Pain stopping baby from sleeping?

[Carbis]

My 7 month old has had a really rough time with sleep for the last month or so. He’s been waking almost hourly and settles back to sleep pretty quickly with a cuddle or a feed.

He was pulling and scratching at his ear so I thought it was teething but it went on for ages so I took him to the Dr who prescribed antibiotics as it was inflamed.

The scratching has now calmed down but he was still waking hourly so I gave nurofen the other night and he slept for hours. Same again for a couple of nights - hourly waking until I give nurofen then he sleeps for a good stretch.

I just don’t know what’s causing the pain so can’t get to the bottom of it. He’s mostly ok during the day. I obviously can’t keep giving nurofen.

I’ll speak to the GP again on Monday but they’ve not been much help until now and will try the HV but wondered if anyone else had experienced this?

Ear and teething pain are both much worse when laying down.

Yes, almost hourly wakes between 6-8 months. Turns out he was teething chronically. A tooth would pop up and we'd think that was the end of it, but there was always more. By the end he had 8 teeth.

Oh wow @Sbena that sounds really tough. 8 teeth is loads! DS got 2 teeth at 5 months but nothing since. Perhaps it’s a long run in? Did you just keep giving pain relief?

It was absolutely grim!!! We did give him Calpol sometimes but it didn't seem to do anything. You just have to ride it out. At least he's having a nice break from teething after all that (although seems to have an early molar on the way atm)