Teething Necklace
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. Reviewing all the alternatives for baby teething toys is a really smart thing to do, and I hope our 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!
A teething necklace is either made of plastic/rubber materials of standard teething toys, or can be made of amber.
Amber is a naturally occuring fozzilised resin from Baltic trees. So, if using non man-made products is important to you, an amber teething necklace might be good. Amber has many natural healing properties and supporters of the amber necklace state that the warmth of the body’s heat against the beads releases a natural anti-inflammatory and general calming natural oils containing succinic acid. There is mixed information about whether this is supported by medical testing, but as in many choices to do with your baby, if homeopathic-type remedies appeal to you, then the amber teething necklace may be a good fit and worth a try. If not, then you may prefer to stick with more conventional approaches. Amber teething necklaces are handcrafted and will have slight variances in color, length and bead size.
In addition to the natural quality of the amber teething necklace, all teething necklaces have the advantage of taking away the risk of the teething toy ending up on the floor, and then back in babies mouth – the teething necklace is worn as a necklace, both in easy reach of baby’s mouth, but away from (most) parts of the floor.
Teething necklaces are constructed from cotton or silk based strings as these are very strong and non-toxic. Each piece on the necklace is individually placed between two knots, so that should excessive force be applied to the necklace ad it breaks, only one piece of the necklace will fall out of place. This also minimizes the choking the hazard for young children.
