Sleeping/teething

[Tashap6690]

Hi all my lo is 5 months and used to be a great sleeper, recently however shes started screaming uncontrolably.
It starts off as a moan and then turns into a terrible cry as though shes in pain! At first i thought it was teething so i tried to comfort her but as soon as i picked her up the crying stopped and she was full of smiles. Surely if she was in pain because of her teeth it would still be sore when she was picked up? So i put it down to attention and tried controlled crying but the crying sounds so painfull and she is chewing realy hard on her dummy i cant just stand by and do nothing, so i took her out and now i feel shes just playing me! Any advice because im not realy sure whats right and what i should be doing. Am i a bad parent for not knowing if shes playing me or if shes in pain?

Sorry i went on for so long ive just joined and its good to get it out!

I wouldn't worry about her playing you. It does sound like teething to me. Is she dribbling, red cheeked, high temp? My two used to do this and I thought it was the change in position plus mummy comfort plus distraction from the pain that got then smiling. They day you shouldn't do controlled crying under a year, I think. If you think she's in pain I'd give her a small spoon of calpol. If she sleeps you know she needed it, as there's nothing in it that puts them to sleep its the lack of pain that allows them to relax

My DS is teething at the mo, on bad nights I have a small pot of ice cubes with a couple of dummys in and that seems to help soothe him. I sometimes put a bit of teething gel on the dummy as it's less disruptive than trying to get to his gums with my finger.

Good luck!

Ye shes dribbling like mad and has hot cheeks. My partner has 2 kids from a previous relationship the youngest being 13 months (no judgement please) and his little boy was terribly clingy. He wouldnt go to sleep without being cuddled by my partner and even during the day he couldnt put him down. I do blame us for that though we constantly picked him up and i think we spoiled him. I think im just scared of that happening with my daughter. I didnt realise you werent suppose do it under a year you must think im a terrible mum! Thanks very much for your advice x

I'll defo try ice cubes and dummies

Thanks x

No I don't think that! We are all just learning our way through. It does sound like teething to me. My two went through very clingy phases, to me personally I just went with it, they seemed to get over it more quickly when they know they hsf it if you know what I.mean. though it was bloody annoying at timed but I still think they benefitted from me allowing their clinginess as much as I could. Good luck hope you all get some sleep