One of the most contradictory milestones in a baby's life is teething. First time parents face it with both trepidation and joy.
Though teething could be tough on both the baby and the parent, below are some of the tips that would help you tame your child's teething blues:-
If your baby doesn't wish to eat, stop panicking. Sore gums often make sucking on a bottle or nipple a painful process. Additionally, excessive drooling related to teething appears to affect appetite too. Many first time parents believe that babies love cold food during their teething phase - a bottle of chilled baby food or cold juice helps lessen the teething pain. Administering drops of Tylenol before every feeding helps decrease the pain to such an extent that it would allow the baby to nurse.
Baby Teethers of various types and sizes are available in the market. Meanwhile, using washcloth for teething babies has proven to be highly successful. You could even try some crushed ice in washcloths and then allow the baby to teethe on it. Another good option is frozen bananas or bagels.
Try rubbing your baby's sore gums as often as you can. This would act like a massage. Few pediatricians believe that this is the ideal process for baby gum analgesics as rubbing gums often provides actual relief.
Is teething associated with diarrhea and fever? Many experts are in disagreement over this. However, many other pediatricians are of the belief that saliva produced during drools cause the stools to loosen and the gums to get inflamed leading to low fever. Some others believe that teething does not lead to these symptoms at all, though teething stress may result in other illnesses.
In case your teething child has high fever, call your pediatrician and seek immediate medical attention.
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