Begining stages of teething

Ashley - posted on 02/01/2010

i think its teething because my little girl has been doing the same thing on and off since she was 8 weeks and shes now 13 weeks now shes going off her food a little but just wants to chew on everything and dribbling constantly but still no teeth showing up apparently they can go through for ages before they come up.

April - posted on 02/01/2010

Oh, one more thing before i go to bed...the Hyland's teething tablets....google it first...i read some reallllly baddddd stuff about them. Maybe i just read too much. But i bought them for my son and he cried and cried. so i did some research on them and found out bad bad bad stuff about them. Look up "belladona" It's an ingredient in the Hyland's teething tablets. Freaky!

Posted 04 January 2008 01:08 PM

Hey guys-

I just read this post on a Baby Center bulletin board....I just orderd these online for Ben last week! Scary stuff....

Angie





My apologies if I'm repeating this thread but this issue is serious and I think we need to spread the word. This happened to one of our Jul07 mommies and it's important that everyone be warned of the potential danger. I'm pasting her post.



I am writing this to inform you of some potential dangers with Hyland's Teething Tablets. My DH and I just returned from the ER with our 5 month old LO. Please excuse any syntactical and grammatical errors in this post as I haven't been to sleep in over 36 hours.



Prior to purchasing Hyland's, I did research and spoke to a physician about the safety. Everything I read online, including personal experiences on BC, indicated that it was safe. I was highly concerned about the Belladonna Hyland's contains. All the websites that exist reviewing the product RAVE about it. I decided to use it. We gave our LO the recommended dosage on the days that he was having a hard time teething. We NEVER gave him more than the suggested amount. He never had a problem until last night.



We purchased a new bottle to keep upstairs. We used this bottle for the first time yesterday. We gave him a dose during the early afternoon and then one at around midnight. At 1 am he began to toss and turn in his bed. He was very restless but never cried. I picked him up and offered him the breast. He refused to nurse. He didn't fuss or make a sound but was WIDE AWAKE. My DH took him downstairs to rock him and he continued to move constantly. It was like he was moving involuntarily. My DH brought him up to me again and I noticed that his pupils were dilated. He could not focus on either of us. He kept looking around. He wanted to touch every thing and was fascinated with his hands and our clothing.



He appeared to be having a petite mall seizure and exhibited other anticholinergic effects that you typically see when someone is "tripping" on LSD or other street drugs. Because he would not cry, coo, babble, smile, or anything we decided to take him to the ER. He had not slept, had a wet diaper, nor nursed in 14 hours.



I will try to keep this brief. My son experienced Belladonna poisoning from the recommended dose of Hyland's Teething tablets. The preliminary tests they did on random samples of tablets in the bottle we were using showed a variance of 50 to 1000% of belladonna. The national poison control center stated that they are seeing more and more of this and they are trying to get stores to stop carrying this product.



I have never posted a single post or thread suggesting to anyone how to raise their children. I have my opinions on many of the topics that cause controversy but I have never posted that I think you should BF or FF or Vax or anything else. I firmly believe that we are all in the best position to make informed decisions about our children's care. However, I was certain that this product was safe and it isn't.



Even if you have used it and had success does not mean that the next bottle isn't going to be toxic to your child. This product is not regulated by the FDA or any other organization so there is no way to know how much belladonna is in each tablet regardless of what the bottle says.



My son could have died if ingested any more of this product. Please take the necessary precautions. No amount of sleep for you or your child is worth the potential of going through what we just experienced.



He is still slightly out of it and isn't responding as usual but he is coming around. After flushing his system he finally wet a diaper. He is drinking enfalyte (the infant version of pedialyte). I am a EBF and very strict about not giving him anything else but it is the only thing he will take and it is the only way to get him to pee. After each diaper he wets he seems to get somewhat more like the our baby.



Please don't take this thread as anything other than a concerned parent attempting to give you information. I hesitated posting this because of all the drama that we have had on this board. I do not wish to anger or cause anyone to feel the need to debate. I respect everyone's opinion. Thank you for your time.



Here is a link that can provide you some information regarding belladonna's harmful effects.



Mary Anne



http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSI...



This is a little somthing that i found while giving my son Hyland's teething tablets...Needless to say....they went in the garbage! Hope this helps or ...prevents...

Michelle - posted on 02/01/2010

Definitely a possibility. My son got his first tooth at about 3 months. If you don't want to use Tylenol or anything yet, I would pick up some Hyland's Teething Tablets-- they're amazing, and homeopathic. I also got some of those nets that you put food in-- they don't let any chunks through and they can gnaw on hard, cold food instead of your finger lol

Kimberly - posted on 02/01/2010

Really?!! Wow, you learn something new every day! :) lol---yeah a newborn with teeth would be a little scary!

April - posted on 02/01/2010

kimberly...some babies ARE born with teeth...weird, but some are. I read a few articles about babies that were born with teeth already...They usually had to get them pulled. OUCH! So, i guess it's a good thing they arent born with teeth usually. Plus, they don't remember it and we've all been through it. And, if they were born with teeth,.....what if they bit us on the way out?! ha ha ha

Ashley - posted on 02/01/2010

he could possibly be getting teeth in but also the "symptoms" of teething can start really early, like the chewing, excessive drooling, and everything in the mouth lol if you look at his little gums you might be able to see a tooth or feel for one maybe

April - posted on 02/01/2010

Ah, i thought the same with my son that young...he didnt get a tooth until about 7 months. He could be teething though. A lot of a babies get teeth really young, and some don't get them until really late. He could have just learned something new, or he could be teething. Usually front teeth come in first. The gums will get red and start to get swollen. When the tooth is ready to pop through you can see a small "slit" where the tooth will come through the gums. Then, next thing ya know...bam! A tooth! Then, the fussing and whining, and drooling starts. I got lucky with my son...he has 11 teeth now (two that are just popping through the gums) and all but one have come in two at a time. He doesnt get too fussy except at night. Tylenol or Motrin works great. And, for teething, i swear by cold dill pickles. ha ha. Seems to take the edge off for him..or maybe he's just distracted by the taste. But, for all his teeth i have given him a cold dill pickle slice to gnaw on and it seems to help....a lot..plus, the funny faces are amusing. Even when he was getting his first couple teeth if he got a small bite off the pickle..he digested it just fine.

Kimberly - posted on 02/01/2010

Ten weeks...hmmmm....he could be!? He might not have teeth poking through tomorrow or anything, but they can experience symptoms well before this happens. If he's drooling alot, and seems fussier than normal, I would think he is teething...baby tylenol or ibu work great, along with the teething meds you can put on their gums. I know it can be really painful for them, but it might be a little while yet before he's really in pain. Poor babies--I wish they were born with teeth! :)