Need Suggestions to Help with 12 Week Old Cutting First Tooth

Get some Highland's teething tablets from a health food store. They are homeopathic and made for babies. They dissolve instantly in their mouth. Works wonders

My 4 month old is doing the same thing. Try Hylands Teething Tablets (available at Whole Foods, Central Market, Sprouts, etc..). These have helped quite a bit. Best wishes!

Hello I was recently in a store and this lady noticed my 9 month old drooling and chewing all over her toy and told me that she used to work in a dentist office.She told me to freeze a dill pickle and then let her chew on it.She said the salt from the pickle helps the gum tissue thin out so the teeth can drop down.I tried this and in a few days my daughters teeth came through.You do have to watch closely cause as the pickle thaws out they could get some pieces of it off.

Hi J.,
Congratulations on your new sweet Angel! :) A dear friend of mine recommended Hylands Teething tablets (very small pills) for teething and they work WONDFERFULLY!! I am the mother of 3 - 14 year old, 9 year old and a 10 month old. When my baby began teething, I was a bit out of the loop to say the least considering the age gap. :) The tablets are by far the best ones to use - I prefer them to the orajel gel. The other thing I've used is a wash cloth from the freezer - rubbing it on the gums helps to soothe them. You just place the washcloth around a finger and gently rub her gums - she'll love that. :)
Hope this helps!!
Blessings to you and your Angel!

have you tried the homeopathic remedy by highland for teething? these are now sold even at wmart or any nicer grocery store..here in abilene the united at s. 14th carries a lot of nice things..they really do work well. two daughters later..hope the baby gets some relief..

My daughter cut her 1st tooth at 3 mos. Our ped recommended freezing a damp (not too wet so it does not get too hard) wash cloth and letting her chew/suck on the corner.
Hope this helps. Maybe try this before you nurse to soothe her so whe won't want to chew on you. Hope this helps.

You need to go to Wal-Mart or Walgreens and purchase teething tablets. They are all natural and can also be used with Tylenol. They are for irritability and teething symptoms. My daughter will be 2 next month and these have been a life-saver for us. Her pediatrician recommended them. If you ask the pharmacy--they should be able to help you find them.

Two options I might suggest. Our Dr recommended either freezing a carrot to let the baby gnaw on or let her chew on a pickle. The juices have some type of numbing on the gums. Both helped a lot!

hi J., your best bet for her age will probably be letting her knaw on a cold wet rag or one with a piece of ice in it, of course with you holding it, or my favorite thing are teething tablets. they are a homeopathic remedie sold at wal mart. im pretty sure they are ok for any age, and also check infants orajel, not sure on the age of that one though. hope this is helpfull goodluck,

J.

Allowing her to chew or suck on a wet wash cloth is helpful provided that you hold it for her and make sure she doesn't choke. I've done dentistry as an assistant (for 6 yrs) and now as a business mngr (3 1/2 yrs) so almost ten yrs total and that's what we've suggested in the past. Cold helps. Also, make sure you're "washing" those little teeth teeth! So many Mom's neglect this area in their day to day hectic life and it can cause some painful conditions down the road. The best way to take care of them is to use a wash cloth to gently clean each tooth especially before bed and to never put a child to bed with a bottle that contains anything other than water, I know that seems hard but especially when children get older, having a bottle or "sippy" cup in bed with them will allow the contents to just sit on the teeth all night. Juice and milk have a high sugar content and will result in decay.

I suggest Hylands teething tablets. It also comes in a gel too. They can be found at Walmart and CVS. I dont suggest using frozen rags because from what I have seen and read about doctors say it causes "burned" gums. Just a cold wet rag works good. I have a 6 month old and he did much better when I gave him the tablets. He actually likes eating them. They dissolve instantly and he started eating better too. Baby tylenol did nothing! And just so you know, my son went a few months before the tooth ever cut through! I kept thinking....any day now! But it didnt come in til just a few weeks ago! Good luck!

