Teething and ibroprofen

[sugarplumfairy01]

My 6 month old is having a horrendous time with her teeth. We've tried every and not seems to help.

I'm not trying ibroprofen, a thread on here said its better due to being anti - inflammatory.

Is it better to give every now and then, or regularly? I think she can only have 3 times a day anyway.

Don't know what else to do to help her. She's asking loads during the night too, screaming. The only thing that settles her is feeding on me, but she doesn't really need it so just ends up sucking...my nipples are getting sore! Lol

Any other helpful tips greatly appreciated!

Give nurofen when it hurts. You can also use anbesol liquid (not gel).

I found a combination of nurofen and calpol and anbesol works best.

Definitely give pain relief if it's effecting their sleep.

So I use teething powders through the day and save ibuprofen for nights along with anbesol. So every 4 hours when wakes for feed through the night I give Nurofen first, then feed, then anbesol.

Thanks all

She's such a nightmare to give Calpol/ibroprofen too as she doesn't open her mouth for the seringe, so we have to pin her down lol

I'll look at picking up anbesol. We've got teething gel and granuels but don't seem to soothe her.

Ibuprofen is better than calpol for teething due to it being, as you say anti-inflammatory. i just used at night, though it is more effective if used over several doses, but I didn't feel comfortable doing this- I felt just one dose a night was enough. The worst of it should be over with in about a week anyway.

Make sure you give with or after food as it can cause stomach upset, my baby was very clever at spitting it out.

So in the end- would syringe half the dose into back of cheek and quickly put in bottle and let baby feed, then other half and quickly put in bottle before he had chance to spit it out. Was a two person job though!

The teething powders don’t contain any pain relief what so ever.

Yes @anotherangel2- lots of mums swear by them, but I haven't bothered as there apparently is no evidence they work. I think it is psychosomatic, but then I don't think infacol or gripe water work either.

The teeth cutting through aren't actually the pain. The gum cells separate for the tooth. What causes the pain is the gums getting infected by food etc. Try something like bonjela which us an antiseptic as well as ibuprofen.

Really Catheroo? Is this true? How do you know?

My friend Mr Google... ;) Well, it rung true with me..

Ibuprofen is fine and safe to give when teething within maximum dose range. My daughter really suffered with teething - lots of pain plus constant fever (sometimes over 40) so it was inevitable for us to give regularly. On the few occasions she didn't have high fever, we would give it as needed - usually at night - together with abnesol liquid and occasional paracetamol too if needed.

Its normal to find it difficult to administer and there were awful occasions where we had to hold her down to give it too. When you do give it, give a small amount at a time in the side of her cheek - they are much less likely to spit any out that way. If it helps, mine is now 22 months and will happily open her mouth for ibuprofen or paracetamol now!

Interesting, but the fussy sleepless nights started a week before tooth popped through- so I don't believe it to be true.