as some of you may have noticed, i'm a bit hippy dippy, so along with antibiotics don't like using calpol/medised etc. i see a homeopath with ds and try to use alternative medicines as much as possible.
however, if I think that ds is really in pain, and homeopathic remedy doesn't seem to be doing it, I do use calpol. a fellow mner that i know irl told me she spoke to peadiatrician who told her that if we as adults experienced teething we would go mad with the pain of it, and having had toothache I can well believe this is true. so if i think that ds is in pain from teething, i want to relieve that.
however, i'm concerned by how often and for how long this is: for example, sometimes ds has a spoon of calpol (sometimes two) for 5 or 6 nights on the trot.
recently he has taken to pointing at his mouth and saying 'teeth, sore' (he understands what both of these words mean). he also sometimes asks for 'med' (medicine).
I"m getting paranoid that he just wants calpol (can he be addicted...don't laugh)...but can a 21 month old lie about stuff like that? would they? he may have some back molars coming though, but it's hard to tell, he doesn't have the red cheeks that he has sometimes (altho not always had). anyhow, tonight i tried ashton and parsons powders but he cried when i put him to bed and said 'teeth, sore' and pointed at the calpol (!) so i gave him a spoon.
any advice on this? am i right to be concerned? or just mad?