How parents are waiting for the first tooth! This is a certain step in the development of crumbs. However, one should be prepared for the fact that a few weeks before the appearance of the first tooth from the gum, the baby's behavior is very changing. The pean is naughty, crying, becomes restless, his day and night sleep is disturbed, his appetite is reduced, and everything that is possible and impossible is pulled by the child in the mouth, and salivation and swollen gums swell. How to help your baby alleviate this condition? There are several ways that really “work” and relieve a painful condition.
Method number 1. Gum massage
Massage not only reduces gum itching, improves blood circulation, helps teething faster, but also distracts the crumbs from pain. It is not for nothing that the child pulls everything in his mouth and at the same time presses his fist on the gum area, where a tooth is expected to appear. That is why mom should learn simple techniques for gum massage.
Massage the crumb gums with a finger. First, you need to thoroughly wash your hands and treat them with an antiseptic, so that no infection gets into the child's oral cavity. Massage your gums in circular motions in the front, back and sides for 30 to 40 seconds. Throughout the day, you can repeat the massage 5 to 7 times.
You can also use special silicone nozzles, “fingers”. They gently act on the gums and stimulate them well. Using the nozzles, you can massage even that area of the gums where the appearance of molars is expected.
Method number 2. Teethers
Teethers, like massage, contribute to faster teething and improve blood supply to the gums. There are many types of teethers on sale that differ in shape and material of manufacture. Manufacturers offer products from latex, silicone, thermoplastic rubber, plastic and even wood.
How not to get confused in the assortment and choose the right product to facilitate teething so that it brings the baby maximum benefit? The most convenient are latex teethers. However, they have their own “minus” - they quickly wear out and have to be changed every month. Silicone products are much more practical, but they are more rigid. There are teethers with a filler - water or a special gel.It is advisable to cool them before use.
Equally important is the shape of the teether. Choose an anatomical so as not to harm the formation of the correct bite. Also, the size of the product should correspond to the age of the peanut, it should be neither large nor small.
There are even teething machines that run on batteries. When such a model is turned on, the product begins to vibrate, massaging the painful area of the gums.
Also in stores you can find special “mittens” for teething
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Method number 3. Folk remedies
- If your child is not allergic to honey, you can lubricate the gums with this product. Then rub a small amount into the painful area. To calm down, they additionally give 1 tsp before bedtime. honey.
- A soda solution (teaspoon per 200 ml of water) can also help teething: they lubricate the gums, or use them to moisten massage wipes.
- Massage the gums of the babies with a piece of soft tissue moistened with cool water.
- Chamomile has a wide spectrum of action - it soothes, relieves inflammation, relieves pain. Chamomile oil is rubbed into the skin of the cheeks, and infusion is rubbed into the gums.
- Amber beads worn around the child’s neck during the day relieve pain and reduce swelling. It is important not to forget to take them off at night. Rubbed into a painful spot, tincture of valerian temporarily anesthetizes, reduces irritability, maximum 5-7 drops per 1 application.
- Soothing chamomile, lavender, lemon balm tea.
No less effective and popular are tinctures of sage, starfish or burdock to strengthen gums and relieve pain, chicory or strawberry root, terry cloth and other folk remedies. Cold vegetables and roots are used with caution. It is safer to replace them with teethers.
Proper nutrition of the child is another therapeutic component for teething: the diet should contain vitamins, calcium.
We also read: Details on folk remedies for teething
Method number 4. Medical facilities
Medicines that facilitate teething are divided into two types. The first are designed to relieve pain with the help of an anesthetic, which is part of the product. The latter have an anti-inflammatory effect.
If gels with an anesthetic are used, it is important not to exceed the dosage (2-3 mm of the drug per application), they can only be used after consulting a pediatricianwho watches the baby.
Anti-inflammatory drugs are also available in the form of gels, they act for a long time, so they are used no more than 2 times during the day.
Used with teething and homeopathic remedies. Many mothers note their effective effect. In addition to all these funds, syrups are also used that act in a complex way, improving the general condition of the peanut.
List of medications:
- Kalgel (and its analogues Kamistad, Dentinox-gel, Dentol)
- Holisal
- Dantinorm
- Dentokind
- Nurofen
- Panadol
- Vibrokol
- Baby Doctor "First Teeth"
- Pansoral "First teeth"
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We remind you again: all medicines can be used exclusively with the permission of a doctor.
Method number 5. Distractions
What else can you help the baby? If necessary, change your mind a little and change your principles. Do you often pick up a baby? Imagine wearing on your hands helps, the baby feels protected, so it calms down. Walk longer in the fresh air, feed not by the hour, but upon the request of the child (during this period, children are much more likely to attach to the breast while refusing to feed), prepare baths with chamomile for it (if there is no allergy!). If you use a dummy, cool it often.
And the last - do not bother your baby during this period. He “knows” what he is doing.Pulling fists into his mouth? Let be! Do not touch! "Ches" teeth with a toy - to your health!
Remember: during teething, more attention should be paid to hygiene and cleanliness, since the child’s immunity during this period is reduced and it is easy to catch an infection.
Advice to mothers: be patient, because teething will not last forever, very soon the first tiny tooth will appear!
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Video consultation of specialists and personal experience of mothers
№ 1. Tatyana Prokofieva (candidate of medical sciences, mother of three children)
№ 2. Dr. Komarovsky
№ 3. Svetlana Rost
№ 4. Svetlana Votinova
Mommy tips from forums
- They managed the wooden sides of the bed ... all five times ... they themselves will find what to tighten in their mouths, what to scratch .. gifted pharmacy teethers, including “on the water” (for cooling), remained untouched)
- Our teeth are worrying, so I smear with calgel. And in his mouth he constantly has either his hands, then a teether, then a rattle, then a diaper, or a side of a stroller ... ... and, I confess, my mother’s finger too.
- The doctor advised us to vibrocol candles, it helped us a lot. And gel calgel, like it is the most harmless. They also nibbled everything in a row, saved themselves with large dryers, but so as not to suck and eat, they changed every five minutes.
“Calgel helped us.” Or a teether, inside a little water, I cool it in the refrigerator (not in the freezer) and then give it cold from my hands, it helps a lot, it sucks and bites it and it ceases to act up well.
And I want to say as an addition to the article that teeth can grow not only at an early age! Faced such a problem in four and a half years. My son turned out that the jaw is growing and milk teeth are preparing for a change. We had a temperature, a little submandibular pain gave into the ear and terrible weakness. The doctor prescribed a homeopathic medicine dentokind and nurofen. And that helped.
Our child fortunately did not have severe pain during teething. But we used some methods from the article. For example, my son really liked the silicone brush, didn’t even want to give it away) And the doctor also prescribed Vibrukol candles to us, and they did it like that.
When my daughter's teeth were cutting, I gave her a cool teether toy. I put it in cold water for several minutes, and then gave it to the baby. The pain subsided. I smeared the gums several times with Dentol, but I do not really trust such ointments. But I never heard about amber beads.
When my children had their teeth cut, my mother gave me good advice. Rinse the chicory root thoroughly, pour boiling water over it and give it to the child. Perfectly anesthetizes. You can also burdock root.