Period teething babys.

[robgil]

4 Days/nights now with no sleep.
Any hints guys on teething babys? This is awful.
Ive tried lots of booze but it didnt help (me , not the baby).

On the bright side Mrs Browns boys is on bbc1.

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Stay in the local Premier Inn until all his teeth are through?

 

[middi]

Let the baby have the booze , you take the Calpol.

middi

 

[Feltwell]

Yep. Get used to feeling cr@p and knackered. So says the father of 3 young kids!

If there was a magic cure for this, then whoever found it would be a very rich person.

Always have Calpol and Nurofen for Children in the house. The syringe dosers that come with the Nurofen are a million times easier to give to a baby than using a spoon, we always use them with Calpol as well. Don't forget that Calpol (which is paracetemol based) and Nurofen (which is Ibuprofen) work in totally different ways and can be overlapped - i.e. if things are really bad you can give a dose of Calpol, then 2 hours later give a dose of Nurofen, then 2 hours later back to Calpol etc. Obviously check doses on the bottles, do not exceed maximum doses of either in 24 hours, check with GP if not sure or any other health issues and all the other commonsense stuff.

You probably know all the above anyway - the parents all seem to tell each other! Our GP confirmed to us that it is OK to do if necessary.

We do try and give the kids as little medication as possible, and I can only think of 1 night where we had to do the alternating Calpol/Nurofen routine with 1 of the kids (who was in real distress with an ear infection). But we do use these drugs if we have to - at 5am this morning, when my 1 year old was screaming and running a temperature, a dose of Nurofen meant that 20 minutes later his temperature was reduced and he was asleep. As a result he's had a reasnoble day without any more medication, so 1 dose was well worth doing.

 

[Gareth Hughes]

I believe gin is the authentic period solution to the problem, rubbed on the gums.

 

[Feltwell]

Don't forget all the other old remedies, involving arsenic and various opiates!

 

[Gareth Hughes]

Never did me any harm...
mainly because I think it had been banned by my teething years.

 

[robgil]

lol , and look at the timber framed dolls house those kids are building out of their unsmoked reefers.
My how times have changed, kids these days just dont play with their drugs like that anymore. No sooner do you give your 5 year old a spliff and its gone just like that.

Thanks for the advice guys. Shes asleep now but she wakes up every hour or so. I use calpol but wasnt aware i could use nurofen.

 

[Feltwell]

I find Nurofen works more quickly than Calpol, especially at bringing a temperature down. My kids prefer the taste of the orange-flavoured Nurofen to Calpol as well - a minor point but when it's 3am and your little one is screaming, it's much easier if they associate the dosing syringe with being a treat and take it readily!

It won't last Rob, teething seems to go in fits and starts. My little one has just got another tooth (no. 7) appearing now, it's been 5 months since the last one.

 

[Penners]

I believe gin is the authentic period solution to the problem, rubbed on the gums.

Yes, but what about something for the baby?

 

[Pford75]

We used a teething ring with our second baby...a sort of gel-filled plastic ring which can be chilled in the fridge. It seemed to work. Not expensive, so might be worth a try?

 

[Flyfisher]

We do try and give the kids as little medication as possible, and I can only think of 1 night where we had to do the alternating Calpol/Nurofen routine with 1 of the kids (who was in real distress with an ear infection).

FF junior had a few bouts of ear infection - I've often wondered why youngsters are particularly susceptible as everyone seems to grow out of it quite naturally.

Fortunately, time has a very selective effect on the memory and I don't recall any particularly bad teething experiences with FF junior (probably because I'm a very sound sleeper :lol: ), but we always had bottles of Calpol around the house.

One thing I do remember was that a short car journey would always settle him down and I quite often would take him out for a few miles in the small hours if he was really inconsolable. I recall this had a high success rate.

 

[Penners]

I quite often would take him out for a few miles in the small hours if he was really inconsolable. I recall this had a high success rate.

I achieved a high degree of success with that technique, too, with Penners Jnr. It guaranteed us a peaceful night.

Fortunately I always managed to remember where to retrieve him from, the next day.

 

[CatherineB]

I second the recommendation for the calpol/nurofen combo. Also bonjela teething gel is really good, it has a local anaesthetic effect. I remember using this a lot for the girls.

 

[FamilyWiggs]

I must remember to check the boys' teeth have arrived (8 & 10 now) because I don't remember any issues with them coming through... nor with those tantrum thingies people go on about.

I think we have been either very lucky or blissfully unaware of their painful anguish and malevolent antics. 8)

 

[CatherineB]

They're lulling you into a false sense of security, Robin, and will become Horrible Teenagers :mrgreen:

(I already have two 8-yr-old HTs; I think that's a girl thing )

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Catherine - we find regular beatings have been very successful in structuring their understanding of our expectations as parents... HTs will not be allowed. They're also well drilled that they leave home at 18 whether they go to Uni or not, and they don't return after Uni! 8)

 

[CatherineB]

Ah, but by the time mine have got to 18 they'll be delightful young adults, whose company I will not want to do without!

Plus there'll be the small business of being able to afford a place of their own, at the rate student fees, taxation, house prices, etc are going - but let's NOT go there! Poor Rob has enough to contend with for now :mrgreen: (the toothiest smilie I could find :mrgreen: )

 

[robgil]

Managed to get about 4 hours lasty night, knackered. Shes been moaning all day as well and its really getting her down. Our doctor said 3 sleepless nights per tooth but i think that was a kind estimate, i think he meant weeks.

 

[Penners]

Poor Rob has enough to contend with for now

This is going to sound very heartless, but do you think many people believe that they'll get away without any sleepless nights, when they decide to become parents?

It is, I'm afraid, a self-inflicted problem!