I think K wishes he was like Hiro Nakamura. Last night while we were getting him ready for bed he said “My friend insert name here at Greenbelt had a stop watch. You couldn’t stop everything, just the time on the watch.”
In other news, Katy is using the start of the academic year to re-organise home ed. things. Some furniture shuffling to get things into useful places, getting the workbooks sorted, plus a variation on the previous timetable. Getting your English and Maths done in the morning now means that you can choose what other subject you do in the afternoon, although this is subject to trips out and taking it in turns to choose.
A’s teething has stopped for now. The molars have decided they weren’t ready yet and so have dropped down again. We’ve got her an amber necklace which may or may not be helping too, and looks nice regardless. So far she has been unable to swallow it or strangle herself with it, which is nice. 🙂
Glad the teething has settled down, you know, I really don’t miss taht particular element of mumming a baby! I love the idea of a necklace, I suppose they would be lovely cool beads to chomp on and sooth tender gums.
The necklace is quite a snug fit so that she can’t really get at it. There’s supposed to be some clever chemistry going on between her skin and the amber, rather than her chewing on it. I don’t think we got this one, but it’s like it.
Quote from Wondrous Gems: “HOW DO THEY WORK?
Unlike teething gels, powders or pain relief syrups, the traditional beaded amber necklaces imported from the Baltic region are a less invasive, 100% safe and side effect free remedy for the pain and side effects of teething, such as lack of appetite, upset tummies, ear ache, fevers and colds.
A natural analgesic, amber will help calm a baby without resorting to drugs. Amber is a resin, not a stone. It is therefore warm to the touch, as well as very comfortable and light to wear. Scientific investigation into the therapeutic effects of amber is ongoing. Currently, there are two different theories that attempt to explain how wearing amber on the skin can have a soothing and calming effect on teething babies and toddlers.
One theory suggests that when amber is worn on the skin, the skin’s warmth releases miniscule amounts of healing oils from the amber which are then absorbed via the skin into the bloodstream. Amber’s anti-inflammatory and therapeutic properties are also recognized by allopathic medicine. In Austria, Switzerland and Germany, you will find amber teething necklaces sold in local pharmacies. Pharmacists and doctors have long known about the healing properties of amber which include calmative, analgesic, antispasmodic, expectorant, and febrifuge (anti-fever) functions.
A second theory is based on scientific findings which have shown that amber is electromagnetically alive and therefore charged with a significant amount of organic energy. Its special attribute is the fact that it is electronegative. Wearing amber produces negative ionisation on the skin’s surface. This, in turn, has a positive influence on the human body. The negative ions assist in the in the prevention of illness. These health-promoting effects apply to babies, children and adults alike.
It is possible that the soothing and calming effect of amber teething necklaces, which has been empirically observed, is based on a combination of the factors listed above.”
We’ll see…