I am sure my son is cutting one tooth and may be cutting his upper two "canine" teeth. He is 17 months old and for the last few days has started to wake up both for his nap and during the night - sometimes several times during the night, screaming. He has been generally calming down quickly, but sometimes he is just off the charts scraming with very little that I seem to be able to do for him. He is usually a great sleeper... has been sleeping through the night for a long while - goes to bed around 6:30/7:00 and generally gets up beteen 6:00 and 6:30 am. And it is not usual for him to wake screaming - he has a mouth full of teeth already and this hasn't happened with any of them - so i am just not sure. I give him Highlander's homeopatics for teething babies. Any thoughts? He also hasn't been eating his usual amounts. I am feeling a bit preplexed about how to help him.
Have you tried humphreys?? I dont have any kids but I have plenty of nieces and nephews and I have babysat in the past. Humphries work wonders. You can buy them in the medicine section at Walmart. Good luck!
i would try those teething tablets. they work wonders. you can get them at walmart by the kids medicine
You should get his ears checked. Sometimes they get earaches with the teeth coming in. There is an oil that you can use called E3oil and it works like a charm but only if there isnt any infections.
B.
My daughter also had night terrors as a toddler. She outgrew them on her own, and we would simply go in and cuddle her until she calmed down. If we didn't make an effort to wake her, she would just drop back to sleep.
I just read that if he has them at the same time each night, it might help to go in and stir him a little bit shortly before the time when they normally occur to throw off the rhythm of the sleep cycle. I've never tried this, as mine outgrew them on her own without any effects.
Well I have a 20 month old son and I just got over the same problem with him. What I did was give him a bath after he ate in the evening and I always give my children motrin it works longer periods of time and I prefer the nighttime oragel because it also lasts longer. Those are my suggestions hope they work for you. Some other things that work are I know they sound grose is a piece of onion let him chew on it and it numbs the gums.
restless sleep,
i gave my son tylenol and baby ambelole (i am sure my spelling is wrong)also at bath time a warm wash cloth rubbed on the gums helped. he also woke up screaming. he also threw up for a week straight. as for the food for now i would give him soft or even pureed food and cold pops are also good. don't be afraid to give him medication because just like you he is probably tired also. i would think that if it continues after one week then i would take him to the dr.
good luck,
L.
Dear L., It sounds like you prefer homeopathic medicines (I feel the same), but sometimes there is a call for good-old-fashioned Motrin/Tylenol… especially when your child is cutting teeth. It will help with his slight fever (if he runs one... my daughter didn't), and it will definitely help with his pain (and subsequent sleep). I’m certain you're right now with your assessment of where the pain is coming from (cutting teeth). As such, you might want to call your pediatrician/naturopathic practitioner to ask what you should use (Tylenol?) and what dosage you should use (based on your child’s weight) – because it’s not what the bottle indicates… it’s usually a bit more. Good news is that cutting teeth should only last a couple of weeks! Best of luck, J.
In my experience, babies have phases - they develop physically for awhile and then mentally. When they are developing mentally, they don't eat as much, but learn something. It may be that your son is learning that screaming brings Mom. Maybe if you encourage him to say Mom without screaming and only come if he does that (ignore the screaming as long as he can say the word Mom). Then ask what he wants and if it is just a hug, then he can go back to sleep. If he truly hurts somewhere, he should be able to point to something that hurst. Does he pull on his ear? Many times babies have very painful earaches/ ear infections and they need to have something for that. And, if he truly hurts, he should also be screaming when he is not in bed. Hope that helps...
Its the hardest part to watch them in pain. Poor little guys. I used the homeopathic teething tablets that disolve if they even get damp, has cammomile to relax them. I use to prop my son up a bit because the pressure. Frozen gogurt yogurt pops are great or jello blocks or cold sweet peas. I use use to let him chew on his soft baby toothbrush with his teething paste on it and he liked the roughness. He could also have growing pains, my son gets them in his legs and wakes up hysterical rubbing his legs saying owwy. Good luck...
If his eyes are open, but isn't that responsive to you it might be night terrors. If this is the case then just comfort him, quietly tell him everything is ok and to go back to sleep. He will grow out of it. If it's just teeth you'll have to wait out until the tooth erupts.
Hi L.
I would have his ears checked. My daughter is 20 months old and when she doesn't sleep through the night that is our sign that we need to get to the pediatrician ASAP for antibiotics. Her ear infections also seemed to be tied with her teething, it seemed like everytime she cut a tooth we were at the pediatrician's office with an earache. Good Luck!
Hi L.
My son had night terrors at about the same age. I don't know if that is what your son is experiencing but it could be. My son would wake up screaming and then we would be unable to comfort him. He was somewhat combative and it was like he was awake but didn't hear anything we said. It only happened at night. He had maybe 6 or 7 episodes total and then it never happened again. Good luck. Hopefully it will be short term and he will not experience to much of this.
T. C.
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