Serena Williams Is Asking Instagram Moms for Teething Pain Remedies for Her Daughter
In what might be one of her most relevant Instagram posts yet, Serena Williams is asking moms on Instagram and Twitter for help. It turns out that little Alexis Olympia is having teething troubles, as many babies do. Williams reached out on social media to enlist the support of other moms who have been in the same position—and goodness, did they have some advice to share. After all, it’s not an unusual situation, as difficult as it might seem to the parents trying to calm their children.
“Teething- aka the devil – is so hard,” Williams wrote. “Poor Alexis Olympia has been so uncomfortable. She cried so much (she never cries) I had to hold her until she fell asleep. I’ve tried amber beads… cold towels…. chew on mommies fingers…. homeopathic water (lol on that one) but nothing is working. It’s breaking my heart. I almost need my mom to come and hold me to sleep cause I’m so stressed. Help? Anyone??”
Instagram moms chimed in with lots of help. Several suggested frozen waffles, others frozen teething rings or rubber toys or chilled celery sticks.
“Once she is a bit older I found clove oil works well!” another commiserated. “I pop it on my sons teether! At first he thought it was spicy- now he loves it as recognizes the relief! ?”
Williams posted the same request for advice on Twitter in a two-part message, and she received a ton of support.
“This is every single new parent,” one user wrote. “We’ve all been there. It is so tough and it is completely okay to want your mom and to want sleep and to want to cry for a hundred years. And if you haven’t consider calling your paediatrician and talking the best way to use baby pain relief so she can get a little sleep (ie alternating types etc) and so can you.”
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Practical advice also came in spades: “Rubbing her gums helps with the pain of teething. Also try some harder foods, like a chilled carrot because that will also help ease the pain. If nothing helps, children’s Motrin or any ibuprofen for babies should be okay.”
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And when all else fails, Mom is always there to help.
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