Try Hyland's Teething Tablets. You can get them in the baby section at Walmart or the pharmacy. They are all natural and they worked great for my twin girls who seemed to cut their teeth one at a time. I would try giving them to her 10 minutes or so before you feed her to see if she will nurse better.

Hylands Teething Tablets work great! They are homeopathic with camomille in them, that helps to soothe the gums. They work great! You can get them at walgreens or CVS!

Try giving her a thick, fuzzy washcloth dampened with cool water. You can even put it in the fridge first.
If breast feeding gets too painful, Medela makes nipple guards. Warning about nipple guards, though...the baby may get used to them.

Hylands's Teething Tablets saved me with both of my girls. It is an all natural remedy to tylenol and advil. They are TINY tablets that just dissolve away. You can find them in the vitamin eisle at Wal-Mart, Walgreens, or CVS.

teething tablets help
ladies i do childcare for bring them for their babies

I'm using Gripe Water on my 3 month old. It seems to work pretty well. You can buy it at Whole Foods.

My son cut his first tooth at around 3 or 4 months. I had the same problems you are experiencing. My grandmother suggested that I crush some ice and wrap it in a washcloth and let him suck \ chew on the crushed ice through the washcloth. She said that is what they did "in her day" (she is 86 years old). I tried it and it worked beautifully! My baby could sort of hold the wash cloth in both of his hands and just went to town on that cool ice! In fact, I discovered I did not even need the ice, just really cold water on the washcloth worked good too! Good luck!

I know these days baby oragel tatses good, but when mine were little we would rub a little vanilla extract on their gums, tastes good and not harmful

J.,

With my two boys and my daughter who will be teething in the next fews week i use the wooden clothes pins not the one you have to squeeze open, but the ones you just push down. It seems a little wierd, but it helps the teeth to come throw faster.

Call your dr. and double check but my pedi. always said to put a little Children's Benedryl on their gums. It really helped my children. I just put a little on my finger and rubbed it on the gums. Those teeth are always tough.
Oh, you can also freeze a wet wash cloth and let her chew on that. The cold really helps and the more they chew the faster the tooth will come through.
Good Luck.

My boys didn't get their teeth until they were a bit older but what we did was wet a washcloth and put it in the freezer. When we took it out a few hours later, it was a bit stiff but cold and as they sucked on it the water went in their mouth (and everywhere else) but it became soft again and felt good on their gums as they chewed on it. Hope this helps.

Have you tried Teething Tabs? They are homeopathic and are available at most grocery stores/retail stores/drugstores. They really helped my daughter who cut her first tooth at 4 months! My pediatrician recommended them as well as some of my friends.

There is an over-the-counter teething tablets that you can buy. I had never heard of them and my sister had some. We used them on` my 10 month old daughter this past weekend and they worked wonderful. She was really fussy and after using the tablets, she was happy, laughing and playing in less than 10 minutes. I am not sure of the name, but my sister said they are available at Wal-Mart. I intend to get some and keep on hand. Like I said, it made a tremendous difference with my daughter. Hope this helps!!!

J.~
My youngest son was like your daughter, cut his first tooth really early and couldn't use the teething biscuts like my first 2 kids did. Then a friend told me about these things called teething tablets. You can find them at any drugstore/Walmart. They dissolve as soon as you put them in their mouth. It really helps with the pain and they are long lasting and safe. Good luck with the teething.

This may sound very unusual, but I swear it works. I have four children and the oldest is 23. When he started cutting teeth, I hated the biscuits because they were so messy! I was inline at Walmart and the lady gave me this suggestion. She said to buy beef jerky, rinse it, and let him hold it and chew on it. OMG! That was the best thing ever! He could hold the long jerky and would rub his gums and loved the flavor. Now, he did sometimes smell like beef jerky, but he always had a smile. I have told other friends the same thing and they use it for their kids. I always bought Lawry's and it was so nice just to hand it to him and he could go to town on it. They can't bite it, so they can't choke and it's natural. I never really liked giving my kids lots of medicine.

