front teeth - can they make your baby nocturnal?

[moodlesoup]

my DD1 is nearly 9 months and her front teeth are coming through and she's really suffering. she's sleeping for 3 hours at a time in the day which she's not done since being a newborn. she's completely zonked and nothing will wake her. consequently, she's not sleeping that well at night, coughing and then waking at 4am.
its manageable, but my DH is going to australia this weekend and i'm getting scared of dealing with her on my own as i'm shocking without a full nights sleep.
has anyone got any tips at all?
thanks

arghhh! sorryjust a quick rant i answered this posted it then it vanished!
i dosed my dd up on med an teething gel an powder. i found she was waking up cause she was hungry gave her porrige for super.i found if i kept her busy i could stop her going to sleep then let her have theone nap to replace the two good luck