[blparent] teething

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi.  When Sarah couldn't sleep from teething pain, I rubbed a dab of Oragel 
on her gums to numb the aching spots.  Be careful--babies can bite fingers 
pretty hard with just their gums!  I would also give her a dose of 
infant-formulated Tylenol at night.  During the day, I had a gadget with a 
ring that she could grasp and a small, fine net sack.  The device, which I 
can't remember the name of, was sold at Target or Wal-Mart in the baby 
section.  It was designed to put pieces of fruit in so that the baby could 
experience the taste without swallowing anything that he might choke on, but 
what I found was that when I put an ice cube in it and then dampened the net 
sack, Sarah would chew on it and be quite soothed till the ice melted.  You 
can also put frozen fruit like chopped grapes in, and that's soothing, but 
it tends to get the baby and everything in the environment very sticky.

Best of luck,
Jo Elizabeth

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From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 4:20 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] teething

> Hi all.  Michael is 7 months old as of today and doing very well.  he is
> growing like a weed, laughing out loud, making new sounds, and teething.
> That's where my question is on teething.  What, if anything, have you all
> done to soothe your baby's gums while he's teething?  I know my parents
> talked about putting booze on the gums but I hear that's not recommended
> now.  Any thoughts?  How do you know when and where the teeth are coming 
> in?
> I can feel little bumps where the bottom two teeth would be coming in.
> Thanks.
>
> Leslie
>
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