My 6mo DD has largely been a good sleeper and pretty good at going down to bed. We do bath, feed, bed - sometimes she falls asleep on the boob sometimes she will go down awake and put herself to sleep. The last week has been a complete disaster though. She is really distressed at bedtime, often refusing to feed, pulling off & trying to stick fingers in mouth, back arching, crying etc. We spend ages trying to calm her, rock her, soothe her etc but often she is screaming for ages.
It does seem at least partly to be her teeth coupled then with her getting overtired & wound up from screaming so much. Don't understand why her teeth bother her so much more at this time though? or could it be something else?
If anyone has any ideas on what to try with her would be greatly appreciated!! Calpol does seem to help a bit but am not sure its a good idea to give her that too often?? Use Calgel and teetha also but they have limited effect..
If no ideas maybe you could all come and reassure me that this is just a phase that won't last too long
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6mo bedtime turned into disaster, help pls!
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picklesrule · 04/04/2010 21:05
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