medised or calpol...for teething babies?

Answer 1

I would go for Calpol during the day and Medised in the evening, For some reason, Medised always seems to send my two off to sleep (and they are now aged 2 and 5!!) I was also a fan of the teething powders and although some would disagree I definatly found ambusol much more effective than the bonjella.
Other things you could try are a clean ,cool flannel. Carrot or celery sticks to chew on depending on the age of your baby.
Good luck and give your baby some extra hugs during this distressing time (for you both!)

Answer 2

I have tried almost everything as my son is now 17 months old and has been teething since 4 months without a real break. He only has 4 teeth left to come so fingers crossed the trauma will be over soon for him.
I have tried the ashton powder which worked wonders when he was younger, then Capol which didnt really work, medised was great but for his back teeth the doctor had to prescribe something stronger.

It all depends on the child some find teething easy and it dosent really bother them so I would try the herbal method first like the ashton powder which you can buy at the supermarket, boots or any good chemist.

Answer 3

calpol and baby ibuprofen combined is good, and safe. Bedtime though if baby is really suffering and not sleeping, use medised because it helps them to sleep as well as painkiller. You could probably use ibuprofen aswell as medised at night, giving a couple of hours in between, to help with the pain, but don't use medised and calpol together, both contain paracetamol. But paracetamol and ibuprofen can be used together. Also bonjela. Good luck.

Answer 4

I've always had a sneaking and perhaps unfair dislike of Medised. To me it has always gone against the grain to give sedative medication to anyone, bar the psychotic or the dying. The natural process of teething in a baby doesn't cut it for me as a justification for sedation.

So I would have to vote for Calpol, or to be politically correct as a GP, for paracetamol liquid, which is chemically the same and cheaper.

Answer 5

Calpol.

Answer 6

Ashton and Parsons teething powders. Medised is foul tasting, if using put in juice, Good if snotty nose as anti-histamine dries up. But calpol if temprature, and good old teething gel such as dentinox, calpol gel or bongela.
Colourless ice pops also good or freeze bananas or the fromage frais in tubes, also aid teething.

Answer 7

I would say Calpol but both do the same thing. make sure you don`t use both together. There has just been a case in the paper of a chemist advising they can be used together, Luckily the baby is OK.

Answer 8

Hi, I use for my son ashton and parsons normally, sometimes calpol to bring his tempreture down as teething can cause tempretures to rise, if it gets really bad then i give him teething gel on top of that(not all together obviously as it can cause distress for him).

I brought a type of dodie from boots which is shaped for a babies mouth and put the bongela on that and gave it to my son to suck on for a bit, as it massages the gums.

Not to long though it is usually 5 minutes or so as he gets bored and messes around with it getting salava everywhere.
Only so it gave the gel time to sink into his gums, also teething toys they canbe life savers especially when everything you've done has failed, and all they want is something to bite into.
Your little one might prefer different stuff them mine what I can suggest is to experiment a bit and see what suits your baby better. Goodluck and hope it helps. collette

Answer 9

I have a 2yr old daughter and I used medised as it helps with restless sleep but recently she has had a viral infection and using Calpol has been better because you can give them nurofen as well and I found the two together were better than medised.

Answer 10

Ashton and parsons teething powders, they are great. Try to reserve calpol for when its really bad or just before bedtime to help them sleep.