How to Get Rid of Teething Pain with Home Remedies?

Teething is a common problem for every baby as they have to face it to get strong and healthy teeth. Teething occurs when they getting primary teeth i.e. their first set of teeth and it would be painful when they come by breaking through the gums. This teething problem begins when your baby has around 6 months of age but usually it begins at any time between 3 months to 1 year of age and continues up to 3 years which is the age to get all the 20 primary teeth.

It would be more paining to the parents and baby’s to bear the teething pain but don’t worry about this teething as this appear from 3 – 5 days before the tooth shows and disappear as soon as the tooth comes out by breaking the skin. To relieve from the pain and pressure of teething, babies will bite on the fingers or toys, refuge to eat or drink anything, drooling, etc are symptoms you can find in the baby who suffers from it.

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Home Remedies for Teething:

Your baby cry and discomfort will become happy and comfortable, if you try these home remedies on their gums to get relief from the teething. These home remedies are natural and safe which will relieve their teething pain and helps to have strong teeth.

1. Remedy for Teething with Ginger:

1. Ginger is a natural anti inflammatory and helps to relieve from the teething pain by soothing the nerve endings.
2. Take a small slice of peeled ginger root
3. Gently rub your baby’s gum with this ginger root for at least 2 – 3 minutes
4. Regularly follow this process of gently rubbing ginger to get relief from teething pain to your baby.

2. Remedy for Teething with Vanilla:

1. Vanilla extract can helps to relieve discomfort which is associated with teething.
2. Take a small amount of vanilla extract and rub it over the inflamed gums.
3. Gently massage their gums for about 2 – 3 minutes
4. Repeat this process as often as needed to get relief from the pain and it also tastes good to your babies. 

3. Remedy for Teething with Banana:

1. Banana which was taken out from the freezer will have the cooling and soothing effect to your baby gums when they put this peeled banana in their gums. 
2. This cooling effect will helps to heal the pain which was caused by the teething.
3. You can give any chilled fruit but banana is best why because banana is a soft and won’t be smashed easily when their put it in their gums as pain reliever. 

4. Remedy for Teething with Cold Foods:

1. Cold foods which are taken straight from the refrigerator will works well in curing the teething pain in your baby.
2. But make sure that not to put over cooling items to them as this will cause another gum problem. Give them the cool which they can bear it.
3. Here cold foods like applesauce, yogurt, other juices, etc. a little bit will helps to reduce the pain and acts as gum friendly.
4. Repeat this whenever your baby suffers from the teething problem.
5. Teething is not the end to breast feeding as it seems if your baby tempered to bite during nursing then try rubbing with your clean fingers over their gums before and after the feeding.
6. A soft plush toy is also a good option for your baby to chew on when their teeth is paining. 

5. Remedy for Teething with a Cool Spoon:

1. This is a tip given by American Dental Association to heal the teething pain in babies.
2. Take a steel spoon and stick it in fridge for about few hours
3. When once it’s cooled, then take it out and give it to your baby
4. Then let your baby to have it in their mouth
5. This cold metal spoon works against their gums to give relief from teething and make them to feel happy. 

6. Remedy for Teething with Almond Extract:

1. Almonds help to soothe your baby gum pain problem and gives comfort.
2. Take almond extract and add few drops of water
3. Make it like a mixture solution
4. Take a few of this solution and rub it gently on to your baby’s gum
5. Or you can take a cotton q tip and dip it in this solution
6. Put it on your baby gums where they getting pain to heal it from the pain.
7. Repeat it regularly whenever they feel more painful to get relief from the teething. 

7. Remedy for Teething with Towel of Ice:

1. Take a clean and fresh towel and wrap some ice cubes in it.
2. Give this to your baby and when they start sucking the towel.
3. The cooling ice will helps to keep the swelling down and ease your baby’s teething pain.
4. But make sure that not to let her to suck only ice as this will harm your baby’s gums
5. Repeat this weekly twice or thrice whenever your baby has more pain from teething. 

8. Remedy for Teething by Freezing a Dishcloth or Towel:

1. Take a clean and wet dishcloth or towel and put it in the refrigerator
2. Let it cool for few minutes and take it out
3. Give this to your baby’s and make them to gnaw away on the cloth
4. Allow them to do their work without any disturbing
5. This process will helps to ease their inflamed gums by giving relief from it and makes them feel better.

