Teething pain or royal pain in the backside?!

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I really need some advice please anyone.

My dd is 6 months and recently cut her first tooth, 4 days ago. She's been quite fretful bless her and very clingy. 3 weeks ago she started waking more and more in the night which I put down to teething but she's now started waking every 45 minutes during the night and crying. I've tried calpol, nurofen, teething powders, teething gels and nothing helps her sleep. She will settle if I cuddle her and give her a dummy but then once asleep she'll wake again 45 mins later.

So I guess I want to know is this normal during teething? Even after nurofen she still wakes 45 mins later. She's not hungry as I've tried to feed her but she refuses her bottle. I've tried taking her into my bed but she still wakes.

It seems that the only way she'll settle during the night is if she has her dummy, she even makes a funny sort of coughing noise during her cry which I think is her asking for the dummy.

Do you think that it's teething pain waking her or is she becoming dummy dependant?

I've never been happy with the idea of controlled crying but am starting to think it maybe the only way to get her to sleep.

Any ideas, advice would be greatly received because I'm at my wits end.

Thanks

DS1 wasnt like that with teething - DS2 is. I've found that nurofen and anbesol (for teething - you need to get from pharmacy) rubbed directly on the gum help sort him out for a couple of hours when teething is at its worst. She's probably suffering from another tooth coming out (DS2's sleep went to pot for 3 weeks when his first two teeth were cutting - its now been rubbish for another 3 weeks thanks to another 5 trying to cut through - one and a half down and another 3 and a half to go so far). My advice would be do what you need to do in order to get through this phase - I've found co-sleeping with DS2 when he's really in pain helps settle him. If the dummy helps your DD settle, I'd say use it for now; as she is still so little, you can always break the sleep association later.

Thanks, might try the anbesol. I'm just so tired as she's never been the best sleeper and what with the teeth too, she's been impossible!

But I guess it is what it is.

I'm not really into co-sleeping as I don't really sleep and end up waking with a crook neck in the morning!

Oh well, one down only 19 to go!!

the first teeth and molars are the worst. my Ds was very sensative to pain. i rotated as many drugs as was legal for several nights in a row.

my mother said i gave him far to many drugs/teething gel/whatever but i could not listen to him cry all night and be very cranky all day.

i think you just do what you have to to get through it. thankfully all his teeth are here now.

does she calm a lot with the dummy? if so, just let her have it.

I know this is a bit of a funny offer but DS2 was prescribed anbesol and hated it - I have a full tube from last wk. Happy to send it!