toddler teething

[Urs]

how much pain should you expect from toddler teething? My 18 month boy woke screaming in the night from what appeared to be teething pain.

[jills]

my wee guy is 13months old and we've been lucky, all 18 teeth so far have been fairly pain free.  but his wee play mate down the road, who is not quite one yet, has had an awful lot of problems with his teeth coming thru.  At worst, he's up 4 or 5 times a night, screaming in pain with his teeth.  calpol/teething gels etc all help, btu only for a short while.  Apparently the health visitor said some babies just don't do well with teething.   Sounds like your wee chap is one of those unfortunately. Sending you both big hugs and hope it passes soon. xxx  P.S. have you tried rubbing a small amount of alcohol (peach schnapps maybe) on his sore gums?   Apparently it can work wonders where teething gels etc have failed.

[zgma]

Yes, our son was up screaming every time he had a tooth coming through.  When he definitely had teething issues, we'd give him a dose of acetaminophen before bed time and it would definitely help.

 

Good luck!  It will be over soon.

[GadgetTak]

It's very common for toddlers to feel a great deal of pain when teething. When my son was teething he often woke once or twice a night in pain but would go back to sleep after a cuddle. It usually only lasts one or two nights and then subsides as the tooth cuts through. Most of the time, I didn't realise he was teething until you could see the tooth and then it explained why he had been so miserable. Teething powders will help.

[mummy]

My daughter had a load of pain with her last 4 teeth. i tried loads of gels and found that the best thing was ambersol liquid which is for adult ulsers but says on the bottle that it can be used 4 teething. it's brill. as soon as i put it on she settled for about 4-5 hours. hope you get on ok!