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Elw78 · 09/06/2012 23:49

My 15 month old suffers terribly with teething and goes from being a fairly content little chappie to a very clingy nightmare. He's always slept fairly well in his cot in his room, mostly waking once at night and having a feed and going back to sleep again to wake between 6 and 7, which has never been a problem for me. Like I say he suffers so badly with his teeth but I feel like no one believes me and it's just an excuse,but I know my child and I trust my instincts on this. He is now quite clingy and difficult to get to sleep and is waking more often. My other half is finds it difficult to be rejected when babas being clingy or to cope with him crying and I'm sure his lack of patience has an effect. We want to start implementing various things at the moment like cc or pu/pd and finishing breast feeding etc but we are at a standstill until we get through this. So has anyone got any miracle cures for teething (I live in hope) or general advice on how to approach all this with our sanity and relationships intact?

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bettyspaghetti33 · 10/06/2012 12:08

Hi there,

I may not have the best advice but didn't want your post to go unanswered as I know very well from my own recent experience the nightmares of teething. My daughter who is now 18 months had disrupted sleep due to teething getting on for 6 months when she seemed to have molars and her front incisors all coming through at once - it was hell! My daughter got very clingy and it always used to happen at night, sometimes it would seem like we were awake for hours on end when she wouldn't settle.

I can't really offer any magic solution to it other than just try and reassure you that your son will get back to sleeping well through the night once his teething troubles are over. We used nelsons teething powders and calpol at times to help with the pain and of course tons and tons of kisses and cuddles! I think teething can really set you on edge because it just seems like it goes on forever. Remember that most children will finish teething by 2-2.5 years old and while that might seem like a lifetime away now there will come a day when he has all his teeth and this part of baby/toddlerhood will be over.

Elw78 · 10/06/2012 19:29

Thanks for the kind and reassuring words! My little one is also worse with it at night and seems to be able to cope- well most if the time- in the day. It's nice to know its not just me and that I'm not just making excuses for him. Wish me luck xxx

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