Natural Ways to Relieve your Teething Baby

• At around 4-8 month of age a baby's first teeth, known as their milk teeth, start to come through. While some babies can get through teething with next to no discomfort at all, for other babies there can be a lot of pain. A baby's milk teeth do not cut through the gum, in fact chemicals are released within the baby's body, which cause the cells in the gum around the tooth to die and separate, allowing the new tooth to emerge.

Natural Ways to Relieve your Teething Baby

• The first teeth to come through are usually the bottom two front teeth, followed closely by the top two front teeth - though for some babies the central incisors (on either side of the top front teeth) can cut through before the front top teeth - this is known as cross cutting. Usually the next to come through are the bottom incisors. By a child's first birthday they will typically have anywhere between 4-8 teeth, but do not be concerned if you child has more or less, as all babies teeth at different rates.

Symptoms

• There are many, and varied symptoms of teething. Your child may show only one or two symptoms, or the whole range. The milk teeth sometimes move up and down under the gum, so teething symptoms can present themselves for a couple of months before any teeth actually emerge. Once the tooth has emerged through the gum the pain and discomfort should normally stop.The most common sign of teething is that your baby will want to put everything in their mouth and chew, chew, chew, as pressure relieves the pain caused by teething.

Remedies

• Toys made specifically for teething are a great option, as they are usually shaped in a way that is easy to hold, and are made of a texture that is satisfying and effective in easing the discomfort in a baby's gums. Try to avoid teething toys made of PVC, as while some phthalates are banned in the use of teething toys within Europe, unmonitored levels of lead, BPA and Organotins are used as stabilisers in PVC, which all pose potential heath risks. Try opting for teething toys made of natural materials such as naturally treated wood, natural rubber

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