Teething is the worst, undeniably. Generally, the teething necklace had been an epic failure in relieving the symptoms of teething. Sadly, so has almost every other gadget good manufacturers have wanted to give fussy, gloomy babies, and their equally fussy, gloomy parents.
It can be very hard to determine when a child is teething since the symptoms include fever, runny nose, ear, and jaw pain. Often, we had to eliminate other, more severe ailments before we felt cozy settling on the fact that the kids were "just teething"; an enormous understatement, since it can be quite unpleasant, and takes months to produce a single tooth. I don't know of virtually any parent that isn't flipped out to provide alleviation for a child's pain, particularly when they're helpless to have any true impact in alleviating discomfort. We tried every method imaginable, mostly to no avail because many of the supposed cure-alls were nothing more than a bunch of hype, pure hooey, or both. A few lucky children exhibit few symptoms, if any at all.
The latest fad for desperate parents is teething jewelry or bling. I suppose the difference in labeling is dependent mainly on how many of the increasingly popular diva personality traits parents want to instill in their child from the outset. Teething bling is available in several designs, but is most often a donut shaped stone hung on a simple cord that is certainly not representative of the diamond studded, flashy assortment peddled to adults.
It appears that, one of the main purposes for the bling version is to provide babies their own necklaces to tug on, rather than Mom's, which I doubt has much effect in stopping babies from grabbing flashy jewelry. The teething necklace for mom, including the silver teething necklace, also provided in an assortment of shapes, and sizes, is likely to be more successful as it is worn by the mother, rather than the baby. Supposedly, this version, and the normally soft, crocheted nursing necklace "justifies" moms' causes for wearing necklaces of any kind in a manner that is "safe." Really? I wasn't aware that moms had better have a darn good reason for desiring to get gussied up a bit to do the transition from feeling like a stain riddled, worn out, over-used dish rag, into regaining a little of the humanity (and rest) we all lose when caring for a newborn. I've been on the getting end of an unexpected grab for jewelry. I can say without hesitation that the safety of my intact earlobes and capacity to breathe were in far more jeopardy than my ability to thwart any ominous, evil plans my accessories might have had to destroy my children's well-being. However, of all the teething necklace options, this might be the best in that babies are more likely to utilize it because of their desire to taste test everything within reach.
Every child has strong preferences for what is soothing to them, and what is not, but I have never known a child who desired necklace style teething relief. My son liked Otter pops. He can hold the lengthy plastic wrapper in a towel by himself, they taste really good, and the cold made his gums feel much better; I wanted the small amount of mess created when he ate one. My youngest son loathed them. My eldest disliked the frozen teething wrings; my youngest did, too. I can't really blame them since no one likes grasping what amounts to an ice cube in their plain hands.
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