Wild Sheep Baltic Amber Teething Necklace Review and Competition!

Competition now closed! And the very lucky winner is....   Bex (@OhNoItsBex)!!!

Bex please email mymummyspennies@gmail.com with you contact details so I can pass them on to the lovely peeps at Wildsheep to have your prize sent out to you!

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Well as you may know My almost 10 month old daughter got her first tooth through today! It's been a long time coming as she first started to get teething symptoms back in April and at the time I thought those toothy pegs would be appearing any day! It was back then when I was first introduced to the idea of Baltic Amber. Another mummy revealed to me that when wearing his necklace her little one had actually had teeth come though without her noticing!

The idea of something natural that would ease Elizabeth's pain and discomfort really appealed to me and within a few weeks Elizabeth has started wearing her Baltic Amber teething Anklet. She has now been wearing this everyday for over four months and not only does it look very pretty and attract some lovely comments, I really notice the difference in her when she's wearing it, compared to when I forget to put it back on after swimming or bathtime! At the time I chose an anklet as I wasn't very confident about having something around the neck of such a young baby.

A few weeks ago I was contacted by another company that sells Baltic Amber Jewellery asking if I would be interested in reviewing one of their teething necklaces. As Elizabeth is now older and I could see the discomfort from her swollen gums was growing I thought it was an ideal opportunity to see how she got on with wearing an Amber necklace.

WildSheep is a family run business based in southeast Buckinghamshire. It was founded by a Brazilian and a New Zealander who decided to start WildSheep to sell baby products that are free from harsh chemicals and offer natural & organic alternatives for mums & babies.

WildSheep make beautiful Amber Necklaces with authentic Baltic amber beads and 50/50 cotton & silk thread. Each necklace is unique and knotted between each bead, so if the necklace breaks only one bead will come off and the remaining beads stay intact. The screw clasp will also release if excessive force is applied, ensuring the highest safety.

Genuine Baltic amber teething necklaces are a traditional European remedy for baby teething pain, which have been used for centuries. A natural analgesic, amber will help to calm baby without the use of over-the-counter drugs and remedies.

Wildsheep's well layed out and simple to use website features Amber necklaces for both mother and baby in a wide selection of colours and 5 different lengths. They offer the beads in 3 styles, Split, Olive or Baroque.

We were sent a 33cm Baroque Cognac Necklace for Elizabeth to wear. These necklaces are suitable for both boys and girls from 3-4 months of age onwards, and as teething can continue for 2 or more years, it is never too late for your child to start wearing Baltic Amber.

It arrived in a lovely organza bag with an informative leaflet which included information on how to care for Baltic Amber Necklaces and the healing powers of Baltic Amber.

The necklace itself was a lovely deep brown colour with smooth round beads. The clasp is made up of two plastic beads, one of which screws into the other, and it is strong enough to withstand a firm tug but will release if excessive force is applied, ensuring the highest safety. The beads were small and smooth, warm to the touch and are double knotted in between each one so if it was to break only one bead would be released.

Elizabeth has been wearing the necklace for a few weeks now (only during the day, with it being around her neck we remove it at night unlike her anklet which is secure inside the leg of her babygrow) and it doesn't seem to bother her, she doesn't try to play with it or pull on it as I thought she may. The colour of the necklace is lovely but personally I think it would would be more suited to a brown eyed darker haired baby rather than my blond, blue eyed daughter! I also think that this lovely bold Cognac colour would be great for Mummies who want to try baltic amber on their little boys but are worried that 'jewellrey' may look a bit girly!

As for the soothing and pain relieving properties, Elizabeth has been having teething symptoms for a few months now and she doesn't seem to have suffered much more in the last few days while her first tooth has been emerging through the gum. She has also been drooling a lot less! I like to think that the Baltic Amber has has a part to play in easing her pain and keeping her (relatively) calm!

I would recommend Baltic Amber teething necklaces to any Mummies looking for a natural alternative for teething pain relief. Wildsheep have a great selection on their website at great value prices! The necklace we were sent costs just £12.99 plus P&P which is really good value considering how much it could save you on teething gels and powders!

Check out their full range of gorgeous necklaces at http://www.wildsheep.co.uk.

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The lovely ladies at Wildsheep have generously offered one Mymummyspennies reader the chance to win one of their beautiful Baltic Amber Teething Necklaces!

To enter:

-like both Wildsheep and Mymummyspennies on facebook
-pop over to www.wildsheep.co.uk register your details here for their newsletter http://www.wildsheep.co.uk/index.aspx?pageid=859715&flg=1 then take a look at their fabulous selection
- return here and comment below with your favourite product from their site and why (also stating a way of contacting you if you win)

(these three steps make up one entry)

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t's and c's

• winner will be selected by random draw
• open to residents of UK only.
• Facebook is no way affiliated with this competition.
• If the winner does not contact me within 3 days of their name being chosen another winner will be drawn.
• Competition will close 9pm 30th September 2011. 
• only entries that have complied with the rules of entry will be valid.
• The prize is a Baltic Amber teething necklace from www.wildsheep.co.uk, actual design is subject to change

We have a tooth!! Some Mummy Saving Products that have helped us on our teething Journey!

It's been a while getting here, but my daughter Elizabeth Rose had her first tooth through today!!!!

If you are a regular reader you will probably be aware that my daughter Elizabeth has been showing signs of teething for over four months now! I was starting to think she would be One before her first tooth made an appearance! She has had swollen gums, puffy red cheeks, temperatures and been gumming on everything on and off since May! But yesterday when she was 9 months and 23 days old her very first tooth appeared!

The teething experience with Elizabeth has been very different than with my son Ben, who is now 4. He first showed signs of teething at four months and the first tooth appeared 2 days later, then within 8 weeks he had 6 teeth! I'm not saying he didn't suffer, we went through plenty of teething gel, and nelsons teetha granules (and on a couple of occasions when he had a temperature calpol) but it all seemed so quick and relatively easy in comparison to the last few months with his little sister!

Since Elizabeth first started showing signs of teething I have been lucky enough to have been given the opportunity to try some fantastic and innovative teething products and write reviews for them on this blog to share my thoughts with you lovely readers!

Well we've certainly discovered some Mummy Saving Buys that are really worth Mummies Pennies!

Every teething product I have reviewed on here still gets used on an regular basis and I would recommend them all! I wear one of my fantastic Teething Bling pendants everyday (I now have them in two colours!) which Elizabeth loves gumming away on and playing with while breastfeeding. She wears the beautiful Dino-Daisy Baltic Amber Teething Anklet all the time and only takes it off for bath time and swimming! The NUBY Twisty Bugs Teether toy really entertains Elizabeth as well as giving her a variety of surfaces to chew on and is always on hand in the changing bag when we go out!

There are two more recent teething products that we have been sent to review that you'll be able to read about very soon. The fabulously natural and sustainable Hevea Panda Soother and the Baroque Cognac Amber Teething Necklace from Wildsheep.

Of course we have still had teething gel, Nelson's Teetha granules and Calpol in the cupboard but with the help of these other teething aids they have rarely been needed! I would like to thank the lovely companies that have given me the opportunity to review their products for helping us get to this point!

I will now start on the adventure of breastfeeding a baby with a tooth!! Any breastfeeding Mummies who can reassure me it not as bad as I'm imagining??