Dr. Sanda Moldovan warns parents to avoid benzocaine teething products, which can cause fatal illness. Safe alternatives include frozen fruit or vegetables wrapped in cloth, chamomile-dipped frozen cloths, and chewable probiotics rubbed on gums for infants.
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We're just talking about teething. You guys. Welcome back. This is Dr. Sunday. You have a very important message for parents out there.
Absolutely. Don't use any benzocaine products because they're toxic for your children. So for teething, let's use something natural.
Yeah. We'll talk about other remedies and stuff you can do at home.
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Back to you guys. Welcome, welcome, welcome back. Wellness Wednesday. Last week, the FDA issued a scan, scary warning to moms about teething. Some of the products out there, benzocaine, the ones that contain that, it's dangerous. They can actually cause a fatal illness. That's how dangerous. Dr. Sanda Maldivan is here. She's the perdonist. There we go. And a nutritionist. And you've got some healthy alternatives, things that you have in your house right now that you can do. And you can stay away from benzocaine.
Absolutely. For example, we can use actually frozen carrots or frozen apples. You can just wrap it in a little cloth, essentially. You can put them in the freezer just like this and have the babies just chew on it, essentially.
What about just ice?
Ice, I don't recommend. It's a little bit too cold. You know that freeze, burn. So it's too much for them.
So wrap it in a cloth then put it in the freezer?
Yes, correct. Also, we can use some spoons. I don't recommend, however, using stainless steel spoons. These edges are so rough and they could really injure their gums. So instead we can use these covered spoons. They're a lot softer at the edges than they've never seen. These ones. Or the plastic.
Yeah.
Is that a. Yes. BPA free plastic. BPA free, Absolutely. Another thing that I really like is using a cloth. Just put a knot on it and dip it in chamomile tea and then just freeze this, put it in the freezer and just.
We actually did this and it seemed to work really well. Yes, it does stain your cloths if they're white, but it's okay. It seemed to work the best, actually. The cloth, they really like the texture of sucking on cloth or any kind of anything with texture, really.
That's fantastic. And another thing with chamomile, but homeopathic is actually this product that's a liquid and oftentimes I just like to put on my finger and just rub it on your baby's gums. And actually just the rubbing effect, I've never seen. This will take the Pain away. It's a great product. They're usually homeopathic and they're safe, they're non toxic, no benzocaine in them.
Okay. And then this one is a great alternative as well and also helps prevent cavities. What is this?
Yeah. So in the age of probiotics today, meaning friendly bacteria for the mouth and for the body, these chewable probiotics, and they're safe even for infants, they're full with friendly bacteria to help not only against cavities but against infections.
I'm going to try. You just chew it.
You just chew it.
Okay. And how young does your kid have to be to start this?
Well, we don't want them choking on it. So one thing you could do is just take it, make it into a powder and actually rub it on their gums as well.
Okay, I do have a question. People advised me that why don't you just go old school and rub some vodka or cognac on the gums. I'm serious. What do you say to that?
That has a numbing effect. However, the Orasana chewable probiotics are much better. Way to go. Avoid the alcohol.
I mean we talk about this a lot of times that teething is such a painful process that adults could not handle what kids go through. It's a painful, stressful process.
Yes, it is. Because as a tooth comes out, it causes all this inflammation around the gums. So we want something that's anti inflammatory for them, but yet it's safe. No numbing product should really go on the gums on a regular basis because babies can actually choke on it and inhibits the swallowing effect. So that's why benzocaine is also.
These are all great, really easy to do. Things this I'd never heard of, might be worth a shot at, but the chamomile tea, speaking from personal experience, it worked wonderfully. My daughter was born with two teats, so I'm not even kidding.
It's very weird. And you know homeopathics in my practice, I use them a lot because they're very safe. They're great for adults and children. So if you ever have any gum inflammation yourself, you can actually use them.
Oh, okay, Excellent. Thank you so much. Really great advice, helpful stuff. Information posted on our website go to foxla.com we should do a thing on brushing your teeth. I hope you come back one day because getting kids to brush their teeth when they're just starting out is very challenging. So maybe we'll do that. Coming up a little bit later. An NFL player sends out a tweet that could cost him more than $100 million. We'll tell you who, and we'll tell you what it said. I'm going to try this now. Yes, it's like vitamin C.
