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When teething starts there is no telling how extended or how unpleasant it will be for your little one. For one child it may be a long, drawn-out, painful affair. For another it may seem to pass by with out barely noticing. Sometimes a lump or a ridge seems visible in the gum for weeks or months; sometimes there seems to be no visible clue at all until the tooth itself appears. 
On average the first tooth arrives sometime during the seventh month, although this can happen as early as three months and as late as twelve. Tooth eruption often follows hereditary patterns, so if either parent teethed early or late, your baby may do likewise. 
Symptoms of teething often precede the tooth itself by as much as two or three months. These symptoms vary from child to child but may include:

• Drooling - this starts anywhere from 10 weeks to 3-4 months
• Chin or Face Rash - due to the excess drooling
• A Little Cough - The excess saliva can cause baby to gag or cough
• Biting - on anything to relieve the pressure
• Pain - Inflammation is the protective response of the tender gum tissue to the impending tooth
• Irritability - this can last hours, days or weeks on and off
• Refusal to feed - due to the pain on the gums. Baby may refuse the bottle or solids. If baby has not eaten much for several days please get in touch with your medical professional.
• Diarrhea - often accompanies teething
• Low-grade fever - Fever often accompanies teething 
• Wakefullness - the discomfort that has caused the fussiness can also keep baby awake at night.
• Gum hematoma - teething can cause some bleeding under the gums, these are nothing to worry about and will resolve on there own.
• Ear puling, cheek rubbing - due to pain in the gums traveling to the ears and checks along the nerve pathways.

Treatment for Teething

• Teething Necklace - Amber beads reduce pain and symptoms such as drooling and they look cool!
• Something to chew on - a wooden peg with teething gel on, frozen pureed mango in a muslin clothe to chew on, a wet clothe to suck on.
• Something Cold to eat - Pureed apples or pears or once again frozen fruit in a muslin clothe
• Something to relieve the pain - Quintessence Teething Drops, great tasting and perfect to calm baby and help with the pain and deal with fevers. 
• Kava Tincture - a few drops of Kava either straight on the gums or on your nipple before feeding or in a bottle works wonders to numb the pain. Please talk to us if you want more information.
• Paw Paw ointment for the Teething Rash when taken with Quintessence Rash Drops work beautifully to calm the rash associated with teething.
• KiwiHerb KidsCalm - great tasting and effective. Chamomile works wonders to soothe the nervous system.

Natasha's Teething Pops 

Ingredients:

• Kiwiherb Kid's Calm
• Kava 1:2 Liquid Extract
• Fruit or vege juice - watered down by at least 50% (eg organic carrot, apple, watermelon or mango juice)

Directions:
Pour watered down juice into small iceblock moulds (the ones with a stick/handle), add one squirt (eg 1-2ml) Kid's Calm and 10 drops Kava per iceblock, and freeze.

'My son (21 months) loves them and they seem to really chill him out, I think it's a combination of the anaesthetising effect of the kava and the calming of the chamomile'. 

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