My baby often finds it hard to sleep during the day, even when she is really tired she just cries because she doesn't want to sleep and drives me crazy. She is 5 months old and started teething a couple of weeks ago. I am not always sure if/when she is in pain. I sometimes give her a minute drop of panadol, no where near a dose. I literally just dip the syringe thing in the panadol and pop it in her mouth and she sucks it off vigorously and is out like a light. I don't understand why she does this, I don't know if it is normal? My guess is that the taste of the panadol is nice and it probably feels good on her gums as it seems to have a slight numbing effect. Any suggestions?

My concern is that the panadol can't be good for her little tooth, and also I don't want to encourage her to sleep only if she gets a taste of panadol.

I've just read a few posts, I am wondering what these medicines do, and if they would be better than the panadol but have the same effect:

Brauers Teeting Relief
Rescue Remedy
SM-33
Infants Friend

Can anyone enlighten me? I really would prefer to use something more natural than panadol if at all possible.