Rum for teething

one_more_girl

To me this seems ridiculous but apparently several people around our age, including nurses have sworn to DH that it has worked for them.  DD's Pedi said we should drink the rum   Have you done this?!  WDYT?

mandolynn81

I don't condone giving any amount of alcohol to children. Some people killed their 3 month old a couple years ago by forcefeeding it a bottle of rum. Sick

t.bird

i know you can rub it on their gums because it has a numbing effect- but why would you drink it? besides the fact that it's rum- haha.

1SwtWld

Wine works for us!  LOL.  No, we don't give our DD alcohol for teething, though it seems like the older generations swear by it.  If you do it though, don't admit it here or else you will surely get flamed by someone (not me).

 

ETA: to clarify, we drink the wine to get through G's teething.  But I figured most of you understood that.  We don't give G anything except motrin, teething tablets, ice cubes or other cold things in mesh feeders and lots of TLC.

allioop2001

t.bird:

i know you can rub it on their gums because it has a numbing effect- but why would you drink it? besides the fact that it's rum- haha.

I've heard people joke about instead of giving it to LO, drink it yourself to get through the teething process.

emiliemadison

Well, yeah, of course it "works". Alcohol is a depressant. Take a shot of Rum and see how you feel.

Have *I* given my infant hard liquor? Of course not. Because it's a DEPRESSANT and can cause a small child's systems to begin to shut down, even in very small amounts. It would only take a thimble full of some liquors to bring a child's blood alcohol level above the legal driving limit for adults or for alcohol poisoning to occur.

 

BitterOldHag

No way no how. I do know that my parents put whiskey on cotton balls and used that on me and siblings when we were babies.

fairychick77

Do you mean rub it on LO's gums and you drink the rum?

Either way, no I will not being using hard liquor as a teething aid.

RNOHIO

I don't think any alcohol for a child is very good.  I would have to say no.

T_&_A

we were using vanilla extract on his gums and then learned (thanks to someone on here) that it has 35% alcohol in it. I should have realized before I gave it to him anways, but I didn't. Needless to say we're not using it anymore.

FrickandFrack

mandolynn81:

I don't condone giving any amount of alcohol to children. Some people killed their 3 month old a couple years ago by forcefeeding it a bottle of rum. Sick

OMG, I feel sick reading this.