9 Best Natural Teething Remedies to Help Soothe Your Baby

Seeing your baby in pain is such a stressful part of motherhood, all we want to do is take it away from them. Teething is one of those things we can’t avoid but we can help our baby’s be more comfortable, here are my favorite tips for a teething toddler or baby.

Snuggle Up– Give your child lots of extra cuddles, attention and kisses. I know this sounds obvious but when your child is unwell or in pain, they really just need as much unlimited access to you as possible. If you’re breastfeeding you may notice your child wanting to feed more frequently, try to follow their lead and feed as often as needed, some of it may be comfort feeding and this is perfectly natural. If you’re not breastfeeding, take the time to snuggle with your little one and hold them close to your heart, let them smell you and find comfort in the closeness, this will have a very similar soothing affect. Research shows, when we touch and cuddle our little ones, their cortisol decreases, which helps reduce pain and stimulates brain development.

We love these Baltic Amber beads from Baltic Mermaid, which can be found here 

​Baltic Amber Beads- I sometimes hear mixed reviews about amber beads but I’ve experienced the relief they bring to babies over and over again and I swear by them. Amber contains an anti-inflammatory agent called Succinic Acid, which releases when the beads are warmed by the skin. The Succinic Acid then gets absorbed by the skin, which helps ease the discomfort of teething and reduces the amount of saliva your baby produces. I find it’s the excess saliva that aggravates a teething baby and exacerbates their pain. The trick to amber and the one thing a lot of people don’t realize (which might be why some people report no benefit) is that it works best when it’s ‘recharged’ by leaving it out in the sun every other day. I recommend having 2 amber necklaces or bracelets so you can alternate and recharge them on your windowsill. I also recommend putting them around your child’s ankles with a sock over the top, as oppose to around their neck, for safety reasons. 

​Homeopathic Remedies– There are a lot of effective homeopathic remedies that contain the very potent ingredient chamomilla. I love Weleda’s Teething Powder and we've also had a lot of success with Puraforce Remedies, which you can find here. I also have a Homeopathic kit from my local homeopath, it’s filled with the most popular remedies and when we need it I will take out a Chamomilla pilule and pop it under Summer’s tongue (when we was a baby, I would crush it between 2 spoons and put the powder on her tongue.

Copaiba essential oil and Thieves Oil from Young Living– I’ll often rub some Copaiba straight onto my little one’s gums to reduce inflammation and help them settle more easily but I recommend talking to an experienced Aromatherapist first. To step it up a notch, I’ll combine Thieves oil, Copaiba and Coconut oil to make a super healing teething remedy, check out my homemade teething recipes here. Both these oils are in the Young Living starter kit, along with 9 other of my most used oils, click here if you’re interested in buying a starter kit.

Calming Chamomile- Chamomile is soothing on little gums (and also little tummies). Make some organic chamomile tea in purified, sterilized water and soak some clean organic cotton face washers in it. Place the soaked face washers in sterile containers in the fridge or freezer to make them cold and then give them to your baby to suck or chew on. 

​Sour Gummies- Lemon toughens little gums, cut a lemon into quarters and supervise your baby while they chew on it. Or alternatively, you can put a few drops directly onto their gums. It’s believed the acidity from the lemon combined with the rind help little ones gently cut through the gum more easily

Ice Ice Baby– Anything cold is soothing for sore gums. Celery and apple are known to be anti-inflammatory, try refrigerating or freezing a few pieces and offer them to your baby to chew on, make sure you’re supervising so they don’t choke. You can also put the cold pieces in a mesh teething feeder to limit the potential of choking on a bigger piece of food.

A Modern Tincture- I love this amazing teething tincture from Modern Alternative Mama. I found it when Sophia was a baby 

​Frozen Mama Milk Slushies– If you’re able to express some breast milk you can make it into Mumsicles by pouring some breast milk into a popsicle mould or a baby solids mould. You can either hold the Mumsicle for your little one to gnaw on or you can let it melt a bit, break it up and gently spoon feed it like a slushie!

Click here for my 2 most used natural handmade teething remedies using my fave essential oils