Jackson is cutting teeth but does not like Orajel. He makes a horrible face, I don't know if the orajel hurts his throat, or what, but I had heard about "teething tablets" and I was sosoooooo happy to find them today at Walmart. They dissolve on the tongue, they don't numb, but are "all natural"
He has had 6 since noon. He can have them every 4 hours. Well he has been screaming since about 730, we could not figure out why, I gave him 2 more tablets, he screamed, calmed down, then screamed. For some crazy reason I have the bottle here in front of me and I glanced at the ing. at the very bottom is says **in a pleasant lactose N.F. (?) (Milk sugar) base.
ARRRRRGGGGGGGGGGG.....................:banghead: :banghead: :smt093 :favorites60: :muttering: Jackson is MSPI! I can not believe that there is MILK in these blasted teething tablets. So, just a warning. The name is Hyland's teething tablets.
Grr............ off to bed to grumble and hopefully sleep, depending on my ds!

Oh man that stinks!!!!! I hope you guys get some rest tonight!!! Poor Guy:)

Oh man that stinks!!!!! I hope you guys get some rest tonight!!! Poor Guy:)

me too! especially since it has caused really bad poops!!!!:smt025 (i need one of these)
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Well...Hopefully he is poo'ing it out of his system:)

Crossing fingers you guys get some shut eye:)

tha's just what I was thinking as he has had them since noon and had the poops since then, he hasn't been real super fussy until NOW!
Oh well, that is my life!:wink: :coffee:

Good grief! It seems like you are not having a good run of it lately. Poor Jackson. Is there another teething gel you can try? We moved from orajel to ambesol and had success. Maybe you would too and I do not think there is anything dairy about it.:wink:

No experience here for the tablets but it is good news to share for others in the same boat. Often we do not think to check out anything other than foodstuffs for allergins so thanks for posting this.

May his tummy settle fast.

We have a bottle of "Little Teethers" teething tablets in the cabinet, but I haven't used them in ages. I DID just check the label, and they have lactose in them as well. So, into the garbage they went, just incase dh would decide to give Noah a dose. I never thought they worked, so I only used them a few times when he was about 6 months.

Anyways, I hope Jackson feels better soon. Noah doesn't like Orajel or Ambesol, either, but give it to him anyways. Noah calms down within a few minutes of having it, although he usually fights me when I put it on his gums. It works out best if I put it on a q-tip and then rub it on, or if I use the pre medicated q-tips, but those are really expensive. Good luck!

Instead of orajel or ambesol, what about using Tylenol when the pain gets unbearable. When Cady teeths, I break out the Tylenol at the first sign. I've never used any numbing stuff on either of the girls. I did once with Kaylin and she hated it, so I went to Tylenol when the girls had teething trouble they did much better.

Oh man that stinks! I never knew they had lactose in them. I actually asked Connor's GI about them because I wanted to try them and she said they were not good and she has seen kids end up in the hospital from them. I was really suprised because I know a lot of people who swear by them and have had no problems. Maybe it effected there GI tract? Not to scare you I just thought of that when I read your post. I hope Jackson's feeling all better and you have a good night:D

Good point about the Tylenol, Judy. I also give Noah Tylenol when he's teething, especially right before bed.

Wow good to know about the teething tablets.
I hope Jackson is feeling better soon and those teeth come in soon. I agree with Judy, I would try tylenol to help him with the pain.

Teething tablets have been utterly useless for Catherine. She requires real drugs, lol!

Good grief! It seems like you are not having a good run of it lately. Poor Jackson. Is there another teething gel you can try? We moved from orajel to ambesol and had success. Maybe you would too and I do not think there is anything dairy about it.:wink:

No experience here for the tablets but it is good news to share for others in the same boat. Often we do not think to check out anything other than foodstuffs for allergins so thanks for posting this.

May his tummy settle fast.

Thanks ladies. Now I don't know if it is the milk sugar that have caused his blowouts or the virus, but man has he had them! He had a doozy before bed, then woke me up this morning and his sleeper was "WET" and it was liquid poo. So into the soaker it went, that is what I call my washing machine today, because it is soaking with dh's clothes and Jackson's from puke and poo. Nice! TMI I know, sorry!

Leigh~ funny that you say that you wouldn't even THINK about dairy being in something that is a med. dh said to me "WHY DIDN'T YOU READ THE LABEL" :smt019:smt091:muttering: "you are so concerned with everything else he eats, and you read everything!" **whopping him upside the head with the remote** I didn't even think to look at it! Who would have thunk it! But boy I will read every stinking label from now one!
I give Jackson Tylenol but it doesn't seem to touch the pain. Motrin is better for him, but still it takes a bit.

Maggie, I'm glad that you threw your away! Maybe we should start a boycott! LOL

Kim, next time if you think about it, ask your GI why kids have ended up in the hospital with the tablets. I thought maybe because it is supposed to "help them sleep" and it says on the bottle that they will sleep better because they are "calm" but I wonder if it has something in it that "knocks them out" and people want their kid to sleep so they "overdose" them on it.
Grrrr............................ and so another day begins!

Hyland's Teething tablets contain Belladonna (a poisonous plant) & Coffea Cruda (coffee ie caffiene). Kids don't sleep better because they are pain free but rather because they are drugged up on a poisonous plant.

Lena, have to say I love how blunt you always are--right to the point! Then there is me.....(!):wink:

I always saw those ingredients--the two Lena mentioned--and thought it was strange that first, they are in there, and second-how does a tablet with coffee in it help them sleep?!

