11 month old teething and no sleep

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Hi

My Daughter has never been a great sleeper (probably partly us to blame as we also have a 5 year old son who still needs to co sleep with his dad - sleep training never worked he would always Throw up).

She had managed to self settle on a rare few occasions in the past and has slept through on the few odd times (but not for months now).

she is currently teething - she has had 4 teeth coming through at the same time, currently waiting on the 4th to cut on the top. We give her calpol or ibuprofen before bed and milk, she hasn’t been eating a lot other than soft purées or formula as I think her teeth are too painful. She wakes every 1.5 hours in her cot and the only way I’m getting any sleep is co sleeping which quite frankly I don’t want to do.

She has a milk and a soya allergy so she’s often sick when she cries as I think crying triggers her to vomit- she’s on dairy free milk and I don’t feed her any dairy or soya.

i guess I’m looking for advice as I don’t want to make a rod for my own back continuing to sleep with her but I don’t know where to start to get her sleeping through on her own.

thanks

Right now you're in the think of it. Don't worry about doing what's right for your baby, you're being responsive rather than "making a rod".

Ibruprofen is much better for dental pain than paracetamol but there's nothing stopping you giving Calpol with her tea around 5 and Ibruprofen with a bottle at 7 so she has a good level of pain relief before bedtime.

In the day I'd try something like Dentinox gel on her gums before a bottle or solids too.

Things like cucumber sticks, a frozen banana and homemade ice lollies made from her usual milk along with mashed bananas and berries should help too.

You can also give a clean, cool, damp flannel for her to chew on between meals if she's a bit bothered.

When she has her 12 month check, I'd mention the sleep to your HV.

I'd also fill in the 12 month Social & Emotional Ages & Stages and ask your HV to mark that alongside the usual Ages & Stages

And I don't know if this book would be of any use for techniques to help your DS?