[jules77]

I suppose it's easy to be cynical about alternative therapies and their effectiveness when the therapy is relatively new in a country.

My husband was cynical about them too, until we bought one for my eldest son when he was around 6 months old. He had very little trouble with teething - I think we gave him 2 or 3 doses of nurofen when his 2 yr old molars were coming through but that was it.

My 6 month old has been wearing his since he was 12 weeks old. He is yet to get teeth but time will tell. I wore one when pregnant to help with morning sickness, and whether it was the placebo effect or not, I don't care. It worked for me

We all have to make safety judgements about how we raise our children and this is just another. Just as I wouldn't do certain things which in my opinion are too much of a risk to the safety of my children, others wouldn't want their child wearing amber beads. No big deal really
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This post has been edited by jules77: 06/04/2012, 08:23 PM

[misskrm]

My son had one from around 4 months until recently. I don't know if it was a coincidence or not, but he didn't suffer with teething issues or anything. He slept in them, bathed in them. The beads were small, and individually knotted. Mine also had a safety clasp, so any pressure, even small, had it undo.

[kay11]

My daughter never had any teething trouble either.

She also never had an amber necklace.

I don't know why it hits me hard, but "alternative medicine" just gives me the willies. But hey, each to their own, I just think you're gullible and you'll think I'm being judgemental.

[soontobegran]

Aren't they recommended to be removed before sleeping?

[KaLeXa]

My 3yr old has had one on since he was 10 or 11mths old... we've had not one issue with teething, his excema has cleared up and his asthma has settled (except for when he's got croup or change of season).

[jules77]

Aren't they recommended to be removed before sleeping?

That is the recommendation.

You can wind them around your child's ankle instead (they fit twice around, but are a bit loose, but a sock over the top can help keep them on).

[soontobegran]

You can wind them around your child's ankle instead (they fit twice around, but are a bit loose, but a sock over the top can help keep them on).

Ahh, I'd be happier about that option

[liveworkplay]

Doesn't the placebo effect only come into play if the patient thinks the amber necklace is helping?
An infant would not be aware of what it is or what it is for.

One woudl think, but there are studies out there that show that the placebo effect does work on infants. Strange but true

[Ridcully]

Is it terrible that thanks to reading this thread I've bought an amber necklace?

[Tesseract]

I would say that it is less placebo and more confirmation bias. So the adult perceives that the child I'd suffering less and attributes this to the necklace, which is different from the placebo effect where a persons symptoms are reduced because they believe that they are being treated.