Cat post - Baby Teething - little sleep
My poor little Sammer Man (14 months old) is cutting his 3rd and 4th teeth. The past 2 days he’s been miserable with little sleep (little sleep for mom and dad too).
Anyone with ideas on how to make a teething baby less miserable?
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January 7th, 2006 at 12:15 pm
Jim,
I just checked with my wife who is a nurse. Children’s Motrin, Anbesol and ice teething rings help a great deal.
January 7th, 2006 at 12:43 pm
Omg he’s soooo cute!
January 7th, 2006 at 5:08 pm
hmmm…. I really feel for you. We used to say, “When Benjamin cuts a tooth, we ALL cut a tooth!” Consider it a rite of passage, for everyone involved.
January 7th, 2006 at 5:51 pm
ditto what Bruce said.. if your old school a thimble full of alcohol soaked in a rag works to.
January 7th, 2006 at 5:57 pm
Like webprofessor. My mum swears that putting some vodka on finger, and using that finger to wipe around the gums worked very well on both of us kids.
January 7th, 2006 at 6:34 pm
You have to build links to the deep teeth - don’t just target the incissors. Vary the anchor text so you’ve got links with “no pain”, “low pain”, “feeling better” and “sleeping through the night.” The authority links in the sector are tough to get, so you’ll want to..
Oh God… I need to think about something else.
January 7th, 2006 at 7:07 pm
Rand, I think you’re on to something there.
I keep trying to distract him with movies or feed him booze, but you’re right, I gotta stop trying to game this and get to work on making his mouth a great resource of teeth.
January 7th, 2006 at 9:08 pm
We use homeopathic teething tablets that work even better than ambesol. You can get them at your drugstore.
January 8th, 2006 at 12:19 am
This is Sammer’s mom. Great ideas, if this goes on much longer - may try the booze and make it a double for me! By the way its not 3rd and 4th teeth…. It’s 5th, 6th, 7th, and maybe even 8th……….ALL AT ONCE! Sammy’s aunt ssays orajel on a toothbrush. Any more ideas are welcome!!!
January 8th, 2006 at 12:20 am
OMG, my wife just posted on my blog!
January 8th, 2006 at 12:24 am
Well, I could find better things to do…………………….
but, you are sitting at the computer……………………..,
again…………………
January 8th, 2006 at 12:26 am
gotta run for a bit….I’m feeling lucky…..
January 8th, 2006 at 6:53 am
Do you have Calpol over there? It’s a mild paracetamol suspension for infants, and been a staple part of our kid’s upbringing here in the UK.
Whatever method you use, my recommendation is to stick to it - when my kids aren’t sleeping well, the mental comfort of being given Calpol medicine seems to be powerful medication in itself.
January 8th, 2006 at 10:53 am
Correction - last sentence above: “the mental comfort of being given the same medicine seems to be powerful medication in itself.”
January 8th, 2006 at 10:53 pm
Hey Jim and Mary, that’s one cute baby!
Also enjoyed this photo http://www.samboykin.com/sam-google.jpg
A frozen teething ring and infant Tylenol worked best for our 3 kids.
Best of luck and remember: “This too shall pass.”
January 8th, 2006 at 10:54 pm
this might be a good candidate for the best cat post of 2006. A week sooner and you’d have certainly been in the running for 2005.
January 8th, 2006 at 10:54 pm
Rand, you are a classic!
January 10th, 2006 at 5:10 am
For my baby, we tried apple juice dipped in cloth then frozen as a teething toy.
Did not really work, though….
January 10th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
I used to make popsickle (sp?) out of apple juice for my son and gently massage his gum with liquid motrin (a tiny tiny bit).
good luck with that…we’ll talk again when the teen years start. That is tough!
Anne
January 10th, 2006 at 10:13 pm
I recommend a frozen yogurt stick for the babe, and Crown Royal - make it a double - for the parents.
January 11th, 2006 at 12:05 am
yogurt stick sounds great - i heard that from someone else yesterday and forgot to buy them at the store - oops! - thanks for all the great ideas - the booze sounds great too! (for us, i mean)
January 11th, 2006 at 12:06 am
P.S. - Yes, jim - your wife posted on your blog AGAIN!
January 12th, 2006 at 1:28 am
Baby Paracetamol.
Also you can get a sort of pre-toothbrush over here (Australia) which fits over the finger (rather like a soft version of those old-school money counting rubber thimbles) which we massage Alex’ (11 Months) gums with daily.
We’ve also got several solid (not water filled) soft chew toys that we can chill in the fridge & give him - usually we put one in he cot with him so he can chew it if he wants to.
Had two come through over Christmas without a single sleepless night.
We try to limit his drug intake as much as possible but the odd dose of Paracetomol once or twice a month isn’t going to hurt.
February 11th, 2006 at 1:25 am
don’t try the anbesol or orajel, they actually lost the ability to spit (i.e. if they are spitting up) when laying down and can choke because it numbs the throat. my sons pediatrician recommended tylenol every 4 hours and it works, most of the time I just give it to him right before bed and he sleeps for 8 hours, although unfortunately it doesen’t work all the time, it is the safest route.