LO2 just started solids and she loves them so far. She's obsessed with grabbing the spoon herself and also loves any type of frozen teether so I thought a teething biscuit would be perfect for her to gnaw on. Tonight we tried the Happy Baby teeing wafer and it lasted less than one minute before she bit down (no teeth) and it broke it half, leaving her choking on a 2 inch piece of wafer stuck in her mouth. 
No joke, I had to flip her into the baby Heimlich position as my husband pulled out of her mouth. This can't be the way a teething biscuit is supposed to work....anyone have a sturdier suggestion?
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I think plum organics yum Yums are abit heartier. I myself prefer the thinner ones (mum mums) because they dissolve quicker if LO does break a piece off.
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@Tidybee: Agree on both counts. Plum Organics are much thicker/harder, but I like Mum Mums because choking isn't really a hazard.
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Cut a mini bagel in half so it's a semicircle and freeze it overnight.
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Baby Mum Mums!!!! They're the best. They disintegrate into mush and I give them to my kids at 6 months.
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@Tidybee: @mfa_lady: see, I'd be ok if a piece broke off. This was literally half the cracker and because it's so thin, it was just stuck to her tongue gagging her. I'll try mum mums.
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We had the stick to the tongue gagging issue with mum mums...
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@MrsSRS: this is kind of genius. I used to freeze washcloths for my older LO chew on, but i never thought about a mini bagel.
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@Madison43: I think Happy Baby's wafers are very similar to Mum Mums. That being said, we love them both and simply gave small bits and a sippy cup of water when DD was younger.
Have you tried a mesh/silicone teether that you can stuff frozen fruit, etc. into?
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After trying those Happy Baby biscuits a few times, I totally switched to the Trader Joes version of Ritz crackers. Much cheaper. Lo loved the mesh teether, too.
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Im planning on making these but have not yet
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@Madison43: Thanks!
We also did a lot of frozen washcloths and water filled frozen binkies.
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It's the reason I never gave them to my daughter! I feel like they all turn to cement! We tried plum organics teething wafers.
Try the mesh feeders!
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@Madison43: Don't use frozen food like bagels! It's a choking hazard. It doesn't break down in their throat like teething crackers would.
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@LindsayInNY: no doubt, but I imagine that @MrsSRS: takes it away once it's defrosted to the point that pieces break off?
I'm also going to try some mesh feeders for sure.
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Right. Just let them gnaw on it while it's still frozen hard and can't break. Then take it away. No more than little scrapings of mush will come off that way. No way the giant chunks my kids would break off of teething biscuits would dissolve quickly enough in their throats to be any safer.
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@Madison43: @MrsSRS: Personal preference then. Just passing along some cautionary advice.
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@LindsayInNY:
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They dissolve so it would be pretty hard to actually choke. Just an FYI, gagging is not choking. Choking is silent. We did BLW and there was lots of gagging involved. It's super scary, but it's also a sign they are learning to move food around in their mouth safely. I did like Mum Mums best, though.
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@catomd00: yeah, we did BLW with LO1 so I get gagging. The issue I have with this teething wafers is that she was able to break a huge piece off and then it just adhered to her tongue. There was no way for her to move it around in her mouth because it was completely stuck to her tongue and the roof of her mouth. For the Catholic bees, it reminded me of the consistency of communion - it dissolves, but takes a little work to get there. In any event, my goal was to get her something to gnaw on to satisfy her craving for pressure on her gums, not to actually give her something to eat.
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http://saltjunk.com/food-substitution/breads/hardtack
A classmate of mine told me she used this for her kids when they were teething. She grew up in Newfoundland. The bread was very hard. I don't know if it would break apart, but I don't think so.
We also did a lot of frozen washcloths and water filled frozen binkies.
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