K.N.
We let my son teethe on wooden blocks until he started eating them. We also have bite marks on several pieces of furniture. Both kids had horrible, long, drawn out teething - even our pediatrician was surprised. He made comments of "I was surethey would be in by now" when we took my daughter in to check for a possible ear infection. She had scratched until her ear bled! What worked (sometimes) was that mesh teether you can put ice cubes in, so that they don't choke. Also, wet and freeze washclothes. Hylands teething tablets (available at Walgreens, and other places), which are homeopathic, helped some, because I did not want to give motrin continuously. My son hated baby oragel and any of those, but my they helped for my daughter. We stuck to cloth books, unless I was in arms reach, and NO wooden toys. If bits came off of other toys, away they went - safety first! Oh, we also tried dog toys, my sister-in-law said they used those for working with special needs kids who had issues with chewing on things. Kids ended up trying to give those to our dogs (dogs had larger versions, maybe that confused the kids). At almost 6, my son still sucks his thumb, and at almost 4, my daughter starts putting EVERYTHING into her mouth whenever she has a growth spurt. Good luck!