1 Year Old Teething

does she chew on anything? It is hard to know what to do - facing the same problem with my 7 month old (who has no teeth, but I think that they are coming in!) interested in hearing what others say!

Have you tried the Baby Orajel...it would only work temporarily but then you could do that with some Tylenol and then the Tylenol/Motrin has a chance to take effect.

Does she drink bottles? Maybe a bottle filled with ice water...she might chew on the nipple but...it would make her feel better...

I would just keep offering her different things to try - cold washcloth, teething rings in fridge, eventually she will find something that she enjoys...

It took us several different teething rings before our daughter found one she "liked"

I guess that's why they make them in so many styles - everyone is different

Infant Ibuprofin (the generic kind) helped my daughter a lot at night. I would give her a dose about 1 hour before bedtime and it would help take the edge off for her. I could tell because the nights I didn't give it to her she would be very fussy and have a hard time getting to sleep. If you give it to her right before bed it may not seem to help because it hasn't had time to take affect yet (it usually takes around 30 min).

If she doesn't like cold things to chew, I would suggest giving her a toothbrush to chew on. That was my daughters favorite teething "toy". I discovered this because she was cutting a bottom tooth and was fussy in the car one day, and I didn't have any toys with us. I did have the free toothbrush I got at the dentist so I gave it to her out of desperation. She loved it. Now at 2yrs old she still uses a toothbrush when teething (her 2yr molars now). A straw also works well, my daughter will bend it in half and she can get it right where she wants it.

If you have one of those mesh feeders, I would suggest an ice cube in one of those. My daughter didn't like the washcloth or other cold things but she loved a plain ice cube in the mesh feeder.

Both Baltic amber and hazelwood necklaces help with teething. Neither are meant to chew on though.

The amber releases natural oils into the skin as it is warmed by body heat. Te oils are a natural analgesic (pain killer). Amber oils also help support the immune system.

Hazelwood works by absorbing excess acidity in the body because the wood is an alkaline wood and seeks to balance its Ph by absorbing any acidity in comes in contact with. Since the wood and our skin are both porous, this process happens naturally. Hazelwood also often helps with eczema (that's why we started using it initially and have been amazed by the results for our dd!), reflux, and other issues related to excess acidity.

Both the amber and hazelwood necklaces are available at www.hazelaid.com and both are super cute and made to be safe for little ones to wear (with parental supervision of course!).

Hope you find some relief for your LO!

Some natural rememdies:

Amber Teething Necklaces work wonders! They wear them (don't chew on them) and the oils in the amber are wamred by the body and absorbed into the skin offering pain relief.

Punkin Butt Teething Oil is awesome too. I had it formulated by an Aromatherapist when I was worried about my daughter's teething and about her consuming too much pain medicine that can build up in her liver.

http://www.punkinbutt.com/punkin-butt-teething-p-1893.html

Since cold rags don't work, have you tried cold carrots or other food to gnaw on? Sometimes just biting on something that is sweet helps them enjoy chewing on something cold and to get a little relief.

A.

Try honey and lemon. Put it on with your finger. Old wives treatment.

There are vibrating teething toys my daughter liked and some training tooth pastes come with a little rubber cleaner for gums that goes onto the end of your finger. You can massage her gums and the toothpaste tastes good. My daughter also liked to naw on frozen food, like frozen mini pancakes or waffles. I also agree with using baby orajel, it helped to get my daughter back to sleep and with giving other meds time to take affect.

Have you tried gum-o-mile? 100% natural oil that temporarily numbs the gum. It works for my daughter so it might be helpful.

The best thing you can do is just Motrin... it will reduce the swelling, and swelling is what is causing the pain. You need to keep her on a regular schedule of Motrin though.

Hi J.!

Poor little thing; teething is so rough. We definitely used the Hyland's teething tabs, and they make a gel as well, so that might be worth trying. The other thing that was helpful during the day was the little food pouch. They're meshy, and you can put all kinds of food in them so the kid can bite and suck on it, and the food comes out in a non-chokeable way. We always put frozen fruit in it--stuffed it full--so our son could work it around on the painful parts. He loved it; it seemed to sooth him, and he loves his fruit! The fact that it's fruit might help her get over the coldness of it. I hope you find some things that work.

Best,
L.

Hi,
This sounded weird to me - but it TOTALLY WORKS. Clove Oil. you get it at GNC. it's 5.00 and it's amazing!!!
put it on the babies toes, and put sock on the baby...
because of nerve endings in the feet, it helps the baby feel better. Strange, I know - but at least try it!!! I heard it and didn't really believe that it worked. But it does. Make sure not to get any in the babies mouth, cause it will sting..
It took about 2 minutes to calm my son down, and was a last ditch effort, but man! I'm glad we tried it!!
Good luck to you both!

J.,

Both of my kids were like your daughter. If it wasn't room temperature they wanted nothing to do with it. They both liked the teething toys that they could chew on the different textures and varying resistances. Another thing that worked well was the baby Oragel night time formula. I remember once I had a trace amount on my finger after applying it to sore, swollen gums and without thinking I licked my finger clean. **My** mouth went numb with that trace amount. The little tube suggests applying about a pea sized amount to the painful area.

Hope this helps,
Melissa

J.,
When my little guy was teething, we found that anything crunchy helped. He loved to chew ice chips which may not help you. Pretzels, cereals, carrots & apples were my son's favorites. You mentioned that the pain seems to be worse at night, so you'd probably want to chase everything down with water after she eats.

You might want to try letting her rub a tooth brush on her teeth.

OraGel helped us too. At times it took my husband and me holding his arms & legs down and prying his mouth open, but once we got it in there, he did settle down.

The good thing in all of this is that teething doesn't last forever.