My son is 6 months old and i can not get him to sleep at all. He will fall asleep and wake up every 20 to 30 mins screaming. He got his frist tooth 2 weeks ago and his second last week, he was hard to get to fall asleep but i let him lay with me for a hour then moved him to his bed and it was fine I didnt want to give meds for teething so that comforted him so he didnt need them. Now the bottom two are in and he is still in pain, Im not sure if it is his teeth or b/c on thursday he got his 6 month shots. He never acted like this after his other shots thou. I have even let him stay in my bed and he still wakes in pain screaming and crying. His doctor said if it goes on for another week to come in. I was wondering if any one else has ever had this problem and what they did to take care of it? Oh we also just started teething biscuts last week and a sippy cup yesterday, he has been on cearal since 5 months old and we started oatmeal 2 weeks ago.
it has been 4 days since this started and it still is happening ... I called his doctor and we went in she said that he is not teething anymore that she can tell both his bottom two teeth are in and the top seem to be waiting so she then did some blood work that seems to be fine ... She said it sounds like the begining of night terors i have not really heard of them i hope this does not last to much longer!! Thank you so much for your advise... I forgot to tell you that i do give him the infant meds before his shots to stop fever i just did not want to give him a lot of meds for teething unless i really need to he did really good with raw cold carrots and the biscuts the reason i was worried was more that he was not able to be comforted back to sleep he was screaming and crying so bad and it was not like him at all but the night terrors info that i have gotten says that trying to comfort him might just make it worse, we will see to night how things go. He did take a nap for 4 hours with out any screaming this afternoon!! I left a radio playing in his room. thank you all agian!
oh my--yes i remember how terrifying it was to have my son in so much pain--infant motrin did the trick--i only gave it at night, because i didn't want him to have too much meds, but my gosh it worked. my mom told me that she gave us paregoric(sic) which was an opiate, so I feel much less bad about ibuporfin.
it really worked for us, good luck.
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I have 5 children, my daughter being the last. My daughter (now 13 months) went through he same thing at the age of 6 months. She slept wonderful until those 3 weeks. As far as meds. I can understand why you do not want to medicate. I am a all Organic and Natural person myself, but from what I understand from my Natural Doctor, teething for some children is as painful as an adult having a root canal without any medication. We tried the natural teething tablets and they just did not do the trick. So, at night we used a natural Orajel and 1/2 dose of infant Motrin. That seemed to do the trick for teething. I just could not stand to hear my daughter in that much pain and figured even if I used the Motrin fir 3 weeks, she was still better off. Pain can do even worse things to the body than meds can.
What we figured out with my daughter was that she was waking up with night terrors. Which in her world could mean she did not get milk right away when she was dreaming or mama did not pick her up right away when she wanted it in her dream. Her doctor suggested the hard approach with me to try and get her to comfort herself back to sleep. So, for 1 1/2 week I had to listen to my baby girl wail at the top her of lungs each night and do nothing about it. I did go check on her in 10 minute intervals... adding and addition 10 minutes each time. I would tell her it was time for night night and lay her back down and walk out. My doctor had said she thought it would take her about 3 days to get the hang of things and that she would only cry for 1 1/2 hour at the most. It lasted 11 days and she would cry hard for 3 - 4 hours and then go to sleep. But, she finally got it. She did it again at 11 months old, but it only lasted 3 nights and for 1 - 2 hours top and then she stopped.
As far as vaccines, we opt to get vaccines that are preserved in Saline and seem to have no reactions with them. She did have a bad reaction after her 6 month ones here her eyes swelled shut, she ran a fever of 103.5 and she whimpered every 20 minutes in her sleep after her shot. But, after some much needed meds from her doctor, she was fine 2 days later.
My daughter was BF, so she began fruits and veg's at 6 months and we stayed away from the cereal since it is so hard to digest. She got all her vitamins and iron she needed from the food I made her. It was rather simple, steam the Organic veggies and mill them up. Cut up the Organic fruit and mill it up. I got a electric miller for 10 bucks brand new. Hope our experience has helped you a bit.
Did u give him tylnol when he got his shots? My daughter just turned 1 feb.1st and she has her top 2 and bottom 2 teeth. And is now getting her teeth on each side of those. I give her popsicles in a little net pouch, they have them at Walmart I can't remember what there called. Or use a little baby origel on those finger gum brushes it feels better going on that way instead of your finger. If u don't want to use a lot of meds maybe just use it at bedtime and try other methods durring the day. He's screaming because it hurts, as much as we would like to think hugs and kisses take away our babys pain if they could talk the'd probably say, hey mom hook me up with some Tylnol!
It is not uncommon for children to have worse reactions to vaxes each time, so I would not rule out a vaccine reaction. You can find out more about what causes that and how to file a vaers report here: http://www.nvic.org/ You could also try chiropractic or naturopathic advise to help clear the toxins.
Have you tried Hyland's teething tablets for the teething pain? They're homeopathic so it's not like you're "medicating" him.
It also seems like he's got a lot of "new" stuff going on at once. Grains are rough on the tummy. You might want to back off on those and intro some fruits and veggies, one at a time. And maybe hold off on learning how to use a sippy until he feels better. :)
I'm not sure why you don't want to give him some motrin for the pain but they also sell tablets that melt in the mouth that are all natural. You can buy them at whole foods or places like that. I used them on my son and I think they worked, I also used Motrin that works and doesn't hurt them. Good luck!!
Have you tried infant gas drops? They are sold over the counter at most stores (Target, Wal-mart, etc...) When my oldest was baby they were a life saver!!!
I like Jenni B's advice a lot...
lets see . its been a long time ,,,always before shots i gave my kids tylenol hour before it seem to help shots get stronger as they go ...teething ,lol ice and beef stick the hard ones .dont let them get soft cut the soft part off, never new my kids where getting teeth. for bed , nice warm bath and play time then warm milk with cearal in it .some times they still need the warm milk hes only 6 months.rock him if you need too. good luck
I don't like to medicate either, however, I have been told if we had to go through teething when we were older, we would not be able to bear the pain! I only give tylenol when sleeping becomes affected because sleeping is so important. Sleep is when the brain develops. Also, you don't have to give the full dose. I only give half of the dose and it works fine! If you use something frozen right before they errupt it helps too. before that, it does nothing. I don't think its the shots, that only lasts a day or two where they hurt. good luck
Well I think that you should give him Tylenol definately before bed time. It could help him sleep especially if it's his teeth or shots that are bothering him. You don't want him to be in pain do you? I hope this helps.
