My boy is cutting teeth, he's in pain over it and I can't calm him enough to get any baby orajel. People keep advising me that a bit of whiskey on the gums will soothe, but I don't know if I should or shouldn't. I know a drop won't have any adverse effects, but I was just wondering if anyone could offer insight.
Whisky would hurt like hell upon application, and doesnt have any anti inflamatory or soothing powers besides the effect on your brain from being drunk. All it will do is sterilise the area
Okay, I know next to nothing about babies, but still. Anyhoo, is there any sense in crushing up, say, 1/4 of a weak over the counter pain pill and sprinkling it into some water/milk/juice/whatever? I know it would still take time but maybe some results may be better than no results. I fully expect negs from people who actually know what they're talking about and know that such things are lethal to babies.
It's been many years, bit if I remember right we used Orajell or somesuch. You know, it could have been a Morphine drip...... six of one, half dozen of the other I guess!
Bonjela it's a teething gel. Looked after my brothers kid for a month and thats the stuff that was used for it. http://www.teething-babies.co.uk/easing-teething/bonjela-teether-pack.php
This is the part I don't understand. Are you saying that you need to calm him down before you can apply orajel or are you saying that you need to calm him down before you can leave the house to buy some orajel?
Well, it is all moot now I guess, he just went to sleep. I was thinking more in terms of what I have on hand and there is plenty of whiskey in my stock, and I can't easily run to the store, but since the problem has been abated for now I'll have to pick some up on my way home tomorrow.
The latter, and I realized after posting that it may have been confusing. Also, my girlfriend is at school and she has the only working car right now... so I couldn't even go out even if he was calm. He went to sleep though, so all is well.
I'm curious, how do you apply the orajel? Do you put it directoy on the tooth, or do you put it on the teething ring?
Give him some kids' Ibuprofen, dose appropriately for weight/size. The dose chart is on the bottle. You always see commercials, "Doctors and nurses recommend Tylenol!", but I don't. I recommend Ibuprofen. It has anti-inflammatory properties that Tylenol does not have. Relieving the underlying inflammation does a better job of reducing the pain IMHO.
And if that doesn't work, there's always the classic "Pick the baby up and shake it vigorously until it settles down". Worked for Baba when he was a baby.
For the future, you could try some of the following: You can get pacifiers that have a mesh instead of a rubber nipple. You can put small ice chips and/or frozen pieces of fruit in the mesh. Get a child's toothbrush and let him chew on that. That's good for mild discomfort. Get infant Acetaminophen and infant Ibuprofen. Get Hyland's Teething Tablets (places like Walgreens stock it). I was skeptical at first, but they worked phenomenally well for us.
The only time they'll give Tylenol is if there's some allergy associated with Ibuprofen or if they need to get a fever down in a hurry. They'll give one dose by weight of ibuprofen, wait an hour, and then give one dose by weight of tylenol. Repeat per MD's orders.
This actually turned out to be better advice than I thought, thanks and I'll look into the Ibuprofen. He is still sleeping sound as a hound.
I was going to suggest freezing his teething rings. Waffle sounds better though. Ibuprofen always worked for my headaches, and now I can only take Tylenol, which doesn't do shit. I wish I could give myself Advil injections or something.
When he gets a bit older, carrots straight out of the fridge work well, too. Daughter had those for most of her back teeth. Good source of vitamins, too.
