How Can I Help Ease My 5 Year Old's Teething Pain?

Updated on July 11, 2016
L.T. asks from Astoria, NY
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my 5 year old is getting some of her adult teeth and it's causing her pain. aside from pain meds, anyone have any advice?

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thanks, everyone, for your responses. definitely some new stuff to try--will keep at it. Just FYI, we've given tylenol and taken her to the dentist. :) you all are so great. thanks!

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C.T.

answers from Santa Fe on

Children's Advil helped both my kids when their molars were coming in. Sorry I don't have other advice!

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M.G.

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We never really went through this - my pediatrician though always advised Advil whenever my kids had any pain. She just said why let them hurt? You don't have to.

So I tended to just give them the minimum dose necessary (sometimes I alternated with Tylenol if they were in real pain, also recommended by our doctor).

I know that doesn't answer your question - but I would think that would work better than anything else. One of my kids would chew on a cold facecloth (he'd wet one end and stick it in the freezer and then gnaw away at it). Not sure if that helped or not. He was my chewer. Still is.

I never found orajel that helpful. We tried it on our first when he was a baby.

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Z.B.

answers from Toledo on

Nothing wrong with a little ibuprofen now and then. It's only for a few days, and it's not going to hurt her.

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M.P.

answers from Boston on

I think warm salty water will help. Reason being my ex husband is a dentist. I had teeth extracted (for orthodontics) before going to a breakfast meeting the next day. I rinsed about 3 times with warm salty water the day of the extractions and the morning after, i rinsed again. I ate breakfast without pain and all the other dentist were shocked.

Once I got the braces on, the first day, I didn't realize what pain was (worse than child birth). I couldn't chew and literally swallowed chunks of food. I realized after the next adjustment and everytime there after, if I rinsed with the warm salty water asap, it seemed to toughen the gums and I never had pain.

Try it, see if it works. Make sure she does not drink the water; too much sodium in the diet. If it works, she will luv ya. Then she can have all the popsicles etc.

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M.S.

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I understand your concern about using pain meds. What I have found tha helps me is to use tylenol or Advil and then using an ice pack or frozen peas or corn. For some reason, the cold seems to extend the life of the pain killer and I wind up using much less. You could try that, or perhaps, try using cold first before pain meds to see if that.

Hop you child feels better soon!

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E.T.

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I remember having pain when my molars were coming in. Having something to chew on helped along with Tylenol.

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answers from Miami on

My son had such a hard time with his molars. Tylenol meant the difference between him being a little monster and a uman being. I highly recommend that. I would also get some Zweeback biscuits for her to gnaw on. Tell her to gnaw back where she is teething - it helps the gums so that the teeth can break through. (Dogs know to do this instinctively. That's why they chew all the time when they're teething.)

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J.A.

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Hylands teething tablets are all natural and they help a lot

S.G.

answers from Los Angeles on

Freezie's and popsicles!

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N.B.

answers from Oklahoma City on

Orajel is always good to rub on the area. Motrin helps with inflammation so that could help too but I would rather do the topical and not internal as much as possible.

Have you taken her to the pediatric dentist? She might have an issue that needs help. If it keeps hurting then I'd sure call the dentist and ask.

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