Teething Biscuts

Hi, M.. I honestly didn't read the other advice, so if this is repetitive, I'm sorry! I gave my son a teething biscuit at 9 months old. He was in his high chair and I was 4 feet from him doing dishes. All of a sudden, I heard this gagging/choking sound. I look over and my son is struggling for breath. I removed him from the high chair and gave him the Heinlick (spelling?), then he shot out the top of the teething biscuit. He had gnawed on the buiscit and the top portion (size of a quarter), broke of in his mouth and he choked on it. I have never been so terrified in my life. I held on to him as he cried, b/c it really scared him. So my advice would be to NEVER use them.

Some things I have tried since:
frozen wash cloth to chew on
Baby Orajel
Tylenol
Hyland's teeething tablets

Good luck, teething is so hard!

My baby loved the gerber teething biscuits at 5 months. One time he did bite off a chunk and cough on it a bit... I just took it out of his mouth. You just have to watch them with it and take it away if it looks like they will take a chunk off. The toast sticks work great too. Teething biscuits were a life saver... kept baby happy and entertained and in my personal opinion, they are much safer than using motrin constantly. A doctor told me once you should never use motrin unless there is a fever present.

I hated those. So messy. Try a mini frozen bagel. That seemed to work for us.

Baby Orajel has worked wonders for all three of my kids.

I used to use a wet washcloth. Seemed to keep my kids happy for a bit!

We didn't use the teething biscuits but we used the Zwieback toast - it can fall apart, but as the baby chews the pieces soften. Our son really liked them. We also used the mesh teething bags and filled them with frozen fruit or sometimes ice if he was having a really hard time with a tooth. We also used a cold wet washrag - he loved chewing on that as our son wasn't so interested in the teething rings either. Good luck - it's rough, but just another milestone!!!!!!!!

I personally would skip it! They just make a huge mess and unles baby knows hoe to chew pickes of food there can be a high risk of a piece getting stuck in his throat. Which can turn scarry fast!! I skipped it with my little ones simple because I was scared of something bad happening and it will do no difference than a teething rings! Good luck!

hi did you try cold cucamber?

Hi M.
I have used the finger tooth brsuh and wash clothes before. i agree with the other mom who said biscuits area mess and they do not help with teething. i started feeding them at 6 months.
I think Motrin and a clean finger is a good idea too. Also the bibs with teething things on the corners work well.
B. B.

I used teething biscuts more to get them used to food and I personally found that there is not much to do for teething. Unfortunately, you just have to whether through it.

Try putting the teether ring in the refrigerator.

Good luck.

I tried to give my son teething biscuts - but he always was able to bite off a chunk and semi-choke. As he got older he ate up the supply thinking they were cookies. I would recommend either using a piece of frozen apple or pear in a net feeder or putting a necturine or plum in the freezer and letting him naw on that - just watch him if you don't put it in a net. My son never went for the teething ring - and when it was very bad I would give him Motrin. Good Luck!

I, too, am hesitant to use a teething biscuit. They can break into a bunch of pieces and lead to choking. I've used teething rings, wet washcloths, one of those baby finger toothbrushes (I just slip it on my finger and let him go to town!), and even a clean and peeled organic carrot (not a baby carrot)- the carrot is nice and cold, really hard and unlikely to break off any large pieces in his mouth, and big enough that he cannot swallow it.

You can also try baby orajel and/or Hyland's teething tablets for pain relief.

The mesh feeder is also good - it is called the "Baby Safe Feeder" and can be found at BRUs (and probably other places).

I have to say that I am anti-teething biscuit! After fishing a large chunk of a teething biscuit out of my (then) 7 month old daughters throat, I decided to buy one of those "nets". They are available at most stores and are a GOD send. At first I put ice cubes in the net, but after awhile I started freezing slices of fruit for her to gnaw on through the net. She loved it and I felt confident that she would not choke. Another thing that really helped her with teething was a very cold and wet wash cloth. Good luck, teething is such a miserable thing for all parties involved!

I remember when I was 16 and my mom was giving my baby sister a teething biscuit, while she was in her highchair and my mom was sitting right there, keeping an eye on her. My little sister started choking because chunks can come off of those "teething biscuits" and my mom screamed for me to run and get a wet cloth so she could fish it out. My mom was able to dislodge it but is was soooo scarey. I never used those for my kids for that reason. I used a cool wet washcloth or a cool teething ring for mine.

Hi M.,

I too used the "net" thing. I know they have them at Babies R us and I think Target. They were actually invented by a parent who had a baby choke on food. I forget what they are called, but my son loved some slices of cold apple in them and you don't have to worry about choking. I also tried carrots in it too...
good luck!

Hi M.,

Have you tried Motrin or Advil? Tylenol never worked for my son when he was teething. I started giving him teething biscuits around 5 months. We just made sure to give him ones that turned to mush on contact with liquid. We bought them from Whole Foods in the baby section. They were arrowroot starch cookies or something like that?? They were in a green box and the actual cookies were square.

Good luck!!!

N.