9. Remedy for Teething with Ice in your Baby Bottle:

1. Fill your baby bottle with water and then freeze it by putting upside down
2. Then nipple of the bottle will be cooled and the water is frozen at that place faster
3. Give this bottle to your baby when they get fuzzy
4. Allow them to chew this bottle on cold and comforting nipple for a while.
5. Do this to make your baby feel better from the teething pain. 

10. Remedy for Teething with Ground Cloves or All other Spices:

1. Coves and other spices acts as pain reliever and helps to get relief to your baby’s from teething.
2. Take either ground cloves or all other spices in small quantity
3. Make them powder with the help of mixture or blender
4. Then make it like a paste by adding enough water to it
5. Now you can take a little paste and rub it gently on your baby’s gums to numb their teething pain.
6. You can do this process regularly by make sure that it won’t harm your baby with its spicy nature.
7. First check with yourself then go for your baby to apply this process. 

11. Remedy for Teething with a Bagel:

1. Take an ordinary bagel and make it like a teething ring to your baby
2. Refrigerate this bagel and give it to your baby
3. Let your baby gnaw this cool ring which makes their gums free from paining.
4. This will help your baby to ease from their teething ache when they’re getting teeth. 

12. Remedy for Teething with Cool Fruits:

1. You can try fruits like apple which helps you baby to have softness on their gums and soothing effect to get relief from the pain.
2. Give them one or two apple wedges and let them gnaw it
3. For younger babies, you can give apple wedges placed in a clean wash cloth as it easy to hold it and to gnaw it.
4. You can also give them a clean peeled carrot in the place of apple but not baby carrot. 

13. Remedy for Teething by Offering a Biscuit:

1. Firstly, you need to have hard, unsweetened, cracker like biscuits.
2. Then give a biscuit to your baby and let her gnaw it
3. This gnawing process is great relief when they teeth are making their way through the gums.
4. This process helps to give relief from the teething and its pain as they concentrate on gnawing but not on pain.  

14. Remedy for Teething with Beef Jerky:

1. Beef jerky is also one of the remedies for teething as it is difficult to bite off will makes it as perfect toy.
2. This beef jerky tastes good which also gives your baby incentive to chomp down.
3. Take a small piece of beef jerky and give it to your baby
4. Allow them to chew but not to bite it hardly as it will causes another problem.
5. Check it after 10 – 15 minutes whether you have to change the jerky or not
6. You should supervisor carefully that whether your baby is chewing or biting it hardly.
7. Repeat it if your baby chew it carefully so that they can relieve from the teething pain. 

Tips to Reduce Teething Problems:

These simple tips are very effective in healing your baby teething pain whenever you follow it regularly.

1. Massage with gentle pressure on your baby gums will helps to relieve their teething pain. Rub their gums softly with clean fingers regularly for few minutes.
2. Try to convert their mind from the teething pain by playing with their favorite toy with them, showing them any visualization games, pictures in the system, playing with them, etc. which makes them to forgot about the gum pain and feel better.
3. Give them any object either large or small which is clean, nontoxic and chewable so that their teeth start its work through gums and jaws will move which give relief from the teething pain.
4. Always try to keep a towel handy because teething often causes plenty of drooling and saliva which will result to skin irritation and makes your baby feel uncomfortable. So, keeping a soft handy towel will helps to wipe off your baby’s mouth and chin area to make them clean.
5. The American Dental Association has advised that to keep your baby’s teeth and gums clean. You can do this by rubbing those gums with some gauze or fresh cloth to clean their mouth and also soothes teething pain. If your baby has already some teeth then try brushing them regularly with soft child toothbrush.
6. You can give them a variety of refrigerated pacifier or teethers or wooden teething toys and rings which are available in the market to give some relief from their teething pain.
7. Wear some amber teething necklaces to your baby when they are suffering from the teething and also looks beautiful. This will divert their concentration towards it rather than pain.
8. If your baby rejects to take cold items then allow her to chew that one in a room temperature which also helps to relieve their teething pain.
9. To numb your baby’s gum, you can give popsicles and freezes to them. If you want you can make your own popsicles with fruit juices.
10. Give your baby’s a plenty of food which contains high levels of calcium and vitamin D as this will make their teeth strong.
11. Brush your baby teeth twice a day with soft rounded baby toothbrush by using fluoride free training toothpaste.
12. Make sure that while giving ice to your baby’s check it once whether they can bear it or not and then proceed for further process.

This teething pain and its symptoms will usual and will be bettered after few days naturally. But in the meanwhile to get relief to your babies from the teething, you have to follow these natural home remedies and tips. If the symptoms are severe and not getting well then once consult the pediatrician for advice or medication.