<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Karen Davis wrote: >which means that I'm going to have to make her teething biscuits - I have not raised kids, but I do look to the past as a guide to what we should be doing. What is the purpose of teething biscuits? In prehistory (and in undeveloped countries) babies were nursed for 2-3 years and ate nothing else. Biscuits didn't exist. What is the doctor basing his advice on? Don Wiss. P.S. Had the doctor not told my mother to feed me pabulum starting at six weeks, I may not have become celiac at 14 months.