Calpol before bed

(FTM) My 6 month old is currently teething. Nights are becoming super difficult but we’ve found having one dose of calpol before bed keeps him happy. Is it ok to be doing one a night? We don’t do any pain killers in the day as he seems fine without but without those distractions he’s fussy. We have tried alternatives like Bonjela and teething powder but they don’t seem to do much if anything.

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Yeah we did that during heavy teething phases. Nurofen was better for the pain we found x

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We’ve done this loads with our son. When it helps it helps and they obviously need it for pain relief it’s just hard to tell!

Don’t feel bad :) especially if they’re not having it in the day, but even if they were and needed it at night, that’s what it’s there for x

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My baby is going to be 4 month at the end of the week and he seems to started teething 😫 I was also thinking to give him Calpol but the powder helped

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I give ibuprofen instead of calpol at night as it lasts longer and I think it does more to help teething pain xx

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Did you guys give the calpol for more than 3 nights in a row? We’ve started giving it tonight but the box says not more than 3 days!

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We prefer nurofen. Also, anbesol is great too!

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My little one is teething too, I tend to give half a dose of Calpol and then if it's helping but he needs a top up I can top up another half a dose. So far he has actually fallen asleep and been okay on the half dose and not yet needed a top up before being in the next dose window. As others have said you cns also give infant neurofen which is ibuprofen

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I found Calprofen to be more effective for teething pain! I use Calpol for if/when he has a temp x

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Calpol before bed

(FTM) My 6 month old is currently teething. Nights are becoming super difficult but we’ve found having one dose of calpol before bed keeps him happy. Is it ok to be doing one a night? We don’t do any pain killers in the day as he seems fine without but without those distractions he’s fussy. We have tried alternatives like Bonjela and teething powder but they don’t seem to do much if anything.

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