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You are concerned about your teething baby. The baby is in pain and distress.
The baby is irritated, drools continuously find it difficult to suck the breast or take formula bottles and may even find it difficult to sleep. It is a worrisome situation.
You’ve tried all you could to help the baby reduce the discomfort, but nothing works.
Not to worry, in this article, you will read about 50 teething hacks you can use to relieve your baby’s teething distress.
Let’s get started.
1. Get a few clean washcloths and soak in clean water. Remove it and freeze it. When it is frozen, bring it out and hold it while your baby grabs and chew on it. The cold press on the gum helps to relieve the itchy and irritated gum.
2. Use teething rings. They are made with bumps and lumps that will help to relieve the itchy gums. You can freeze them to give the baby a cooling effect on their gum.
3. Use breast milk popsicles. Get a mini ice cube tray and freeze your breast milk in it. Then put one cube in a munchkin fresh food feeder and let the baby suck on it. You can also break your frozen bag of breast milk into chunks and put it in a mesh feed.
4. Cut out fresh fruits such as banana, strawberries, blueberries or mango and freeze it. Then put it in the munchkin fresh food feeder for the baby to suck.
5. Cut a Cucumber into different chunks and put it in the fridge. When it is cold enough, give a chunk to the baby to chew.
6. Use water ice cubes in a munchkin mesh for the baby to suck. Once, your baby is 6 months of age, they can have about 2 oz of water per day.
7. Use a freezable pacifier. There are a lot of freezable pacifiers you can use for your baby. It gives your baby’s gum a relief.
8. Use toothbrush teethers. This is also good for teething babies. It helps to massage the back gums while the baby is growing the molars.
9. Give the baby a warm bath. Doctors recommend giving babies tepid baths to make them feel relaxed and comfortable.
10. Add chamomile tea into their meals. This is easy if your baby eats baby foods. Just add a little chamomile tea into it. It helps to ease their pain and soothe their gums.
11. Refrigerate feeding spoon and use it on the baby’s gum. Don’t give it to the baby to hold. Do it yourself to prevent the baby from hurting himself.
12. Pacifier pops: Get a pacifier. Freeze an ice tray with water, juice or yogurt. Dip the pacifier in it and leave it till it is frozen. Take the pacifier out and give it to the baby to suck.
13. Let the baby chew on your fingers to help them relieve the itching. You can also rub your hands to massage the baby’s gum. It will help ease the discomfort.
14. Give the baby an apple core to keep them busing chewing.
15. Use a frozen waffle. Freeze the waffle and let your baby munch it to ease their pain and distress.
16. Wear your baby as often as you can. Get a good baby carrier and wear your baby. It keeps them close to you and they feel comfortable.
17. Use chilled purees. Refrigerate puree foods. When it is cold, feed the baby with it so it can be cold on their gums.
18. Massage your child’s foot. Research revealed that the foot is connected with the head and the teeth. Massage it to help relieve the itchy and irritated gums.
19. Breastfeed continuously. If you breastfeed your baby, make sure you do it more than usual to make sure the baby eats more and is comfortable.
20. Get teething bibs. They have an attached teether that can help the baby. They also help to catch the baby’s drools.
21. Distract the baby with baby games. Once they enjoy the games, they will take their minds off the irritation and itching gums.
22. Get new toys that are also good for teething. The baby can always put it in their mouth to help them.
23. Get teething biscuits. You can freeze them to give that cold effect on the baby’s gum. Put them in your bag when going out and store in the fridge for your use at home as well.
24. Get some ginger root and rub it slightly on the baby’s gum. It helps to relieve teething pain.
25. Rub olive oil on the gum. Use it for about 2-3 minutes. It will help relieve pain and drooling.
26. Give the baby a facial massage. Rub the face, jaw, and gums in a circular motion. It helps to comfort them.
27. Let your baby gnaw on your knuckles. Wash your hand clean and let the baby chew your knuckles.
Now, your baby can be teeth with less or no discomfort or distress. You can combine one or more teething hacks together to give a faster relief.
