Would You Give Your Baby A Teether?

My kids were both given teethers, but neither of them really liked them. They went more for the ora-gel on the gums.

Babies are going to chew on anything anyway while they're teething, so why not give them a teether? They are made in sizes that are too big for a baby to choke on. Once the teeth are through the skin, they no longer need the teether. I'd think that the only way a teether could cause crooked teeth is if you let them chew on them long after the teeth are in, but even then they'd have to be really chewing on them most of the day to get crooked teeth.

I can't remember what we gave ours. She did not like her chewy teether. I think she chewed on her doll. That was her choice, not mine. Then last month just before she lost her first baby tooth she started "teething" on stuff too. She never once mentioned that her teeth hurt. Just one morning she woke up and her first baby tooth was gone!

my daughter will chew on anything from a teething ring, to her clothes, to my clothes to the coffee table. anything that soothes her at that moment is what she wants to chew on. in the tub, i give her a clean washcloth to chew on. she absolutely hated baby orajel- it actually made her spit up.