I don't have any innovative suggestions, just stay on top of calpol and ibuprofen, at least for a 24hr period, give it whenever it's due, don't wait to see if they need it as it's harder to get back on top of pain than it is to maintain subdued pain. And ice lollies or ice cream to help numb their mouth a bit.
My daughter has just recently gotten three of her molars, two of them I didn't even realise she was teething but one of them took her out for about 2 days (she was only utterly miserable for about 12 hours though, so I covered her for that time with pain medication and basically letting her do what she wanted; eating, not eating, napping, not napping, cuddles, playing). Hopefully, yours will be short lived too and know that once most of the cusps are through, they are past the worst of it.
I don't have any innovative suggestions, just stay on top of calpol and ibuprofen, at least for a 24hr period, give it whenever it's due, don't wait to see if they need it as it's harder to get back on top of pain than it is to maintain subdued pain. And ice lollies or ice cream to help numb their mouth a bit. My daughter has just recently gotten three of her molars, two of them I didn't even realise she was teething but one of them took her out for about 2 days (she was only utterly miserable for about 12 hours though, so I covered her for that time with pain medication and basically letting her do what she wanted; eating, not eating, napping, not napping, cuddles, playing). Hopefully, yours will be short lived too and know that once most of the cusps are through, they are past the worst of it.