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Those plastic rings you put in the fridge are not working.
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The Best Teething Toys
By Miebeth Bustillo-Booth, ChildTrek Founder
Natural & Wood Teethers
The best teething toys are made of natural materials like wood. Wood is naturally anti-bacterial. (Thatâs why there are wooden cutting boards.) So it is self-cleaning. Wood is hard and will help ease teeth in. But not all wood toys are ideal. The best wooden teething toys are either unfinished or lightly finished with beeswax, water-based stains, or other non-toxic paints. Itâs best to gain the manufacturer statements to this effect. At ChildTrek, only toys that have met or exceeded safety standards are available.
Great Teething Toys
Grabbing Toy Giraffe with Wooden Teething Ring by Kathe KruseConsider the Infant Grabbing Toy Mah or Giraffe by Kathe Kruse. They are made out of non-porous beech wood, lightly finished with beeswax, and made using non-toxic dyes. There are no harmful chemicals to leach out while your baby gnaws on the hard wood. The wooden ring is extra large for easy handling by small hands. The lamb and the giraffe can be removed for machine or hand wash. And they are completely adorable!
The Grabbing Star Red or Blue also by Kathe Kruse has a wooden teething ring and interesting textures for early learning stimulation. A special feature is a velcro loop at one of the star ends so that it can be fastened as a stroller toy. This achieves a couple of things: the teether is always nearby and it doubles as a grabbing toy. Smart!
Girali Rattle by SelectaThe Girali Rattle by Selecta, aside from being a practical teething toy, is uniquely beautiful. It is made of native woods from Germany and finished with beeswax and non-toxic paints - completely safe for your baby.
Also, itâs hard to beat the Cherry Rattle by Camden Rose. It is lightly finished with beeswax. Its contoured design makes for interesting tactile stimulation. Its gentle rattle is soothing. As a teether - it is naturally hard to facilitate teething. Watch as your baby gnaws on this beautiful toy for hours.
Cold and Soothing
Organic Vegetabe Teethers by Under the NileOne of my personal favorites for the summer are the organic teethers by miYim and Under the Nile. Take the Bunny, Elephant, or Bear teether. Dampen, not soak it. Put it in the freezer. Then let your baby gnaw on this cool toy to help soothe tender gums. Do the same for the Fruits or the Vegetables by Under the Nile. Besides gently soothing for your baby, you are teaching your baby to âeatâ his or her fruits and veggies!
Vary Teethers
Itâs best to keep a few different teethers around that have varying textures and hardness. Some teeth come in easier than others. The molars, for example, are especially hard on infants.
Check out ChildTrekâs selection of ideal teething toys.
The Best Teething Toys
By Miebeth Bustillo-Booth, ChildTrek Founder
Natural & Wood Teethers
The best teething toys are made of natural materials like wood. Wood is naturally anti-bacterial. (Thatâs why there are wooden cutting boards.) So it is self-cleaning. Wood is hard and will help ease teeth in. But not all wood toys are ideal. The best wooden teething toys are either unfinished or lightly finished with beeswax, water-based stains, or other non-toxic paints. Itâs best to gain the manufacturer statements to this effect. At ChildTrek, only toys that have met or exceeded safety standards are available.
Great Teething Toys
Grabbing Toy Giraffe with Wooden Teething Ring by Kathe KruseConsider the Infant Grabbing Toy Mah or Giraffe by Kathe Kruse. They are made out of non-porous beech wood, lightly finished with beeswax, and made using non-toxic dyes. There are no harmful chemicals to leach out while your baby gnaws on the hard wood. The wooden ring is extra large for easy handling by small hands. The lamb and the giraffe can be removed for machine or hand wash. And they are completely adorable!
The Grabbing Star Red or Blue also by Kathe Kruse has a wooden teething ring and interesting textures for early learning stimulation. A special feature is a velcro loop at one of the star ends so that it can be fastened as a stroller toy. This achieves a couple of things: the teether is always nearby and it doubles as a grabbing toy. Smart!
Girali Rattle by SelectaThe Girali Rattle by Selecta, aside from being a practical teething toy, is uniquely beautiful. It is made of native woods from Germany and finished with beeswax and non-toxic paints - completely safe for your baby.
