5 top tips to survive teething.

Your once so peaceful little bundle now has marathon screaming fits, gnawing on just about everything whilst sporting red flushed cheeks and a dribble covered chin, while most babies begin teething around six months, that first tooth can appear anytime between three and 14 months. Teeth usually come in pairs, starting with the bottom front two and followed by the top front two. 

Here is 5 top tried and tester teething hacks!


1. Wet washcloth. 
Grab yourself a clean facecloth or flannel, submerge it in water or baby/breast milk and pop it in the freezer. Offer this to your baby next time teething rears its ugly head. The texture of the cloth will massage their gums whilst also cooling them down and giving your little one some much needed numbing relief.

2. Baby Toothbrush.  
The bristles really seemed to satisfy those sore itchy gums and it kept them occupied whilst also giving them some excellent tooth brushing practice! Sometimes the simple things work the best.

3. Chilled fruit & veggies.  
Another simple yet effective hack, once your baby is at least six months old, is to use some weaning foods to offer relief. Prepare cooked chunks of carrot, sweet potato and broccoli and sliced banana, peeled apple and pear. Chill them in the fridge until they’re really cool – then let them chew away! Most babies love this and think they are getting some kind of yummy, chilly treat whilst you’re secretly getting some good vitamins in there and soothing their gums; talk about a win-win situation!

4. Baby/Breast milk ice lollies.  
Pour some breastmilk into an ice lolly tray and freeze. They'll be able to hold the lolly and the coldness will soothe their little gums and there won’t be any harsh, tastes of unfamiliar flavours. 

5. Baby/Breastmilk ice cubes. 
You can also try making these and giving them to your little one inside a baby mesh feeder; the texture of the mesh with the cool cube is also a really good one for their gums.