TEETHING doesn’t make babies susceptible to infections, fevers, diarrhoea, or cause any major illness. But try telling that to the experts.
Despite much medical evidence to the contrary, doctors, nurses and pharmacists are sometimes guilty of dismissing childhood ills as just teething, a new study has shown.
The myth that teething causes illness is common worldwide, and probably started because teething happens to coincide with a high incidence of infections. Sleep problems also peak at 8 to 10 months, but that’s usually part of normal development – babies begin to realise they miss their parents and that crying may get…
