acacia, thanks for ur advice! DD already has a teething necklace (since 5 months) and has been displaying 'teething symptoms' since 3 months but no sign of any teeth yet (starting to wonder if she has any in there lol)....last n ight when she woke at about 1030 i went in with the nurofen (which she loooooves, thank goodness) and then popped her dummy back in and shock horror slept til 8am (with a bottle at 4am)...so i guess it was pain....poor bubba