This is a picture of my son when he was around 6 months old. He was newly experiencing the pain of teeth surfacing through his gums. One of his favorite fruits at the time was mango. I would always throw the pit away (slightly annoyed by how much fruit was left adhered to the pit) when it dawned on me that this would make a great teething apparatus. The pit is large, flat and smooth with plenty of pulp to suck on. I started saving mango pits and keeping them in the freeze