My nearly 5 month old has been an okish sleeper - goes down by himself and sleeps from 7.30 to 7.30 waking up once or twice for milk and goes straight back down. 4 month regression was hard but we got through it but have now been confronted with his first tooth. Last night he barely slept at all. Will nod off from rocking or feeding and will wake up 15 minutes later screaming so much and the cycle continues. We're now on night 2 and seems to be the same. His naps were terrible today too.
It's definitely teething - he's pressing hard on his gum and brings our finger to his gum and his crying sounds like he's in pain. There's also a very clear white dot on surface of gum and it feels ever so slightly sharp so think it'll emerge any time now. Also he's become congested today. Our older son always seemed to get a cold at the same time as teething.
Our first son was no way near as bothered about teething as this baby.
We've been alternating calpol and nurofen but it's really not working at all.
Anyone else experienced zero sleep during teething and how long did it last? Hopeful that because we can see the tooth it'll be a matter of days.
It's making me feel so sad him crying so desperately and also I'm not functioning well on lack of sleep. He's also lost his voice from last night's screaming so when he's screaming tonight it's very hoarse and strained.