tips for waking caused by teething please!

[IHeartIona]

My dd is 7 mo and is definitely teething (red cheeks, bumpy white gums, loads of dribble, whole hands in mouth most of the time, biting/grunting/crying a lot, etc.....) and tonight is waking every 15 mins approx - so far 3 wakings since 8.30, went down at 7.30. Have just given some teething gel. I would give calpol if she was crying/inconsolable but at the moment she is ok.
Let me know if you have any good tips for dealing with this kind of wakings pls!

Have you tried teething granules?

oh yes forgot to say i've been using those in the day before (teetha ones) and they are great. Do you use them at night too? I'd have to put the light on I guess but would be worried that would wake her up more...

Do you have a dimmer light?
My 2 year has molars coming through and is miserable. Even if not crying but still waking a lot I give Bonjela, teething granules and calpol at bedtimes with top-ups through the night.
Sounds like a cocktail but none of is harmful and the combinations are fine.

We use Bonjela or Calgel and Ashton Parsons or Nelsons granules. Calpol only for very, very bad nights or we'd be giving it all the time.

I find sometimes the most soothing thing is a backrub or gentle patting - it seems to distract them from the pain. If you are BFing you might be surprised how well this comforts them.

Also possibly the best thing is being endlessly patient

I have been recommended ambesol teething gel - gave it to dd the other night. she loved the taste but I think the problem she had was a sore tummy and not her gums so can't guarantee it works!

Sorry we use ibuprofen and lots of it. Teething = waking up every half hour for us on bad days with molars so I don't think it's excessive for us.

Us too. Ibruprofen is good because it reduces swelling. I give it an hour before bedtime so there's maximum pain relief when they need to fall asleep.

I don't see any reason to withold medication, it's not harmful to them and I know I'd want a painkiller if I couldn't sleep because of my teeth!

What's wrong with giving them a bit of calpol if there in enough discomfort to wake them up every 15 minutes though? A toothache is a niggly horrible uncomfortable thing, isn't necessarily scream the house down painful but a bit of calpol or nurofen might take the edge of and give everyone some sleep.

thanks for the tips all. I should have said she sometimes wakes up several times in the early evening anyway and was going straight back to sleep on my shoulder with cuddles, so that was why i didn't give her calpol. I gave her some earlier today though as every time I put her down she screamed.
Cuddles seem to be working well at the moment too
I'll look for the anbesol gel, think I saw it at the chemist yesterday, and may also try the Ashton and parsons powders and ibuprofen. Does anyone know if the Ashton and parsons granules are similar to the Nelsons one (chamomile) or work in a different way?
cheers

I have to say, it's really really common at this age. We went through a stage of DD being up all evening and night but it does get better. You may just have to resign yourself to a little bit of this for a while.

I think the Ashtons are rubbish personally. My friend who is a homeopath says there isn't enough camomile in the Nelsons ones to make any difference either.

Second Ginger... Clapol, Calpol (or Claprofen if you prefer) and more Calpol - and Calpol night at night if they can't sleep... If you had constant toothache you'd take Paracetamol, right? Why expect a baby to put up with something you wouldn't?

I used to get all worried about it, until a friend of a friend who's a Paediatrician told me that Calpol does no harm, even if used regualarly for a few weeks, and would be more worried about a baby left in pain and without sleep... She also said she can't understand why so many mums seem to think that giving Calpol is somehow 'cheating'!

So dose her up until she's over the worst and give both yourselves a break... in every sense of the word

db
xx

We use the Ashton and Parsons powders in the day for teething and I do think they calm him down a bit but maybe I just feel calmer as I feel like I'm doing something constructive! I also think anbesol liquid is brilliant for teething as the gels tend to be really messy and just slide off the gums and get eaten, the liquid is really easy to apply on the end of your finger and doesn't slip about. Thankfully ds' sleep isn't disturbed by teething (touch a whole forrest full of wood!!!) but if it was I'd just do the same and give lots of cuddles and reassurrance. IatDavina is right, patting and just saying something calmly like 'it's OK' over and over to them tends to reassure them and the repitition and rhythm of what you say calms them down, it works in the day anyway!