Branwen: So glad the calendula cream is helping! I should buy stock in Boiren! :lol: The people at the natural foods store think I'm funny because the only things I ever buy there is the calendula gel and teething tablets -- especially when I catch it on sale, I load up! :wink:
Where/when are you moving? Back to CO? Me & my DH pondered Denver a lot (got the idea from
http://www.findyourspot.com ), but once we got pregnant, we knew we'd never be able to leave Arizona since 95% of our family is here. We joke about buying our future summer home there though! :wink:
I wonder if Eirwen is teething! They often have a hard time nursing because of the pain. Can you give Motrin/Tylenol/teething tablets/etc to her 30 min before nursing? Asher seemed to nurse less while cutting the teeth. I pretty much feed him every 2 hours now though, in place of what will become solids soon, I hope! His awake time has extended to 2.5 hours, but he'll wake early and hungry from his nap. So I have to feed him again before in order to get him to still nap 2+ hours. He's really wanting to drop that last catnap -- which is so hard since we don't have good solids going yet.
Oh, on extending the awake time, Asher was often showing his tired cues 30 minutes before nap time. But I knew if I put him down then, I'd only get 45 min out of him. So I extended his awake time, but ended up holding him or playing directly with him those last 30 minutes, just to get that extra time. Eventually he got used to the extra time, the naps got shorter again, so I extended another 15 minutes. Same thing happened, I had to start holding him during that last bit to get him through it, but he got used to it and the naps got better again. HTH!
BTW, I've been meaning to ask, where do yours and Eirwen's names come from? How are they pronounced? They are so beautiful and unique!