Talk me down from giving Tylenol for teething

[Punchy Kaby]

DDs teething is bad, 4 canines are coming in. She is sleeping badly, waking 8-10 times a night. I am not sleeping and I am frustrated because she wants tonurse all night and she pinches me, digs at my armpits and won't sleep in bed with me. I cannot handle much more of these sleepless nights. I've tried homeopathic chamomalia and teething tablets, Rescue Sleep, magnesium oil.

I have never given my kids tylenol or motrin. But I am getting more desperate each night. None of the canines havebroken rhrough rhe gums so I haveno idea how much longer this will last.

[Panserbjorne]

Okay...I have a few more tricks up my sleeve than what you mentioned here, but I also have two cents to add. I have worked really hard to never let my kids be in pain if I could change it. I just don't personally feel that it's okay for me to withhold comfort (not saying this is what you are doing) in the form of meds if what I have to offer isn't working.

I have never had to use medication for them, OTC or otherwise, but I would if I couldn't find something that worked. I don't feel that there's shame in that. As a mama who has only ever used natural medicine, for me comfort still comes first.

Okay, so...it sounds as though you haven't quite hit the right remedy, need a different dosing schedule or a different potency. Now, you can keep trying based on the picture or you could try something like cell salts which are easier to use and very effective. They are awesome for teething. They need to be given often, but will actually facilitate the process, as well as reduce pain. Definitely worth a shot if you can.

I love castor oil rubbed along the jawline and up around the ears. Truly wonderful stuff. I mix in hypericum oil or tincture and often add clove EO for it's analgesic properties. Again, apply often, but it's really helpful. In the absence of that I have also found that (natural) chest rub along the neck and up around the ears is also helpful.

Chiropractors are your friend at this time too. When babies are teething the nerve pain is great, but there is also often a great pressure in the ears. An adjustment can really help that shift.

The standard, frozen washcloths, frozen fruit etc is also great...but not so much if you are all trying to sleep. You can use herbs if you are comfortable with them-that's another avenue. Epsom salt soaks are great too.

I'm sorry mama! I hope you find something that works for your sweet one. It's not fun to have them so miserable (for either one of you!)

[Punchy Kaby]

Thank you PB! I'm going to try the cell salts and castor oil today.

[Panserbjorne]

if you have them I really get the most mileage out of calc fluor, calc phos, ferrum phos and mag phos for teething. Sometimes a kiddo needs kali phos too...but usually the first 4 are the biggies.

[Punchy Kaby]

I massaged castor oil a couple of times and gave her cell salts throughout the day today, so I'll see what happens tonight. During the day, she is mostly fine and doesn't show much crankiness, she doesn't want the 'chewing' things that I offer to her, so I don't know if the cell salts have helped at all.

I appreciate your input! I'm about to look at the other remedies to see which one might fit her situation.

[SweetSurrender]

The other poster gave you some great advice so I hope that helps your LO. I agree with what she said about not withholding comfort. I very rarely give OTC meds but if I really feel the need to, I will. I figure they get so much less than the average child so a rare dose will not harm them. For example my 4 yo son has been having a lot of growing pains lately and he'll wake up crying miserable at night from them. I typically just give him some calcarea phosphorica and sometimes some causticum if his knees are really bothering him and that usually does the trick but the last time it happened, he was so miserable that I decided to give him some motrin too. I don't love doing that but I don't want him to have to suffer needlessly either.

One thing that we have used very successfully for teething pain is having our LO's wear Baltic amber teething necklaces. They don't actually chew on them, they simply wear them around the neck and let the baltic amber secrete it's succinic acid into the bloodstream. Since that component is a natural pain killer & anti inflammatory, it works wonders at decreasing teething pain, crankiness, & often drooling too. We have used those very successfully for our 3rd child (we didn't know about them for our first two ) So that's something you could add to your arsenal as well if you need it. Hope your dd feels better soon...it's no fun to see your LO in pain

[Punchy Kaby]

I did not know about amber as a pain killer. I have some, I can amber I can remake the necklace for her neck. Thank you!

[SweetSurrender]

Originally Posted by Punchy Kaby

I did not know about amber as a pain killer. I have some, I can amber I can remake the necklace for her neck. Thank you!

Just so you know, only Baltic amber has the high levels of succinic acid that act as pain killers so make sure it's real Baltic amber and not amber from other regions or it won't be effective. Also, the stones themselves needs to be touching the skin; they can't be encased in silver or anything. Hope it helps!

[Punchy Kaby]

Originally Posted by SweetSurrender

Just so you know, only Baltic amber has the high levels of succinic acid that act as pain killers so make sure it's real Baltic amber and not amber from other regions or it won't be effective. Also, the stones themselves needs to be touching the skin; they can't be encased in silver or anything. Hope it helps!

I'm almost positive its Baltic, but the shape of the beads is irregular, so it won't be good for DD. But, I may start wearing it! I'm reading about the Baltic amber right now.

[SweetSurrender]

Originally Posted by Punchy Kaby

I'm almost positive its Baltic, but the shape of the beads is irregular, so it won't be good for DD. But, I may start wearing it! I'm reading about the Baltic amber right now.

I wear mine regularly for headaches and I even wrap 2 necklaces together around my waist for occasional lower back pain/ cramps (wearing it right now . It's great stuff!

[organicmom3]

I didn't get a chance to read through all of these, but did anyone suggest clove oil?