THanks for your quick reply Caro. That gel stuff sounds great but he just won't let me near his mouth AT ALL unless it's with a nipple! I might chuck a wet facewasher in teh freezer for him to chew and yeap I have some of those teething rings - I am an idiot, I forgot about those! (it's amazing how quickly you forget between kids I reckon lol!). He's just sooooo not himself. Poor munchkin.