What exactly are Rusks?

My SIL brought me a box of rusks for Jack. They look like nice big cookies. I dissolved one in baby milk and it was like a melted cookie texture. Are these like cereal or is it like a dessert or what? Jack liked them very much. I gave him two mixed with apple/pear.

They're meant to be good to give to teething babies.

one thing i heard about some rusks is that some brands can have unnecessary sugar in them..
i got calvin some baby rice cakes yesterday to nibble on, going to see how he likes them later..

one thing i heard about some rusks is that some brands can have unnecessary sugar in them..
i got calvin some baby rice cakes yesterday to nibble on, going to see how he likes them later..

Hiya! Calving munching on rice cakes? Jack is still gagging peachy porridge!
Have his top two teeth come in yet? Jack is still gummy on top. But I suspect with his moodiness it will be any day.

Hiya! Calving munching on rice cakes? Jack is still gagging peachy porridge!
Have his top two teeth come in yet? Jack is still gummy on top. But I suspect with his moodiness it will be any day.

i have to laugh... (and not pointing out your typo!) but Calvin spell-checks to calving and i find that so funny. (takes little to amuse me!)
i haven't tried the rice cakes yet, probably will later somewhere between lunch and his afternoon nap.
nope, he still only has the bottom two teeth..  i haven't felt the top gum recently though, (putting a finger in his mouth just asks to be bitten!)

mmm peachy porridge sounds good, (but then again, i'm just hungry!!)

I had a few scares with rusks as a teething cookie.  Perhaps I am not remembering correctly, but I could have sworn the teething cookies in the US (at least 17 years ago) were much harder.  Niall could break through the rusks quite easily and choked on them.  That was enough for me to say 'no more' so I made home-made biscotti instead.

i have to laugh... (and not pointing out your typo!) but Calvin spell-checks to calving and i find that so funny. (takes little to amuse me!)

lol...GOOFY! Leave me alone. I was up all night with a baby laughing hysterically. Must be a ghost teasing him or something because he just woke up and laughed and laughed and laughed. Didnt get back to sleep. He's sleeping now. Im stuck with blood shot eyes, pounding and sawing from the workmen and youre pointing out my typos!! LOL

Let me know how the rice cakes work out. I brought some teething biter biscuits back from America but when I give them to him he sucks a second and then drops it on the floor. Ill wait till he's a bit more coordinated.

Yes Cait..the teething biscuits in the USA are rock hard. Never had any trouble with them.

Frozen bagels work nice for teething too

Frozen bagels work nice for teething too

Ah, good idea. I have a few in the bread basket. Ill take one and freeze it and give it a try. Wonder if he'll like cream cheese with it?   

I am taking in all these teething tips as I expect Ethan to start howling in teething anguish any day now. I am ready with teething rings, teething gel and ice cubes. Now I'm going to put some bagels in the freezer.

lol...GOOFY! Leave me alone. I was up all night with a baby laughing hysterically. Must be a ghost teasing him or something because he just woke up and laughed and laughed and laughed. Didnt get back to sleep. He's sleeping now. Im stuck with blood shot eyes, pounding and sawing from the workmen and youre pointing out my typos!! LOL

Let me know how the rice cakes work out. I brought some teething biter biscuits back from America but when I give them to him he sucks a second and then drops it on the floor. Ill wait till he's a bit more coordinated.

ha! i heard C laughing (well, giggling) in his sleep a few nights ago.  (although last night i was woken by a crow on the roof crowing at 3am!)   i will let you know how the rice cakes work out..      

Funny you said "Crow". Jack is making all kinds of cawing sounds. Frank says he sounds like a crow so now we just call him Russell.

Dagmar loooved rusks when she was teething, and I shamefacedly admit I loved them too because I could give her one instead of making her cereal, so it eased the burden for me a bit.  I never had any problems with them, I actually didn't like the harder US teething biscuits because they could break into hard choking pieces, whereas rusks sort of dissolved in her mouth.  But every baby is different!

We were lucky, she was a very easy teether-but the only thing that worked for her was Motrin and her dummy, she didn't like/use any teething toys and she really didn't like anything cold or frozen.

Funny you said "Crow". Jack is making all kinds of cawing sounds. Frank says he sounds like a crow so now we just call him Russell.

   cute!!!     

maybe jack was on my roof?