no medication for teething before bed

[macsmum]

I was medicating mackenzie for bed most nights as he seemed to be teething forever, dribbling and chewing on his blankets all night but no matter what i did with his day routine i couldn't get him past 5 am most nights, some nights he slept till 6.30
anyway i was trying out all the different meds for pain, nurofen, calprofen, medised but nothing seemed to help..........
anyway i gave up the mediction completely last weekend and he has consistently slept through every night from 6.30 till almost 7am so i believe something in the medication was hindering his ability to sleep
just thought i would share as when i look back the nights he made it through to 6.30 were the nights i didn't medicate, can't believe i could of solved the problem sooner

Emma

[andibig]

This happened to us too .
i think with sasha she went into such a deep sleep when she had her meds that she just didn't need anymore sleep after 5.30am.also i think the body is then reliant on needing the meds to sleep longer IYKWIM.

[Layla]

Thats wonderful news !!! Unfortunately meds can have the opposite effect on our los in regards to sleep.

[LeesMom]

Exact same thing here, which led me to do the same thing and stop giving teething meds at bedtime. If DD wakes up in the middle of the night, I give them then, but she usually doesn't.

[ryan's mum]

Calpol is the only pain med we can use with Ryan as the other's aggrevate his reflux ,Calpol has a ping effect on Ryan so i will only give it if he REALLY needs it .I did the same , i would put him to bed and if he was in discomfort in the night then i would give him some calpol