My baby boy, Hunter, has been teething like crazy! This little guy is only nine and a half months old and he already has eight teeth! That is hard on a baby as young as he is. He has been extra fussy lately, he just cries and nothing will soothe him. But, my husband has discovered the best teething trick for our baby. Drum roll please… APPLES!

I was up early this morning with an unhappy Hunter. He was just crying, and crying, and throwing his frustrated body all over the place while I tried to calm him down. Hunter is a Daddy’s Boy, so my husband was able to calm him for a minute, but he had to go to work. So, my husband handed Hunter back to me and then went into the kitchen and came back to me with an apple. He said that Hunter had been eyeing his apple and so I should have one and share it with him. Man was he right! It did just the trick! Hunter got that apple in his mouth and he was my happy baby boy again!

If we give him a whole apple that we have peeled, or just eaten part of ourselves, Hunter is a happy baby! He just naws on the apple and smiles at us with this look of “Thank you, you finally figured something to make my teeth feel better!”.

We watch him closely when he is chewing on his favorite new teething toy. I don’t want my little man choking on any of those small pieces he breaks off, so if you try this with your baby make sure they are used to eating some solid foods. Hunter loves it and it has made Mommy’s life much easier!

An apple a day keeps the teething monster away!!!