Babies and Teething

mistral_2

Oh well after 11mths of blissfull sleep my little boy who is teething badly awake the last 4 nights which is so unusual.
So to give mum a rest here we sit at 4 am watching a new film recorded from sky +.
So I have tried Calpol , teething gel, icecubes and I am running out of ideas .
Sleep would be nice for all of us but any ideas greatfully received !

mini

Ho, sorry to hear you are suffering sleep deprivation, when mine were teething I used to give them Calpol at 2pm & again at 6.30pm just before they went to bed, also if they don't settle well to begin with out a hot water bottle in the place where they sleep half an hour before they go to bed then take it out before you put him in, it's more comforting for them to get into a wram bed than a cold one.

I also ised Bonjela but I think the taste only gavethem something else to think about, not sure it helped with the pain!

There are other homeopathic remedies some people swear by, if you're interested let me know & I will look them up. Hope you all have a better night tonight

mini

vanoonoo

A chunk of fridge chilled cucumber works a treat on my "odd"daughter it's naturally cooling and doesn't breakup too dangerously in her mouth

Pal

We have been using a homeopathic powder you can get in Holland and Barrett called Nelson's Teetha. Apparently it doesn't work on some babies at all but our little one stops crying almost instantly.

Of course occasionally he sneezes when we give it to him. Stings like hell when it goes in your eyes!

mistral_2

Thank you for you kind comments the hard bit about this i we did have the perfect baby .
From 6 weeks old he slept through the night never waking from 11pm to 7 am .
Then from 5 mth when he slept from 7pm to 7 am never waking .
So I guess all you mums are chuckling and saying pay back time .
Does anyone know if you can get ibrofen for babies ?.
The resr of the ideas I will try one at a time to see what they do , so many thanks
By the way it was 2 am this morning I have forgotten what sleep was !
David

mini

Hi

Have you ever seen the film insomnia about how lack of sleep drives you mad? You remind me of that (in the nicest possible way)

I found this for you, not sure if there's different brands, somewhere like Boots may have a bigger range

http://www.nurofen.co.uk/main.asp?pid=216&rnd=2313

I hope you & sleep and son & sleep are reunited soon

mini

mistral_2

Oh well first trial of Nelson's Teetha tonight so we will wait and see.
But I am well and truely knackered which is not uncommon for me after years of shift work !
Bed bekons

nighty night

Andrea

Night night Mistralflow. Hope it does the trick. Say night night to your little one and your other half.

Andrea :-*

mistral_2

OK well last night was 11pm , 2am 4. 30 am .
I even tried all three at once , calpol , teething gel and powder .
No effect .
Just wish he was not smiling his head of at me while we are so tired . lol.
One day I will get my back like when he is a teenger !!!
Oh well I want the last great tip please so all you mums dig deep .
Off to get the nurofen version today

System

Flow, if hes smiling at you then hes not necessarily in pain from his teeth. Do you feel like smiling when your in pain? Maybe its just a habit the little darling has got into.

Andrea

Don't shoot me down on this one. I have no idea whether it would work as I don't have kids but its something I remember hearing on some chat show once.

They basically said not to do anything. Leave the baby to carry on crying. It will eventually stop when it knows no-one is coming and in time it will stop crying in the middle of the night.

To be honest I think its a bit harsh as it must be pretty hard for a parent to leave a baby like that and not at least check that there isn't something wrong. But, that was the advice. I have a feeling it was an American chat show I saw it on, Opera or something similar, a few years ago.

Anyway, I wouldn't blame you if you decided not to try this one.

Andrea