Hello
My 15 month old has been cutting a premolar for a while now, but it has been quite on and off, seems very slow and not too bad: a bit of drooling, a red cheek, chewing on things and then nothing.
Last night he was up with the pain and he was absolutely hysterical . He was thrashing about and hitting out and holding himself rigid. When I picked him up he relaxed into me, but then kept tensing up again. The pain must have been coming in waves and his face was screwed up.
Where the tooth is coming through had been quite fleshy but he wouldn't let me near him with the liquid Anbesol last night, did manage to get him to take some infant ibuprofen and eventually got some Anbesol somewhere near the spot, but not after being bitten hard.
After a lot of walking around, a sachet of teething powder, a lie on my bed the medicine kicked in and he calmed down but I just wanted to know if there is anything I can do if he is like that again? He wasn't interested in teething tots, fold flannels etc. I have had terrible toothache and can empathise but I was seriously considering calling for help because he just seemed out of it.
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Terrible Teething Pain
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Ijustworemytrenchcoat · 23/11/2014 14:32
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