Teething & No Sleeping

[Trillian]

Hi Luminosity, my DS's sleeping has gone out the window too since he starting teething with his top two teeth. His day sleeping is still great though, just the nights are terrible. I give him nurofen for infants just before bed if he is having a bad day with them (grizzly and clingy) as it seems to work better than panadol for the teething pain, plus it lasts a little longer.

[AnyDream]

I've been having night time sleep dramas here too which all started with the teething, it's been going on for weeks and she's only popped 1 tooth (she's erupting top and bottom though). I second Trillian's recommendation of Nurofen, and I also suggest you try SM-33 instead of Bonjela. I found when I had wisdom teeth erupting that Bonjela did diddly squat. SM-33 has a local anaesthetic in it and works really well.

[MamaPan]

this happens here too - Noah gets very clingy and bad sleeping. i find after they come through (he has 4 now) he has a day or 2 where he catches up on sleep (YAY) and then is back to a bit worse than normal.. (i think he takes a while to settle back and to be honest we have had constant teething now for over a month)
my fam day care mum recommended i massage his gums with vegemite (eeww i know) and this does help him.

[Ginger]

i have found that giving ds some "Hylands teething relief tablets' help him to relax and sleep. i second the nurofen as well.

[Campari]

Hi there luminosity!

My DD is a birthday twin with your DD, and we are experiencing the EXACT same thing with teething right now too.

I feel so bad for giving her Panadol & Bonjela frequently, but its all I can do to help her calm down enough to sleep. She was so good at putting herself to sleep until a week or so ago, and now she screams at the sight of her cot and I have to really sit with her, feed her, rock her, drug her (!!) just to get her to sleep. We're co-sleeping half the night too. I so hope it passes quickly! She has her bottom two teeth already (got those at 5.5 months), and her top left has just come through, I can just feel one tip of it.

I'm off to the chemist today to get some Nurofen and SM-33...

Hope its all going OK for you now, and hope to see you in the August Baby Thread...

Rhi

[luminosity]

Hi again!

Well, she's started sleeping again but only when I am beside her lying down. So, I have had to take naps during the day with her and go to bed at night when she does (I have tried to sneak away, the silence lasts 10 minutes). She also screams and throws a tizzy when she realizes I'm (or my fiance) putting her in her cot.

I have been sick too so, even though I would LOVE LOVE LOVE a half hour to myself where she is asleep and I can relax, I think "well, maybe it isn't a bad thing that she is forcing me to sleep when she does...

I went to the chemist a few days ago and got that Brauers (sp?) teething relief stuff but haven't tried it with her yet. Will see how she goes, she appears to have settled down with the teething at least (though, not the clinginess, which I hear is a normal developmental thing for bubs aged between 8-9 months too)... might chase up some of the SM-33 like a few of you suggested.

Campari, yay for birthday twins! What time was your daughter born? I feel bad giving my bub Panadol too, I heard it's not great for the liver but that was also spoken about in reference to a woman who gave it to her bub almost every day so...I think if you use it when ya have to, it's fine. Everything in moderation!

Will let ya know how the Brauers goes when I need to use it! It's a homeopathic remedy and I've heard some mums say it's great.

Kimnastics, thanks for the link! I had a quick look the other day and, you're right, it isn't the easiest thread to find lol! But then had to ditch the computer for the bub when she 'summoned' me.

[Campari]

Hey there!
The Brauers Colic Relief worked really for us, but haven't had so much luck with the Teething one. Usually when the night starts looking like a long and torturous one I give her some Brauers to start with, but if the screaming continues too long at the next wake-up, then I go for the Panadol. If boobies don't work, what other options are there??!! I only have used it twice this week, so I guess I shouldn't be too hard on myself. We've had the same bottle since she was 1 month old and its nearly still full

I got the SM-33, but its so hard to apply! Milla just closes her mouth shut and if I manage to get a finger in, she just licks it off before I can possibly get it on her top gum.

And in answer to your other question: She was born at 9:44am... bang on her due date I'm friends with another mum who has a DD born on the same day too - we were in adjacent hospital rooms it turned out!

Good luck, and hope you get some sleep AND time to yourself soon