Do amber teething necklaces work? - Page 2

[tankgirl136]

Most of the research makes me really question how they could actually work. So often "amber" sold is resin, or other non amber materials. We once decided to test my friends jewelry, since she loved amber and we had read a few things and we found out only 2 of about 20 pieces were probably actually amber, some we weren't 100% positive about, some turned out to obviously be resin. Too much of it seems a bit weird too me, I might try it but I would have to test the beads myself and know they aren't just some cheap resin piece instead of real "Baltic Amber", but instead I will use teething tablets, which seem to really take the edge off for Ds.

[CrunchyKnitter]

We have them! I didn't want to give DS teething tablets ALL THE TIME so this seemed like a good thing to add to the mix. I bought one for me too and I can tell you it works for me, so I assume it works for him too. I was having a ton of neck and back pain and it's definitely lessened a lot. DS is also less fussy wearing his. We do teething tablets at night since I don't let him wear it then.

I also just ordered a Hazelwood necklace for his reflux.

FYI - it seems like the lighter and milkier the color, the better it should work!

[almost3]

I swear by amber. Both my kids (9 months and 22 months) wear an amber teething necklace and I can tell when they don't have them on. They wore their necklaces to their last vaccines and neither of them cried or fussed too much. Amber is said to calm as well as relieve pain. At night they wear it wrapped around their ankle under a sleeper. I got mine from www.marvelousmoms.ca, they were very informative and the necklaces have great safety features so I never worry about my kids wearing their neclklaces

[azzeps]

I have one of these necklaces.  How do I know it is real "baltic amber"? 

I am a bit leery of it as well.  I mean, is it really safe to give a baby unknown amounts of succinic acid?  And if it is such a "low dose" as to be harmless, then how is it actually therapeutic or pain relieving?  I am a skeptic so far.

[~Adorkable~]

im a total skeptic about this, i assume it is all placebo in the way we remember our babies from day to day until someone shows me the tested science.  i just dont see how it could work in the levels that are present.  would love to see some hard research.

that being said there is are tons of things that are proven to be complete make-believe and still have folks that are comforted by them, so as long as it is not harmful, why not? but if it does really leach stuff in to a babies body, no thank you, just cause it is from some ancient tree does not make it safe, lots of natural things are toxic and like some folks have pointed out, we rarely know for sure exactly what is in the beads we buy.