5 Best Natural Teething Remedies

for Teething Babies

Teething is never fun for your little one.  It is one of life’s pain in the butt milestones.  As your child’s parent, you want to do anything you can to help ease their distress.  Babies usually sprout their first tooth as early as 3 months, though there are some babies who don’t get their first teeth until they are a year older or more.  When your baby is teething, they may be irritable or fussy, have excess amount of drool, gum swelling and sensitivity, chewing behavior or they may even have trouble sleeping or refuse to eat food.  While there is over the counter topical medications, many of them contain benzocaine which can have negative side effects.  Because of this, it is best to use natural teething remedies.

Here are the 5 Best Natural Teething Remedies to Help Soothe Your Baby

Breastfeeding

Though you may be afraid to have your teething baby near your breasts, breastfeeding does help out soothe a teething baby.  It is calming, familiar and the feeling of warm milk running over their gums can be very relaxing.  Plus a well feed baby is a happy baby.  Just make sure you are paying attention to your baby when they are feeding.  If they get bored and are done, they may start using your nipples as teethers.

Silicone Teething Toys and Necklaces

When a baby is teething they tend to put whatever they can in their mouth.  Teethers are designed to make it easier for your little one to grasp and give them something safe to put in their mouths.    There are many teethers out on the market today to choose from.  Silicone teething toys help stimulate sore gums.  You want to make sure your teething toy is BPA free and is made from medical grade silicone.  A favorite among mothers are silicone teething necklaces.  Not only are they stylish but they make great teething toys.  Many moms can relate to when they are holding their baby, they always want to chew on mommy’s necklace.  A silicone teething necklace is a safe alternative to that problem.  Babies will love the feel of it on their gums and can keep them occupied for a quite a while.

Cold Objects

Using cold objects to help your baby during teething is a great natural teething remedy.  The coldness can temporarily numb their achy gums.  There are many ways to achieve this.  You can use something as simple as putting a spoon in the fridge and then giving it to your baby to chew on.  There are also great mesh bag feeders by munchkin that you can put frozen fruit such as bananas or strawberries in and your little one can teeth on that.  A frozen washcloth works great too.

Baltic Amber Teething Necklace

An amber teething necklace is made of Baltic amber that contains a naturally occurring anti-inflammatory.  It is absorbed through the skin when it is worn by your baby through their body heat.  Not only can it help ease teething pain but it can also help many other ailments just like all of the natural teething remedies.  It can help boost energy levels, assist their immune system and help reduce anxiety.  Your baby is not supposed to chew on the necklace, only wear it.  There is a knot in each bead just in case the necklace breaks.

Essential Oils

Essential oils are a great way to help manage your family’s health and wellness in a natural way.  You can also use essential oils to help ease your teething baby as a natural teething remedy.  If you are looking to use essential oils a great recipe to use is one drop lavender, one drop Roman Chamomile and two tablespoons of Carrier Oil.  Take the mixture and massage a small amount on the outside of the cheek along the gum line.  You can also diffuse equal parts lavender and roman chamomile.  There are a couple of things to remember when you are using essential oils with little ones.  At no point should you ever use essential oils that are undiluted on children of any age.  Essential oils should also never be ingested by children of any age as well.

Which Natural Teething Remedy will you choose?

However you decide to help soothe your baby, remember that each child is different and it is going to take a few trial and errors before you find something that works for them.  What worked on your first born may not work for your second or third born.  Though it can be a bit frustrating when you are trying to soothe your fussy baby, remember that this is only temporarily.  Over time, this milestone will pass and then you will start to wonder where your little baby had gone as you stare at your now toddler who has a full mouth of teeth.