We've been giving her a cold teething ring and a rubber giraffe (oooh la la...this French teether is the bestselling toy on Amazon!) and they seem to calm her down when she seems fussy for something to chew on. I also got an extra of her favorite teether to bring to daycare. However, the daycare owner suggested that I give her some homeopathic tablets called Hyland's. When I first heard about it, I thought, "What are you nuts? Give an infant a CHEWING TABLET??? Can we say choking hazard???" but I've since found that it's supposed to be dissolved. Not for Humphreys teething tablets though apparently. Does anyone else think it's bizarre to give an infant a tablet to chew on???
Either way, I'm not crazy about giving Noelle such things since 1) her teething (so far) seems manageable when given regular teethers only and 2) just because something is "natural" doesn't make me instantly jump for joy. Many "natural" things are just as toxic or harmful as synthetic stuff. The daycare owner was not too pleased when I told her that Rob and I have decided to forego the Hylands for now and just rely on teethers. She said that it was "unfair to the child" to leave her in pain. Now that made me feel instantly guilty. I'm not gunning to keep Noelle in pain just to prove that she can tough it out. I just don't think her teething pain (if any?) is that bad to warrant pharmaceutical intervention, even if it is "natural". I have no idea what the heck "belladonna" (one of the ingredients) is other than it's a plant. So? Lots of plants are poisonous! Another ingredient is chamomile. Um, chamomile is a type of ragweed and I'm very allergic to ragweed so do I really want to give my daughter something that she could be allergic to?
Although I generally like this daycare a lot in that they seem pretty attentive, I don't think they get that Noelle is just a pretty fussy baby. When she cries to be held, she cries hysterically like she's in pain. As soon as you pick her up, she instantly stops, like nothing ever happened. They still tend to think her crying means something is wrong (i.e. gas, my eating something not right that passed into my breastmilk) and they seem to want to give homeopathic stuff for everything. When she first started daycare, they suggested Mylicon drops for what we thought was gas. My doctor doesn't believe that Mylicon drops work but said that they wouldn't harm her so I gave the green light to try it out. I tried it on her a couple of times at home and meh, I can't say I saw a huge difference. Although I'm generally okay with giving her meds prescribed by the doctor, I'm leery of homeopathic stuff cuz I'm not sure if they are regulated by the FDA or actually safe. I'm all for organic food and laundry detergent for my baby but homeopathic tablets and the like make me nervous.
On an unrelated note, Noelle is still giving my mother hell every time she comes to help me out for an hour. Within a few minutes of handing her off, Noelle will start screaming her head off. I've tried everything- burping her, giving her favorite toys/teethers, changing her diaper, teaching my mom the positions she likes to be held in or how to get her to sleep in her crib. As soon as I'm near Noelle, she stops crying but once I leave to go eat my dinner or take a shower, she starts screaming like her world is ending. Isn't it way too early for her to prefer me like this? And she doesn't even do this when I leave her with daycare (at least, they haven't told me she does). She should be used to my mom since my mom has been coming downstairs to play with her pretty regularly since her 1st month. WTF???
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