Amber Teething Beads

Charlize was a few months old when Clinton ordered her a Baltic Amber Teething Necklace. I had heard a few people in Auckland mention the natural benefits of the teething beads, primarily helping little ones get through teething. Some of the kids in Charlize's daycare, boys and girls, wore it religiously.

Charlize was a very big slobber-er, which I believed meant she was an early-teether. So from 4 weeks old, we thought out little one was teething. Little did we know that our slobber monster produced super amounts of saliva to keep her tongue lubricated (which hung out more then in) not to assist teething. Her first tooth broke through at 11 months old.

Anyway, Clinton spent a whopping 50 NZ dollars on the beads. I wasn't too happy about the expense but I was down to try anything. She was still feeding three times at night and I was hoping the beads would knock one of the feeds out.

She wore the beads for about two months, but more off then on. I never got into a routine of putting it back on her in the mornings. Clinton and I decided we would take it off her neck at night and wrap it around her ankle. However, she always figured out how to kick it off. She did drop one of the feeds by five and half months BUT we still had the 10/11pm feed and 4/5am feed for a very long time after.

I can't really speak to whether they worked or not. If I had the opportunity, I would probably buy them again. Primarily because I love the look of the amber; it reminded me of the Amber jewelry I bought in the Dominican Republic. I would probably buy them used though, so that I can cut the cost and harness the energy of the previous lil soul that wore them :-)