Good Luck!

OH and I do believe a 12 week old would be able to hold it. Help her with it, just like you did the teething ring and she will like the taste and work wonders on the gums.

hi the only thing that helped my daughter with teething was hyland's teething tablets which are safe and homeopathic. you can get them at any natural store and sometimes even walgreen's or walmart. good luck!

My doctor always said I could put the liquid tylenol on my fingers and rub it into their gums. It definitely helped at night.

I agree with everyone else re: hyland's teething tablets and a cold or frozen washcloth to chew on. You can also try the kind of teething rings that you freeze. When my daugther was going through this, and breastfeeding, I actually taught her (over the course of a week or so) to drink milk from me, then stop periodically to chew on a frozen teething ring when she needed it. We'd sit down to breastfeed with a frozen teething ring. Each time she'd bite me, I'd firmly say, "no!" remove her from my breast and put the teething ring in her mouth to chew on. Then I'd let her come back to eating, until she'd bite again, and I'd repeat. It really didn't take very long before she got the distinction. She'd be eating along, pull herself off the breast, look for the ring, chew on that, then go back to eating. It made things much more pleasant for both of us. Sometimes her lips were REALLY cold on me, but I'd much rather be cold then bitten! Be patient and persistent, and you'll be surprised what your little girl can figure out for you! Good luck!

hi there-
check out www.chewytubes.com (these are used for a variety of purposes-- the design is good and gives your little one something nice and safe to chew on.- J.

Try wetting and freezing a baby sock. She will chew on this better than the ring. Teething tablets never worked for mine but my sister swore by them:)

Not a lot worked for my kiddos, when they were teething. What worked the best was taking a baby wash cloth tent it in the middle, get the top part of it wet, freeze it, let baby suck on it. The cold soothes the gums. I swear I had 10+ wash clothes in my freezer.

Ibuprofen works better than Tylenol with teething (check with your ped for dosage).Be careful with orajel- it works well but if it get on the back of her throat it could cause difficulty swallowing.

Wet a washcloth and stick it in the freezer for her to chew on. My daughter would also chew on a thing of string cheese still in the packet for relief (it's gross afterwards, but it helped). My daughter began teething at 3 months, but the tooth didn't appear until 4 months. It's rough.

If she has a runny nose because of it, use some Johnson's vapor bath- it's excellent!

I also use the Hyland's teething tablets they are in the vitamin section near the childrens vitamins if you get them at Wal Mart. For my first son (the tablets didn't work as well) I could usually just give him a dose of Motrin and that would help him calm down enough and get some rest and then he'd be good to go for awhile. Good luck!!! My son has 4 teeth coming through right now so I'm in the same boat:D

My mother-in-laws only and best advice to me 45 yrs ago when my first was born was to use an electric toothbrush. She gave me one (they had just been invented). You can now buy them for babies and they are super soft. If she is sitting, give it to her in the high chair. Otherwise hold her, you have to be hands on. She can get it back where she needs it and it toughens the gums plus starts the habit of toothbrushing. My two daughters and three grandsons had no problems cutting teeth using this method. I have also spread this advice to many family and friends all with excellent results. Good Luck.

My little one cut teeth early too, just remember that Oragel and similar numbing products tend to make the gum tougher. Try Pure Vanilla extract rubbed on her gums and the Homeopathic teething tablets. A bit of Infant Tylenol helps during naps along with the tablets. The crazy thing is that once she started I would just find new teeth about once every 2-3 wks, and she had cut all her teeth by 13 months! And then her 24mo molars started at 22mo and were completely in by her b-day! My oldest cut teeth forever (started at the norm of 7mo) and each one was a trial! So hopefully your little one will be like mine and start early and get it over with without much trouble.

