One of the big events in your baby’s young life is the first tooth. It usually starts from 6 months to 12 months of age but can vary from child to child. Teething can be uncomfortable, difficult and cause symptoms like:
• Excessive drooling
• Irritability, crying, restlessness
• Sleeplessness
• Red swollen, sore gums
• Loss of appetite
• Fever and diarrhea
Here are some ways which can help your little one feel better:
1) Give your Child Frozen Fruits
Give your child chilled bananas in mesh feeder to lick or suck on. This will help soothe sore gums as well as to reduce diarrhea which is very common during dentition. Other fruits you can try are apples, strawberries, mango, etc.
2) Use a Cold Washcloth
Let your baby chew a damp freeze washcloth for a cool numbing sensation. This helps ease pain and decrease the urge to chew. You can also soak the cloth in chamomile tea which will help soothe the gums thereby relieving pain and irritation. Make sure to look after your child while he/she is chewing washcloth as they might chock themselves.
3) Massage your Baby’s Gum Area
Carefully and gently massage those sore little gums in circular motions with clean hands. Massage helps to relieve tooth, ear and headache.
4) Chilled Spoon or Teething Ring
Give your child frozen cool spoon or fir rubber or wooden teething rings to chomp on. The texture of the wooden ring, as well as spoon, helps to massages the gums and the chillness numbs the pain. Don’t use gel or liquid-filled teethers as they can break under pressure
5) Mother can Drink Chamomile Tea
If the mother is breastfeeding, she can have chamomile tea the benefits of these herbs will pass on to the little one via breast milk and helps to soothe teething pains.
6) Wipe off the Drool Away
Gently clean and dry drool off your baby’s face, to prevent skin irritation or rash. You can also apply a water-based baby cream or lotion afterward.
7) Try Hard Foods
Offer your baby solid foods for gnawing such as cereal mix, peeled cucumber or carrot which will help in reducing pain.
8) Extra Love for the Little One
Make sure to give your baby a new toy and lots of hugs. Try to distract them as much as possible from the pain. Sometimes all they need is those extra cuddles, kisses, and hugs.
9) Natural Remedies
Some natural remedies which can help are:
• Ginger: rub a slice of ginger over your child’s gums for 3-4 minutes as ginger has natural anti-inflammatory properties which will help soothe the gums thereby relieving the pain.
• Cloves: rub a chilled paste of grounded cloves mix with water or coconut oil. Cloves have numbing and warming properties which will help in decreasing pain.
• Licorice Root: give your child a licorice root to chew on as it will numb the gums naturally while chewing and it also has a sweet taste.
10) Try homeopathy
Give your child harmless homeopathy medicines other than antibiotics or pain killers for teething troubles. Homeopathy medicines not only relieve physical symptoms but mental symptoms as well such as irritability, restlessness etc.
Homeopathy can help in treating your child’s complaint in the safest, gentle and effective way. There are several medicines available for teething troubles in Homeopathy such as Chamomilla, Cina, Podophyllum, Calcarea Phos, bio combination 21, etc. But the exact selection of medicine depends upon the detailed case taking of the individual patient.
For more information, you can visit healthline and medicine.net.
