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Alternative Comfort Measures for Teething Baby

Monday, March 19th, 2012
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Raise your hand if you have a teething baby! I do! Teething can definitely be hard on the whole family due to sleepless nights and an unhappy baby. Some of the signs/symptoms of teething include:

  • excessive drooling
  • chewing, biting, gnawing objects
  • excessive fussiness
  • low grade fever
  • loose stools
  • vomiting
  • disrupted sleep
  • increase in breastfeeding/comfort nursing
  • decrease in appetite
  • red, inflamed/swollen gums
  • diaper rash

Caring for a teething baby is certainly challenging as it may take some experimenting to find what comfort measures are effective for your baby. Also what works one day, may not work the next. Here are 3 alternative ideas to provide comfort for a teething baby:

  • Amber teething necklace – you may have seen babies (or mamas) wearing Amber necklaces and wondered if they were just a fashionable trend? While babies do look incredibly adorable in them, amber necklaces actually hold healing properties. Wearing amber can help restore energy, provide pain relief, reduce inflammation, and help maintain overall wellness. How can a necklace do that? Baltic Amber is a fossilized tree resin that has a high concentration of succinic acid which is a powerful anti-oxidant that can protect and heal our body. Although these are called teething necklaces, they don’t actually go into baby’s mouth. Rather succinic acid gets absorbed into the skin through contact. Some parents are concerned about the safety of amber teething necklaces. While adult supervision while baby wears necklace is strongly recommended, the necklaces are designed with these key safety features: 1) The thread is knotted after each bead so if the strand should break, loose beads will not scatter everywhere and 2) the clasp is designed and tested to release if excessive force is applied to the necklace.

13 month old teething baby happily playing thanks to two Amber Teething Necklaces

 

  • Breast Milk Popsicle – Often cold objects help soothe inflamed gums. You could just use ice or frozen fruit, however you might consider making breast milk popsicles (also known as “momsicles”) for your teething baby. Pour expressed breast milk into small popsicle molds and freeze. These are also a good option for a sick baby if you are concerned about potential dehydration.

 

  • Teething tablets – Teething tablets are a homeopathic remedy use to reduce the pain and inflammation associated with cutting teeth. They are made of all natural ingredients such as Chamomilla which is known for decreasing irritability. The tablets are white balls about the size of a pine nut. You can place them under baby’s tongue and they will dissolve in saliva or you can dissolve in a teaspoon of water before giving to baby. Teething tablets are a safe, effective, and gentle way to provide relief to teething baby.

Getting through those teething periods can be difficult! We all want to ease our baby’s discomfort quickly and ensure adequate sleep for everyone! What has worked to comfort your teething baby? Would love to hear your tried and true methods! :)

-Sarah

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Sunday Funday Giveaway: Baltic Amber Adult Necklace

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
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Most of our giveaways are items for baby, but this giveaway is just for mama! It’s for a 17″ Baltic Amber necklace .  Now you might be thinking, wait a minute I thought those necklaces were to help with teething, why would an adult wear one?  Yes, they are very effective in comforting teething babies, however that is not the only use of amber. Baltic amber contains succinic acid which is a powerful anti-oxidant that can protect and heal our body. Wearing amber can help restore energy, provide pain relief, reduce inflammation, and help maintain overall wellness. I wear an amber necklace everyday and can personally attest to the curative power of baltic amber. I strongly believe it has had positive impact on my running and kept me injury/pain free! In addition to the amazing benefits of amber, I also happen to really like the ‘look’ of amber. It has a beautiful, earthy appearance that is neutral enough to compliment pretty much my entire casual wardrobe. I wear mine daily and feel kind of ‘naked’ on the rare occasion I don’t have it on. I also have a habit of rolling the beads between my fingers if I am feeling nervous or anxious. As silly as it sounds, I believe this unconscious ritual is calming because it actually helps release the succinic acid into my skin.

Would you like to experience the benefits of Baltic Amber for yourself? Be sure to enter this week’s giveaway for your chance to win a FREE 17″ Baltic Amber Adult Necklace.
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Sunday Funday Giveaway | Baltic Amber Necklace

Sunday, September 11th, 2011
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It’s time for our first Sunday Funday Giveaway!

Caring for a teething baby can be really challenging. In some cases even determining if your child is in fact teething is difficult. Sometimes it is only after the tooth appears you realize “oh, well that explains why they were being super fussy the past few days”. And even when you do know they are teething, knowing what to do to ease their discomfort can be confusing since a baby’s means of communication is so limited. There are many available options to comfort a teething baby, however one lesser known natural teething remedy is the use of Baltic Amber.

What is Baltic Amber? It’s a fossilized tree resin that has a high concentration of succinic acid. Okay, well now you are probably wondering what is succinic acid? It’s a powerful anti-oxidant that can protect and heal our body. The healing power of Baltic Amber has been known in Europe for centuries. Only more recently has science confirmed what ancient Europeans discovered long ago.

I can personally attest to the soothing powers of Baltic Amber jewelry. When my second son was around 5 months old

Beautiful and functional!

I got him his first amber necklace. We experienced very little, if any, fussiness due to teething discomfort. Since it is rare to see a necklace on such a young baby, people would often comment on his necklace. My older son noticed all the attention the necklace brought his brother and asked me if he could have a necklace too. So I got a matching one for him. Now they drew even more attention as people were always curious about my boys’ necklaces. Whenever I would tell people about the benefits of Baltic Amber, they would ask me if it actually works. I decided to get an amber necklace for myself to see what I thought. From the first day of wearing mine I was convinced that amber is remarkable stuff! And I happen to think it’s super cute on babies and mamas. I wear one daily now, as do my children. We love our amber necklaces and deeply appreciate their curative powers.

 

Would you like to win a Baltic Amber Necklace for your child? Enter BELOW today to win?!

Have a teether and can’t wait? We have several styles to choose from! Use the coupon AMBERWORKS for a 20% discount on all amber styles available for adults and children through 9.17.11 at Mom’s Milk Boutique!

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