This is a very important question, the rules are well known, but let's focus on them again!
How to help your baby during the teething period
1. Maximum listen to the baby, help him massage gums
2. Use special gels as recommended by the pediatrician
3. Using a variety of teethers, both conventional and cooling, carefully considering their sterilization and purity, in order to make the process of teeth cutting as painless as possible.
When the baby's gums hurt, it is natural that he does not have time for a full, active meal, moreover, whether you may have paid attention to the fact that he may even choke on his usual, fairly liquid food, because increased salivation does not always make it possible to swallow food in time.
The key and basic thing to remember and pay attention to now:
You don't force your baby to eat everything, if he refuses to eat, let him eat as much as he is ready to eat. After that, you simply feed him/her with an adapted formula feeding if the child is artificially breastfed and breastfed if the baby is breastfed. This is because it doesn't cause him as much trouble as chewing or swallowing coarser food than breast milk or formula.
Should I introduce new complementary foods while teething?
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that doctors do not recommend introducing new complementary foods during the teething period, try to do with those products that are in the baby's diet. This is a period of time it just needs to survive. It will be over, your teeth will come out, you will start to introduce new complementary foods, you will eat better and return to your usual diet.
Are there any foods that can help teething?
Of course, there are! After all, the most difficult moment is when the tooth paper has to come out on the surface of the gums, a thin mucous layer has to pass, it is a very painful moment for the baby. Why are teethers used? Because, by pressing on the gum of the baby, they help the tooth to erupt faster.
Baby cookies can also be a helper in teething, but it is necessary to choose them carefully. The main thing is that it should be quick-soluble so that the child cannot choke on pieces of such cookies. Now in shops, there is a huge selection of children's quick-soluble cookies. When a child tries to eat a baby cookie, he scratches his gums at the same time, thereby alleviating pain and speeding up the process of teething.