Also, itâs hard to beat the Cherry Rattle by Camden Rose. It is lightly finished with beeswax. Its contoured design makes for interesting tactile stimulation. Its gentle rattle is soothing. As a teether - it is naturally hard to facilitate teething. Watch as your baby gnaws on this beautiful toy for hours.
Cold and Soothing
Organic Vegetabe Teethers by Under the NileOne of my personal favorites for the summer are the organic teethers by miYim and Under the Nile. Take the Bunny, Elephant, or Bear teether. Dampen, not soak it. Put it in the freezer. Then let your baby gnaw on this cool toy to help soothe tender gums. Do the same for the Fruits or the Vegetables by Under the Nile. Besides gently soothing for your baby, you are teaching your baby to âeatâ his or her fruits and veggies!
Vary Teethers
Itâs best to keep a few different teethers around that have varying textures and hardness. Some teeth come in easier than others. The molars, for example, are especially hard on infants.
Check out ChildTrekâs selection of ideal teething toys.
I would like to own a capuchin monkey?
Santana Fr
I already know they are difficult to take care of, need constant supervision, must be fed and changed multiple times a day, and can still make terrible pets. I am ready for whatever is thrown at me (not litteraly). I just want to know I am supposed to prepare for a monkey. I know they need diapers, clothes, toys and stuff like that. I would love a website link that has no negative things about monkeys.
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Please - pay attention to the facts - be compassionate - spare yourself and your loved ones and spare the monkey - DON'T get one as a pet! Why do you want a website that has "no negative things" about keeping monkeys? The reason that those "negative things" are all over the place is because they are TRUE! A website that leaves these things out is not going to be in any way reliable. Facts are facts!
Monkeys don't ever make good pets. Please don't even consider it. Your "freedom" to choose your pet shouldn't override the monkeys' right to live a decent life. You can NOT provide a pet monkey with a decent life. And though they're small, capuchins can be really dangerous! How wouyld you deal withthis monkey once he was grown up? Your choices, in order to protect yourself, would be to a) keep him locked up 24 hours a day or b) remove his teeth and nails and/or drug him - both of which are incredibly cruel. Why would you bring home an animal knowing that you'd eventually need to resort to one of these options? Why would you deny a very social animal the chance to do what he was meant to do - live with other monkeys? Why would you support an industry that pulls infants from mothers well before weaning age despite the firm evidence that this is acutely damaging?
There are groups that actively advocate what they call âresponsible ownershipâ of primates, but these groups are usually largely concerned more with the maintenance of their ârightâ to keep monkeys than with the welfare of the monkeys themselves. Groups and individuals that are seriously concerned with the welfare of individual monkeys as well as with human safety and conservation of threatened wild primate species inevitably agree: monkeys are not pets.
There is no such thing as a âdomesticâ primate â all primates (apart from humans!) are wild animals. Domestication is a process that happens over many generations of selective breeding. Simply being born in captivity does NOT mean domestication!
Chances are, upon reaching adolescence, pet monkeys will become unmanageable, unpredictable and dangerous as they try to assert themselves and as their natural instincts kick in and they do not know what to do with them. Their owners and their ownersâ friends and families are at real risk of serious injury. Even small monkeys can be dangerous as they are strong, quick and clever. Pet monkeys who have become threats are often confined to small cages to live out the remainder of their lives with no further hope of social contact.
In order to be kept as pets, primates are usually taken from their mothers as infants â whereas they would naturally depend on their mothers for long periods of time, and would maintain close bonds for years. This separation causes acute psychological suffering and lasting damage to both mothers and infants. This also makes infant monkeys particularly needy and responsive to human interaction â which is often mistaken for happiness by their new âownersâ.
All primates are social animals. Denied the opportunity to interact with others of their own kind, pet primates often develop serious psychological problems such as severe aggression, depression, and/or stereotypical behaviours such as rocking, pacing and self-mutilation.
Primates have physical and psychological needs which are very difficult to meet in captive situations, such as the need for high levels of intense natural light; the need for vertical space; the need for constant mental stimulation; and the need for an appropriate diet. They are built perfectly for survival in their natural habitats, and are not suited to lives of confinement and solitude.
Wild primates spend a huge portion of their waking hours travelling and foraging in search of food. They urinate and defecate wherever they happen to be. In the home, this translates into destruction and mess.
