Is this "just" teething?

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I have a 14 month old dd, she was a terrible sleeper as a little one but for the last 6 months or so she's been fab, going down at 7 without a peep and sleeping through until 5.30 - 6am. Nothing to complain about there!
She had a bad patch of teething when she was about 8 months old and would be up a lot in the night and take anything up to 2 hours to resettle but tbh she wasn't great at self settling then anyway and often needed me to bf her to sleep, which has since changed.

This week has been a nightmare. She's been up for at least 2 hours each night - I think it must be her teeth as I can feel hard lumps under the gums at the back but she doesn't let me in to have a feel for very long so difficult to know exactly what's happening in there! All this week, the only way to settle her has been to get her up, stick on some calgel, give her calpol if it's time to and then let her read a book/potter around for 10 mins, put her down, she seems to crash out and then 5 mins later is crying again, I presume it's her teeth hurting, so repeat the process until eventually she does actually stay asleep. A bit of a pain but not too bad. But last night was a whole different story - she was up at 12, was so hysterical by 3 that DH took her out in the car for an hour and a half, during which she slept. We thought she may be calmer then and able to settle in her cot but again went ballistic when we put her in it and again at 6am when I tried again. She is obviously exhausted but just won't have it.

I'm now in a panic that I won't be able to settle her in her cot anymore. I don't want to leave her to cry as I think she's in pain. But could it be more than teething - ear infection??
She's also dropped down to one nap a day this week which has been a bit hit and miss so she's already tired from that.
And I'm 7 weeks pregnant and not feeling up to dealing with all of this right now..

So, any advice? Just stick with it and it will pass?

Poor you, just sending tea & sympathy until someone more useful rocks up.

Until they do adopt as your mantra 'this too will pass' and rest whenever you can.

CAvs you have my sympathy, this is a toughie and frankly 'this too will pass' is true but a pointless and condescening thing to say to a tired mum with a screaming toddler in the wee hours of the morning (all due respect pixe )

Practical things, hmm well first don't panic, generally babies want to sleep if/when they can. Here's a few things we did/do with our dss. Can you arrange a bed on the floor in her room temporarily while you get through this stage, or better take her into bed with you? Toothache (including teething pain) is the worst pain ever and gets worse when you lie down becuase the blood pressure increases in your head. If she's with you, you can prop her up a bit which should help.

Definitely get her checked for an ear infection and I would start with regular pain relief (we find that calprofen before bed is better than calpol, seems to last longer and deals with the inflammation in the gums too - as long as she's not asthmatic) and topical pain relief (gels, powders etc). You might have to try a few til you find what works for her.

ALso keep giving her the opportunity to sleep in the day, I would still pop her in her cot as you normally would. Failing that pop her in her pushchair, snuggle her in a go for a gentle walk (good for you too). Sometimes a rest can be as good as a sleep.

Pixie is right, it will pass but I hope my suggestions will help you and your dd cope a bit

Hi - just sending you sympathy here too. As Pheebe said I would take her to the Doctors to make sure there is nothing up with her ears and I second the baby Neurofen/Calprofen. With my 2 DSs Calpol did nothing for teething pain. I hope it gets better for you soon.

You have my deepest sympathy! My DD is 16 months and has been teething forever, bless her. She has had a really hard time of it and there still seems to be no end in sight for her. She slept brilliantly from 1 week old until about 8 months and now its hit and miss. Agree with pheebe, calprofen works great as does propping them up a bit, although didnt realise that was because of the blood pressure increase(thanks for that info), my DD gets a bit of indigestion so prop her up anyway.
You should probably get her ears checked if not to just rule it out. Your DD will be cutting her back teeth now which hopefully will give her (and you!) a little break when they do come through. My DDs back teeth came through at the same time which was awful but she seems to be a bit better now there through.

hi there. We have the same thing. OUr DS has just turned 1 and has been a great sleeper - 11 or 12 hours no problem since he was about 6.5 mths. However, recently he has woken a few times in the middle of the night and, just the same, has settled back down again once I've gone in, only to wake 10 mins later screaming again. Is exhausting for everyone. I don't know if it is his teeth or a kind of late onset separation anxiety. One night I dragged a mattress into his room and that seemed to calm him down; he then slept till 8am the next day - but night before last he woke again at 1.30am and just couldn't settle. I must have laid him back down and soothed him back to sleep about 20 times, but every time I then moved away he woke up within 5-10 mins. Bringing mattress in and sleeping on his floor no good, bringing him in bed with us just made him scream louder.... The only thing that seemed to calm him was for me to stand next to his cot with my hand on his back. I wasn't really prepared to do that for FIVE hours till morning so in the end we left him to cry, which was HORRIBLE, but he did go to sleep in 30 mins total (I went back in and kissed him etc again after 15). Was awful but until then he had been awake 1.5hrs crying anyway, so on balance, although I felt terrible, I don't think there was much else I could have done. Last night much better, woke at 6.30am and I brought him in bed with me, where he fell asleep again till 8.30am.

Hi everyone and thanks for all your kind words and advice! I've just been out with dd in the buggy for a couple of hours and she slept for 40 mins and at least I got some peace and a bit of fresh air.

We have tried bringing her into bed with us but that just seems to make her more angry..
Will try the calprofen and if it continues will pop along to the gp to get her ears checked..

Thanks again

Sorry you thought so Pheebe but at least it was meant to be sympathetic and was at least a response an hour before anyone else rocked up!

It helped me, and yes I am a tired Mum with 3 under 5years and was up at the crack of dawn this morning.

Pixie, sorry, on reflection I was probably a bit mean. Its just that I had that thrown at me sooo many times with ds1 (terrible sleeper) that I got to the point where I wanted to throttle anyone who even whispered it! Hopefully the suggestions can help you too.

DS2 is teething his 'filler' teeth at the mo and they seem to be giving him more jip than his big back teeth. Unlike ds1, a dose of calprofen and a 5 min cuddle in his room with mummy seems to be sorting him out this time.

Thanks

I'm not often a pissed off pixie, tiredness gets to us all!