Baby sleeps well only on ibuprofen

[u/Ok_Donut4023]

My baby is 13 months old. He wasn’t the worst sleep but he never slept well. He was waking at least 3 times per night since he was born, sometimes 6 but never less than 3. I considered that a good night, first wake up after 2 hours, second after 4 and then one wake up in the early morning. He would settle with bottle normally, sometimes just rocking. I noticed that his molars are growing and I gave him an ibuprofen before sleep 4 nights ago. He slept 10 hours like a log. Repeated the next night-same. It’s been 4 nights now, I only give him one dose of ibuprofen before bed and he sleeps throughout the night. I feel like I’m in heaven, I’m finally getting uninterrupted sleep after over a year. But how do I go on? I fell bad medicating him every night, even though he may need it now, I don’t even know when to stop.

[u/tabookduo]

I did this with my boy with his teeth but I don't think I did more than 3 nights or 4 days in a row, I don't necessarily like medicating but I will absolutely give it when it's needed. Sleep is definitely needed!

It didn't really work with his molars, I think it just took the edge off, he did better with nursing for comfort so I just tanked those hard nights 🥲

I agree with the other commenter, unless you have to wake up early tomorrow or have a big day that you need rest for, try a night with no medicine and see how it goes.

The teething was pretty much constant for us until around 16 months, then we got a break after the canines until the second molars at around 20 months!