Capuchins can live for forty or fifty years â a factor which is rarely taken into consideration by prospective pet owners. When pet monkeys outlive their owners (or their ownersâ finances or patience!), provisions must be made for their future â but sanctuaries are few and many of these are filled to capacity.
All primates are threatened in the wild. The keeping of pet monkeys in places like the USA and the UK appears to have a negative impact on wild populations, whether directly (to feed these trades) or indirectly (by setting examples... if people in America can keep monkeys as pets, why shouldn't people in habitat countries?).
Why would anybody choose to keep monkeys as pets in light of all of the above? It is clearly not in the interest of any monkey to be kept as a pet - it is a selfish act that causes all kinds of misery. Please do not do it.
Please - pay attention to the facts - be compassionate - spare yourself and your loved ones and spare the monkey - DON'T get one as a pet! Why do you want a website that has "no negative things" about keeping monkeys? The reason that those "negative things" are all over the place is because they are TRUE! A website that leaves these things out is not going to be in any way reliable. Facts are facts!
Monkeys don't ever make good pets. Please don't even consider it. Your "freedom" to choose your pet shouldn't override the monkeys' right to live a decent life. You can NOT provide a pet monkey with a decent life. And though they're small, capuchins can be really dangerous! How wouyld you deal withthis monkey once he was grown up? Your choices, in order to protect yourself, would be to a) keep him locked up 24 hours a day or b) remove his teeth and nails and/or drug him - both of which are incredibly cruel. Why would you bring home an animal knowing that you'd eventually need to resort to one of these options? Why would you deny a very social animal the chance to do what he was meant to do - live with other monkeys? Why would you support an industry that pulls infants from mothers well before weaning age despite the firm evidence that this is acutely damaging?
There are groups that actively advocate what they call âresponsible ownershipâ of primates, but these groups are usually largely concerned more with the maintenance of their ârightâ to keep monkeys than with the welfare of the monkeys themselves. Groups and individuals that are seriously concerned with the welfare of individual monkeys as well as with human safety and conservation of threatened wild primate species inevitably agree: monkeys are not pets.
There is no such thing as a âdomesticâ primate â all primates (apart from humans!) are wild animals. Domestication is a process that happens over many generations of selective breeding. Simply being born in captivity does NOT mean domestication!
Chances are, upon reaching adolescence, pet monkeys will become unmanageable, unpredictable and dangerous as they try to assert themselves and as their natural instincts kick in and they do not know what to do with them. Their owners and their ownersâ friends and families are at real risk of serious injury. Even small monkeys can be dangerous as they are strong, quick and clever. Pet monkeys who have become threats are often confined to small cages to live out the remainder of their lives with no further hope of social contact.
In order to be kept as pets, primates are usually taken from their mothers as infants â whereas they would naturally depend on their mothers for long periods of time, and would maintain close bonds for years. This separation causes acute psychological suffering and lasting damage to both mothers and infants. This also makes infant monkeys particularly needy and responsive to human interaction â which is often mistaken for happiness by their new âownersâ.
All primates are social animals. Denied the opportunity to interact with others of their own kind, pet primates often develop serious psychological problems such as severe aggression, depression, and/or stereotypical behaviours such as rocking, pacing and self-mutilation.
Primates have physical and psychological needs which are very difficult to meet in captive situations, such as the need for high levels of intense natural light; the need for vertical space; the need for constant mental stimulation; and the need for an appropriate diet. They are built perfectly for survival in their natural habitats, and are not suited to lives of confinement and solitude.
Wild primates spend a huge portion of their waking hours travelling and foraging in search of food. They urinate and defecate wherever they happen to be. In the home, this translates into destruction and mess.
Capuchins can live for forty or fifty years â a factor which is rarely taken into consideration by prospective pet owners. When pet monkeys outlive their owners (or their ownersâ finances or patience!), provisions must be made for their future â but sanctuaries are few and many of these are filled to capacity.
All primates are threatened in the wild. The keeping of pet monkeys in places like the USA and the UK appears to have a negative impact on wild populations, whether directly (to feed these trades) or indirectly (by setting examples... if people in America can keep monkeys as pets, why shouldn't people in habitat countries?).
Why would anybody choose to keep monkeys as pets in light of all of the above? It is clearly not in the interest of any monkey to be kept as a pet - it is a selfish act that causes all kinds of misery. Please do not do it.
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