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hi all
I just got my teething necklace for bubs and from what i have read it only needs to be taken off for water activities..
is it really safe to wear while bubs is sleeping?
im extremly paranoid ... it does have the cotton string so any force and it will snap but i dont know im just so paranoid... if anything was to happen i would never forgive myself
When does your bubs wear theirs?
We love ours! Hope you love yours too. Ds doesnt wear his to bed at night but wears it all day and even when swimming whoops:)
I have wanted to leave it on him all the time but DH wont let me. So I take it off before he has a bath and then it goes on as soon as he wakes in the morning! HTH Good luck xxx
so even for his day sleeps he wears it?
Yeah we only take it off at night. I always make sure its under his clothes so he cant get it iykwim.
Ok - dumb question - what are they and what do they do??
Baltic Amber teething Necklaces
How does amber work
Baltic amber teething necklaces are made to be worn by teething children to provide them with natural pain relief from teething symptoms, they are ideal for both boys and girls to wear.
I just got mine today and put it on DD, i totally forgot about it and DH put her to bed! So after reading this i snuck in and took it off! Thanks for reminding me. :D
where can you get them from?
i got mine of ebay for $25
you can get them from darlings downunder thought
you can get them from [link removed. Please refer to forum guidelines] - there's a bit about it in the teething relief sticky.
I've been thinking about getting one to try, but I'm pretty sceptical - has anyone who is using them convinced that they work? Or are you all dosing your bubs with other stuff too, so can't really tell?
I want one anyway cos they're pretty, but need to convince my hubby that they'll work first! :D
MJ wears hers all day everyday and is only taken off for bath time and swimming.
We forgot to put it back on one night and didnt we know about it!!! MJ doent have panadol, but gets bonjella if really sore and rubbing cheeks and puling ears etc etc
She has never played with hers either and we tuck it under her singlets etc so it cant get caught on anything
ETA - be careful of the cheap ones, they are not baltic amber, so will not work - read up one baltic amber first... the ones from amberbebe come with an amber certificate etc
Myles is a different child without his on! He has been wearing his since about 3 months I think and the first 2 teeth cam through without me even knowing?
We only very rarely give him panadol and its before he goes to bed cuase he doesnt have the necklace on!
so some people wear to bed and some dont?
We wear to bed - the CC took it off him for some reason and he wasn't wearing it for 3 days - didn't we know it! The molars came through with no pain relief ... same with the eye teeth ... everyone now knows its his.
We also wear it for showers.
do they just wear them , or do they teethee on them ( stupid q i know , but some one has to ask !!)
they just wear it - they don't chew on it at all (its cotton after all)
Caeleb wears his only during the day. He wears it for day sleeps. It does suggest that they can be worn full time, but wold you really want to take the risk?
I got mine from Ebay too. I hope it's authentic...
I still don't get how they work! Anyone able to explain it? I had thought maybe they chewed on them or something, but seems like they just wear it...? :confused:
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 ;)
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.
I was really doubtful on the whole homeopathic remedy thing too, but now I've been using the Hylands (sp) tablets and they've worked wonders!
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.
I would love to know the answers to the questions that Suse asked as well.:D
sorry girls I forget to reply! :redface: 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 also assumed they chewed on them!!! Now I read that they just WEAR them! isn't anyone scared they might break and be swallowed?
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. :D
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.
Hi Deanne - Firstly, good luck with the wait! :D
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!). :rolleyes:
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..
Good luck!
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 :rofl: so i am really not a useful source of information :p
Double post
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.
Will let you know how it goes!
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. :p Will come back and report if I do notice anything, for example, unusual behaviour if they go without the necklace or something.
You mean you feed him Nelle...? Crumbs, I knew I was forgetting to do something. No wonder E's cranky. And all this time I thought it was teeth. :nahnah::
Nettie, will look forward to your review! We're in the throes of teething now, so maybe I should just bite the bullet and get one.
bilby wears hers all day (including to childcare). she fiddles with it a little bit, but doesn't yank it. it's long enough she could attempt to chew on it, but she doesn't do this.
although it gets taken off for nightly bath, i've noticed her sleeping better since she's been wearign it (for day use). She is still teething, cos i've noticed her hands in her mouth and drooling, but we are not using panadol or bonjella like i would normally need to, at this stage.
the beads do look lovely on, i'm a skeptic, but initial results are quite promising.
we were lucky enough to get given one for a birthday pressie for bilbs. (I was planning to buy one about now anyhoo - i'm a bit slow).
Haha Suse, don't you start too - it's all anyone says - 'don't you FEED that child'? Not my fault he loves food so much. He had a MASSIVE bowl of Tortellini for lunch, and some carrot sticks and a drink. First thing he does when he leaves the table is heads to the cupboard and asks for rice crackers.
I don't want to starve him, but I really can't believe that he's hungry, I think he just really enjoys eating! My little foodie...
You know, I thought the boys would fiddle with theirs too, but they don't touch them. Guess cos they're so light, and they can't really see them.