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Baby’s First Year: What Every New Parent Needs to Know: 63 total pages.

· Give your child something cold to gnaw on like a Popsicle or a chilled teething ring (not a frozen one), or a frozen banana. · Do not use lotions or ointments that are supposed to reduce teething pain in a baby less than four months. They wash out of the baby's mouth within minutes. They may contain an agent that could numb the throat and cause the baby to choke. · NEVER, under any circumstances, place alcohol into your baby's mouth. Many well meaning friends and relatives (there sure are a LOT of those "well meaning friends and relatives") may suggest a "dab of whiskey", but this is NEVER ok. Alcohol can act like a poison to a young baby. · Acetaminophen may be used for a few days if your baby is uncomfortable. · Baby Advil (ibuprofen) can be used as well and can be more effective than acetaminophen because ibuprofen contains an anti inflammatory component and acetaminophen does not. Though your baby will eventually replace his primary teeth with permanent teeth they are still important for his development right now and

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