We use the Hyland teething tablets. They are all natural so yiu can use them overe and over unlike Tylenol. /they just dissolve in their mouth.

boil terry cloth wash cloths
let them cool
wring them out and freeze them
this is most comforting for them to chew on

My son started teething real early too. I gave him cold to icy cold wash clothes to chew on and that helped some. There is also that star teething ring thing that vibrates. I think it is more of a distraction when they chew on it, but that worked better for us than any cold teething ring.

Good luck - I know this is a hard time! :-)

Try teething tablets. You can get them at walmart...they are all natural and saved my life more than once :) good luck

I've raised two wonderful children and have three grands on the grow. Teething is always a tricky time but a cold damp wash cloth held firmly by mom is a great chew and pain reliever for sore gums. It worked for mine and is working for my grands too. Hope this helps.
P. F.

Hello J.,
I am sorry to give you an advice so late. I just got on my computer. I have been busy lately. I am behind on checking my emails. How is your baby? This is what my mother told me to do and I did it for my two girls when they were babies. It really WORKS!! Get an onion. YES Onion. peel a small portion and rub it on their gum. If they are old enought to hold it let them chew it. But watch them when they do it. It really best that you do it for them. What that does it numb their gum and they won't be cranky. I know. I know. BAD BREATH!!! But it really works. Good luck and I hope it will work for your baby. Take care and good luck. B.

My friend's baby got her first teeth at 10 weeks, and she really liked a cold, wet washcloth.

Good luck!

Motrin every 6 hours!!!

The teething process can take several weeks and can start weeks before the tooth actually BUDS out of the gums. use oragel and get a mesh feeding bag and put some cold fruit in it for her to gnaw on.

Also, there is such a thing as Natal teeth and someitmes (rarely) they can be in the gums and they are basically dead teeth with no roots and can irritate the gums if they did not come out. (I see this in my support group I run for children with cleft conditions a lot for some reason but I have also know of people with this who did not have a cleft. but it is rare.

J.,
I highly suggest you buy Teething Tablets.
You can pick them up almost anywhere.
I usually get them at either Market Street (ask the pharmacist where they are)or Wal-Mart.
They are WONDERFUL.
You just place 2-3 tablets under the childs tongue and they disolve immediately and they go right to work!
Good Luck!
H.

You might try "Hyland's Homeopathic Teething Tablets". They are 100% natural and seemed to soothe my little girl during teething. I purchased them at Wal-Mart and Wal-Greens. They are with the baby products in the pharmacy area or by the vitamins. Hope this helps.

I second Hylands teething tablets and rubbing her gums with your finger. The skin on skin seems to feel good.

My mom always told me to give my babies a cold cloth to suck or chew on and it seemed to help them!Also there are some chamomile(s) tinctures and maybe better for baby homeopathic tablets available that work good too.I used to buy them at Walgreens and CVS may have them!? I don't know where you live so good luck finding them!!
Best wishes sent your way these are the rough days for your poor baby!!!!

--M.

Teething tablets are wonderful! (You can find them at Walmart). I would also wet the corner of a wash cloth and stick it in the fridge to get cold. My babies loved to suck on it and the cold made their gums feel better.

TEETHING TABLETS!!! They are the only thing that worked with my kids (tylenol, oragel, etc didn't seem like enough). It's by hylands, you can get it OTC at WalMart, Target, etc in the baby dept or pharmacy, and it's all natural, so if you accidentally od your kid on it, it won't hurt them. I had a friend who's 2 y/o was cutting her molars and got into the tablets on her own. She finished off almost a whole bottle, but was fine! Not a good idea, but still good to know. ;)
Good luck!!

My twins are quite a bit older (10 mos now) and my daughter didn't need anything cutting her first tooth but my son is cutting his now and drools and is fussy. We drop the teething tabs in to his bottle (they dissolve) a couple of times a day. I have put them straight into his mouth before (under the tongue) but it can be difficult to do. Are you exclusively breastfeeding or do you also use a bottle? They are homeopathic and seem to work. Talk to your Ped about using it for such a young infant.

No good advice to give...just wanted to say "yikes!" and good luck to you!