Teething & No Sleeping

[luminosity]

Hi there,

My daughter (who is 8 mths today!) is currently teething (her second tooth is coming through) and her sleep has cut right back. Her old routine was roughly the below:

8am - nap for 45 mins

12pm - the 'big sleep' of anywhere between 1.5 - 3 hours sleep. On average it was about 2 hours.

4pm-5pm- 40 min sleep

Now usually I have to lay with her for about 30 mins to an hour before I sneak out (bad , I know) for her lunchtime sleep and she'll usually cry out for me about an hour into her naptime and I have to go in and lay back down with her and feed her back to sleep. Her afternoon nap is where I cannot sneak away, she is onto me and wakes at the slightest movement from me so I usually have to lay there for the full 40 mins (ugh).

Now, her lunchtime nap has whittled down to half an hour and her afternoon nap has just gone altogether with this teething business!

Has anyone else gone through sleep diminishing when their bub is teething? I hope to god her sleeping gets better! At the very least, I want to to be able to leave her to sleep on her own so I can do things or have 'me' time, it's driving me nuts!

[Chocaholic]

Cooper always struggles to sleep when teething. I found that on the bad days I had to give Panadol or Nurofen (I alternate between the two as suggested by the doctor) before his naps before trying to settle him. He always goes back into his 'normal' sleep pattern once the teeth settle down again

[luminosity]

Thanks for your reply! We've given Maya a combination of Bonjela and Baby Panadol but it doesn't really affect her non-sleeping....sigh.

I see you're due on the 08-08-08, cool date!Oh and Maya's birthdate is 27th Aug of 07...so she's almost a birthday twin with Cooper.

[luminosity]

Hiya Kimnastics !

It's reassuring to hear it gets better, even though I 'know' it will, sometimes it feels like it's stretching on forever (especially when you're sick yourself and exhausted)...it helps to talk to other mums.

Goin to join Aug 07 baby buds now!

[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.