I did notice they had milk in it after already giving a ton to Gavin and wondering why he is fussy. I hate those things! I felt mad and dumb too and threw them out.

Sorry Emily.....

Lena, have to say I love how blunt you always are--right to the point! Then there is me.....(!):wink:

I always saw those ingredients--the two Lena mentioned--and thought it was strange that first, they are in there, and second-how does a tablet with coffee in it help them sleep?!

I did notice they had milk in it after already giving a ton to Gavin and wondering why he is fussy. I hate those things! I felt mad and dumb too and threw them out.

Sorry Emily.....

I really think that something should be done about those things.
I was going to look up the ing. last night, that's why I just so happened to look at the bottle.
Lena, I agree, the bottle says that they sleep because no pain. I guess that they had to put that on there **too many complaints** people were drugging their kiddos!

I got a bottle of the Hyland's teething tablets at my baby shower and only used them a few times. They never worked for Bethany (thank goodness, it now seems!); however, we really liked the Camilia teething ampules. It's a clear, tasteless liquid that comes in handy single-dose vials. We usually gave her this, along with Tylenol.


I always thought the homeopathic remedies contained barely even trace amounts of the main ingredient...? I *assumed* it was safe to give these. Anyone know more about homeopathy?

If you have a store like Wild Oats or Vitamin Cottage, they are usually pretty knowledgable about homeopathy. I think I'll ask them next time I'm in about an alternative.

So far, Tylenol has been the best - and chomping on my knuckles, he seems to love that!

I think he is getting his bottom 2 at the same time...been working on them for a long time now! Seems like we are going through a lot more Tylenol than I would like!

I never thought to check for lactose! So good to know since Joshua is on lacto-free formula. Guess my teething tablets are going in the trash too!

Can't help much with the brand you mention, but we have a homeopathic remedy here called "teethmed relief" and it's brilliant- works a charm EVERY time for Stephen- and that is saying a lot! ;-)

I was intrigued by this whole thread and did some research--here's a cool site that explains how homeopathic drugs work. **I'm not pushing these--just thought I'd share.**

http://www.homeopathic.org/whatis.htm

Also, here's some info about Belladonna. See what we learn on this site?! :-) :-)

Taken from botanical.com about Belladona:

---Medicinal Action and Uses---Narcotic, diuretic, sedative, antispasmodic, mydriatic. Belladonna is a most valuable plant in the treatment of eye diseases, Atropine, obtained during extraction, being its most important constituent on account of its power of dilating the pupil. Atropine will have this effect in whatever way used, whether internally, or injected under the skin, but when dropped into the eye, a much smaller quantity suffices, the tiny discs oculists using for this purpose, before testing their patient's sight for glasses, being made of gelatine with 1/50000 grain of Atropine in each, the entire disk only weighing 1/50 grain. Scarcely any operation on the eye can safely be performed without the aid of this valuable drug. It is a strong poison, the amount given internally being very minute, 1/200 to 1/100 grain. As an antidote to Opium, Atropine may be injected subcutaneously, and it has also been used in poisoning by Calabar bean and in Chloroform poisoning. It has no action on the voluntary muscles, but the nerve endings in involuntary muscles are paralysed by large doses, the paralysis finally affecting the central nervous system, causing excitement and delirium.
The various preparations of Belladonna have many uses. Locally applied, it lessens irritability and pain, and is used as a lotion, plaster or liniment in cases of neuralgia, gout, rheumatism and sciatica. As a drug, it specially affects the brain and the bladder. It is used to check excessive secretions and to allay inflammation and to check the sweating of phthisis and other exhausting diseases.
Small doses allay cardiac palpitation, and the plaster is applied to the cardiac region for the same purpose, removing pain and distress.
It is a powerful antispasmodic in intestinal colic and spasmodic asthma. Occasionally the leaves are employed as an ingredient of cigarettes for relieving the latter. It is well borne by children, and is given in large doses in whooping cough and false croup.
For its action on the circulation, it is given in the collapse of pneumonia, typhoid fever and other acute diseases. It increases the rate of the heart by some 20 to 40 beats per minute, without diminishing its force.
It is of value in acute sore throat, and relieves local inflammation and congestion.
Hahnemann proved that tincture of Belladonna given in very small doses will protect from the infection of scarlet fever, and at one time Belladonnna leaves were held to be curative of cancer, when applied externally as a poultice, either fresh or dried and powdered.
Belladonna plasters are often applied, after a fall, to the injured or sprained part. A mixture of Belladonna plaster, Salicylic acid and Lead plaster is recommended as an application for corns and bunions.

From Thinkquest:

Medical application of belladonna began in the remote past. The famous Roman physician Galenus Claudius (129-201) described in his treatises the curative effects of the herb in cases of “terrible and unhealing ulcers”. In the Middle Ages, despite the great respect for belladonna people had, physicians avoided to prescribe it because of their fear from its strong toxicity. Nowadays, belladonna is still in use due to its valuable alkaloid atropine, extracted from the roots of the plant. Atropine is a useful drug in different fields of medicine such as toxicology, ophthalmology, gastroenterology (as a painkiller), etc.

Thanks for the info, Mary! We use Hylands every now and then, and they seem to help. Glad to know more about them... :wink:

Just wanted to add that my teething tablets contain 0.0003% of belladona...that's close to nothing. I spoke w/my ped about these before administering and she said all was ok.
Thanks for the link, Mary.;)

Wow Mary, thank you so much. I was going to research today, but as I have a child who can't hold anything in **diarrhea** I haven't been of much use today!
Thanks alot!:wink:

Thanks for the info., Mary, and for providing a much needed reference for the info. already provided.