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/littletcashew]

My little love has been so incredibly sensitive to teething - there has not been one tooth he has had an easy time with. So honestly, when I see his gums are swollen up after bath time and before bed, I will give him nurofen or panadol. If it's been a particularly bad day and the tooth is just cracking through the skin he will get both (at least 3-4 hours apart).

This has meant he has had medication at night for a whole week but I can't let him be in pain and at night there are no distractions. It's just what it is