Teething madness - (when) does it end???

[phdlife]

ds is 24weeks and it's been going on for the past 3m.

We've had the snotty nose, the nappy rash, the persistent ear-pulling, the drooling. The biting everything. (Except anything cold. )

Now we also have throwing his head wildly side-to-side, preferably with my knuckle in his mouth, and interrupted naps (hard to sleep when trying to suck fingers/pull ear).

And while he's settled down to 1 feed a night he's awake 2-3 further times with his teeth - eyes shut, frustrated cries as he finger sucks/rubs ear.

Paracetamol gets spat out, only half a dose at a time goes in I reckon.

There is still no sign of a frellin' tooth - and there are how many more of these suckers to go???

oh phdlife, you've described my dd! I took her to the GP to see if she had an ear infection but it's definitely teething. Poor thing cries in her sleep, sometimes lets out such a yell! I can feel the teeth through her lower gum.

The last 2 weeks she's been waking up every hour or so, or crying as soon as I put her in her cot Sometimes Calpol helps, sometimes not. I may try the teething powder...

A mini-breakthrough last night though, we put the mattress at a tilt and she slept from about 9.30 to 3am, then slept til 5...

Tom is 17 months and only has his front four teeth (or Bugs Bunnys as I call them!). He used to eat lumpy food okish and now refuses to eat lumps. He 'thrashes' about in his highchair at mealtimes, tries eating my feet, lol. He has started to knaw at toys, something he has NEVER done, lol. He throws his toys around (quite a good thrower actually) and we tell him off. He does sleep through the night. His little friends would eat sandwiches and raisins, whereas Tom would spit them out! Not sure if thats dues to not having any back teeth or being lazy! He's had constant diarrhoea and nappy rash since July. Not entirely convinced that is down to teething. Waiting for HV to call anyway.

I am 30 and STILL having wisdom teeth coming!

ohhhhh, I GET it [lightbulb emoticon]

"teething" is the new "growth spurt", isn't it!

Today we have had more drool than I have ever seen in my life. IT was pouring out of her mouth running down her chin all day, her little chin is red raw there's nothing I can do about it tho, I've smeared it with vaseline/sudocrem etc to try to protect it from the drool but no luck

Top gums definitely hard but no sign of it breaking through. Am gonna try the chilled carrots tom. It would help if I had some carrots I guess...

lol @ phd

aha! Can see a bit of tooth emerging from the bottom gum. She's still grumpy though

at geekybaby's tooth

@ phd - it's still just the tiniest amount of tooth poking out of geekybaby's gum! And we're still getting nighttime grumpiness (that grin is thru my gritted teeth)

what's different about the nurofen syringe compared to the ones you get from the chemist with antibiotics etc?