklace today. I haven't put it on him yet, but it's excellent timing because he's cutting his very first tooth today!
He's been very grizzly and restless for days (now we know why!). So when I put the necklace on him tomorrow, I should see a difference as we've been having to give him panadol & Brauer teething relief.
Yeah we got ours Wednesday. Hard to tell the effect really...since Si's not teething, and today I also fed Riv earlier on in the day (main meal at lunch) which probably made a difference with behaviour too...
The thing is though, we didn't spend too much on the necklaces, and they look so cool. So I don't care if they don't do anything. Will come back and report if I do notice anything, for example, unusual behaviour if they go without the necklace or something.
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) and the electromagnetic properties that do the trick, but I want to know what they do that will stop my little un from hurting.
We have occasionally used panadol but only at night when he isnt wearing the necklace. also we ahve used it when he has been in lots pain, cause we dont like using panadol! sometimes i think his teeth dont worry him as much as it would other kids, he is pretty cruisy! Sorry this proably doesnt help and my brain is fried cause its so hot 
so i am really not a useful source of information 
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