Organic Teething Ring
Providing teething rings for you baby can immediately reduce the pain that they are feeling as their little teeth start to cut through their gums. Checking out the alternatives for baby teething toys is a really smart thing to do, and I hope our little site can help you out in this.
Baby teething toys, in the form of rings, necklaces, blanket or other chewable items assist to relieve the pain of this process. This is part of a natural instinct to chew on items to help the overall process. The action of biting down on something provides relief. With such young children it is very important that any item they are chewing on is very robust and will not easily break, since small pieces can be a choking hazard. Baby teething toys are specifically designed to be chewed on by small babies and so are designed not to fall apart in their mouth and can stand up to the tough chewing ahead!
If you are concerned about what is going in your babies mouth, then you might want to find an organic teething ring.
These are often made of natural wood products or BPA free plastics (that is free from plastics that contain Bisphenol-A, silicone, PVC and pthalates. Some are combined with organic cotton characters to provide comfort as well as teething relief.
The philosophy behind an organic teething ring is to find the most natural items for baby to chew on – thereby still getting the all important biting and relief effect – but without the concern of ingesting un-natual products and ensuring that they are not potentially exposed to any toxic chemicals. While for some this seems an extreme position to take, there were recent massive recalls of gel-filled teethers for just this reason. So, if this is important to you and your family, you make want to consider an organic teething ring.
Organic teething rings are often made of natural materials such as maple (known for its strong and durable characteristics) and organic cotton. The stimulation offered by bright colors is replaced with the natural textures of cotton and wood and the massaging qualities provided by ridges, knob and different shaped items on teething rings is replaced with the natural ebb and flow of the fabric, often twisted into shapes. Dyes and colorings are not used in most organic cotton toys and they are usually easily machine washable. Organic cotton does not ‘fluff’ in the way many synthetic fabrics do, so there is also no choking hazard for babies chewing on a cotton ring or teething toy.
One of the most popular organic teething rings combine both the cotton fabric in knots, strips or character, with a wooden teething ring to get the best of both worlds.
Plastics are not entirely eschewed by those looking for organic teething rings, but there is a preference for BPA free plastics - again, following the emphasis on entirely non-toxic materials.
It is important to note however that just because organic product focus on reducing or eliminating toxins altogether, this does not mean that standard teething toys or rings have toxins – these are also rigorously monitored by government agencies and manufacturers – in fact, some (plastic) vibrating teething rings are recommended by the medical practitioners and pedeatricians, so they are unlikely to be dangerous for your child.
