Teeth

We have three teeth between two babies and oh, it has been painful!!

The girls are really struggling and putting everything they can find into their mouths- pretty much anything they can get their hands on and shove into their mouths is fair game.

Finger foods seem to help them so I have been trying a few different ideas.

* Sticks of cool watermelon- they are tasty, antioxidant, antibacterial and are soothing on the gums.

* Cooked steak to suck and chew on (after six months breastfeed babies require extra iron so this also doubles to increase iron content in the diet). Keep in mind you don’t want them to bite it off, so keep steak in a large bit that they can suck and hold without the risk of swallowing.

* Oven baked apple and pear cut into large segments (this is nice and soft so if they bite bits off they can chew and swallow easily).

A baby’s immunity also drops while they are teething, and is why a lot of babies get colds or flu at the same time.

Try adding 125mg of vitamin C twice a day either too food or in a bottle to increase immunity. Also cut back on dairy products during this time as dairy is mucous producing and doesn’t help with colds and flu.