Teething in the middle of night thread...

[GodisaDj]

...It can't be just me that has a baby who suffers badly with teething?

I swear my DD, who is nearly 12 months slept better at 12 weeks old than she does now.

When she's not teething, she sleeps in 5 hour slots at night (manageable for us). When she's teething she's awake every 2 hours, wheather for a cuddle, feed or general cry. During the day her hand/finger will be in her mouth and she'll generally be 'out of sorts' but can be distracted by the pain. It's like two personalities - a teething one and a non-teething one.

She's just gone back off to sleep after 1 hour and 36 minutes of screaming, crying, fussing, groaning and generally being utterly pissed off that she's in pain and/or unable to get to sleep. When she first woke up, she arched her back, flails her arms around, kicks and doesn't want you anywhere near her. After 10 minutes waking her up properly it's then taken nearly 90 minutes to get her back to sleep.

This is typical of our nights. We've had 2 'good' nights in the last 30 as teething disturbs her at some point between 11.30pm and 6am.

We've tried:
Nelsons teething powders
Amberbeads
Dentinox teething gel
Calpol teething gel
Paracetomol (calpol / tesco's own)
Ibroprofen
Cuddles with mummy
Cuddles with daddy
Cuddles with mummy and daddy
Co sleeping in her room
Co sleeping in our room
Reading her favourite books
Singing her favourite songs

I've ran out of ideas.

This thread will hopefully keep me sane during these troubled times....

Hop a board if you relate to anything I've said!

DS woke at 1 screaming, he usually sleeps through so I knew something was wrong. Calpol, teething powders and mickey mouse and it's gone quiet.

I have it no where near as bad as you but DS (12months) picks his nights.. Have an interview in the morning

Oh no. An interview when you haven't slept is not good. I had a couple recently and literally my head just went blank half way through answering a question.

Dd has slept since my last post but I havent just can't get back off.

Hope DS feels better in the morning and good luck with your interview.

Ok, so some improvement in that she's not screaming/back arching tonight but she's woken at 12.30 (fed back to sleep), 3am (fed back to sleep), 4am grizzle, 4.20 (feed to calm down).

I'm breastfeeding and her latch bloody hurts tonight so definitely teething and she finds me more of a comfort than her dummy (wonderful!).

Think it's not as bad because she had calpol / ibruprofen alternately every 2 hours from bedtime to 12.30 so the pain mustn't be as bad.

Still, it's 4.30am and I'm wide awake having been woken up three times.

I've booked her to see the dentist...surely they don't suffer this bad all of the time?!

I can relate. My 13 month old is waking at least 3 times every night at the moment, usually with a blood-curdling yowl of pain.

I was hoping to have stopped breastfeeding by now, or at least got it down to one token bedtime-feed, but instead I'm still doing it half the bloody night, as it's usually the only thing that (eventually, after much slapping and arching away) calms her back to sleep again!

She's still in our room because she can't go in with her older sister if she's going to wake her up all night long.

She's only got 3 teeth so far, so goodness knows how long this is going to go on for.

I feel your exhaustion! only 3 too. Hope tonight is ok for you.

We're on 9. Ive booked the dentist now to see if she can take a look at how they're coming through. Two of them don't look right and mil has told me today that ALL 3 of her kids (inc DP) had too many teeth when babies and had to have them taken out when older. DP had 10 out over 2 weeks when he was 6

I'm sitting up in bed whilst DP is with our, now calm-ish DD, who struggled to get to sleep tonight, then woke after 1 hour with a blood curdling scream, then proceeded to be hysterical for a good 20 minutes. We've sat down stairs watching the Olympic highlights to settle her. Now, after an hour downstairs, we've moved upstairs and like I say DP is with her reading stories.

I honestly was scared for her tonight, she's in agony and got herself that worked up she couldn't breathe properly and eventually threw up too

Not sure whether what we're currently doing is ok (getting up with her, waking her properly as she's half and half and could be dreaming/having night terrors)...I just feel utterly helpless tonight she seemed more upset when I was coming back in the room with fresh pj's, wanted her dad tonight

I've never heard of people having too many teeth. That sounds horrible :( Hope your visit to the dentist goes well and your poor little one doesn't end up having to have any teeth out!

I think I've discovered the reason for all the angst at our end - looked into DD's mouth this morning and she has 7(!) new teeth all sprouting at once. So I think I can forgive her for being so grumpy. I was a bit worried it was nightmares/night terrors too, so I feel slightly relieved it was probably teeth.
I agree so upsetting when you can't comfort them, makes you feel so helpless.

yup, know your pain.

DD now 19months with 17 teeth through! she didnt start sleeping hrough til 13 months, when there was a brief lull in the teething and (no idea if coincidence or not) i stopped breastfeeding at night - just stopped one night and then a few weeks later stopped the before bed feed and switched to a beaker of milk.

sleep has massively improved, but still havent had more than five nights in a row sleeping through. now when she wakes in the might, i say 'lie down', then whisper 'i love you' and walk out and leave her to cry for 10 minutes. with the last teething episode, i caved and took her into the spare room, where it would take two hours for her to settle, and would frequently then wake up when i transferred her back into the cot! so now going to stick t the 10 minutes of crying (with me sitting in bed next door, ear plugs in and trying to read a book and not think about my baby yelling 'mummmyyyyyyy' at the top of her voice and sounding like she is being tortured! as soon as i go back in, she stops cryng and flops back into her cot!!
i would say, be gentle to yourself - it is NOT your fault that your baby cries and doesnt sleep through, thats just what some babies do, they will get to a better phase. dont beat yourself up about making rods for your own back or getting things wrong. there is a lot to be said for just getting through the nights however you can.
my little girl is a real chatty little thing in the day and i reckon its because of all the extra interaction she has had at night over the last 18 months!!
hope you get to some easier nights soon