Is it okay to sleep train while teething?

[Zke77]

my 16 mo old lo is getting her second molars and has not been sleeping well for naps or at night for a week. She's always been an excellent sleeper except for teething of course and the occasional illness. At the beginning of the week, I wasn't sure what was causing the problem, but now I'm certain it's her second molars. She has the face rash, constant gnawing, diaper rash, acidic loose poops, etc. Is it okay to stick to your guns while they're in pain or should I do whatever to comfort her/get her to sleep? I am really concerned because last night she started out waking in pain and then things got ugly. I went in, rocked her for maybe 3 min, put her down awake, and she would stay quiet for about 10-15 min before she cried out again. I repeated this process for about an hour until she started to cry as soon as I laid her down. I then did WI/WO for an hour and she finally went to sleep but I think it was more from exhaustion than anything else. Am I doing the right thing? Do you think she will start to develope a bad habit if I don't stick to WI/WO even if she's in pain?

Sleepless for a week now (I know it could be much worse, But I still need my sleep!)

Zke77

[Zke77]

Just for future reference, what do you do during SA? WI/WO? We only had a small bout of this around 6 mos and it hasn't returned yet to affect night sleep, but I'm sure my days are numbered!

thanks again!

Zke77

[Layla]

If she's teething and is in pain, I would go in, comfort and then leave. Its more like a modified version of wi/wo. I don't think its fair to expect them to wake at night and nod off again when they are clearly in pain and at the same time I don't think you should create any habits by rocking her, offering bottles, etc... Try to comfort her in the cot (even if its patting or rubbing her back or just staying there until she is calm). Teething molars can be pretty ugly and really painful. Do you give her anything for the pain at all?

For SA you could do wi/wo or gw. It depends how bad the SA really is. I actually found that spending more time doing the bedtime routine helped ALOT and then I would do wi/wo. But the extra long bedtime routine was usually enough to have her go down for the night without too much of a fight.


hth
Layla

[Hydeh-Mari,Shawn+Xander]

Hi,

I have all the sympathy in the world with your situation! Xander is almost 22 mnths old and is also going through some really bad time with his teath at night. Needless to say, I have been suffering as well. This has been going on for the last 10 days.
My husband is not supportive with the whole wi/wo method and has unfortunately started offering him milk when he wakes at around 3am.
I am now struggling to get this habit broken, but unfortunately its the only way to comfort Xander when he wakes in such a state. He cries uncontrollably and doesn't want to be touched, picked up, left alone or anything else! I give him Nurofen before bedtime, but this doesn't seem to help much.

Is it normal for him to be fine during the day and then a complete different child at night?? He has had a bad runny nose for the last 4 days, but his daytime naps at around 12:30 - 2pm are still ok. Why at night does EVERYTHING change? My husband and I are so stressed with lack of sleep and I am worried that we are losing each other in the process....!  

Xander has been a good sleeper up to now with the occasional night waking, please help!!?