Home 6 days? Time flies! Amelia is doing beautifully. Mommy is happy but tired, and hanging in there. In China, Miss Amelia slept 12 hour nights without getting up. At home, she wakes between 2:30 and 3:30 ready to PLAY! And is down right ticked off when mommy wants to sleep ;O we're gradually working our schedule around to get the days and nights back in the proper order. If jet lag is hard for adults, imagine how puzzling it is for a 10 month old. Not to mention all the changes she's faced in a 2 week period. The first couple of days are a challenge--be prepared for that.......Because you are all worn out, jet lagged, and out of sorts. Remember my first post from home about "oh, I think we'll be on a regular schedule after tonight?" uh......That didn't quite pan out :) you can never fault me for a lack of optimism right?
But! We are also having fun! Amelia has learned to make a fishy face and does it constantly--she looks so proud. When I pick her up in the mornings she does the fishy face and then giggles. So, so cute. She's also learned to dance. She has this little piano toy (thanks Diana) and we turn on the music and bounce and giggle. See pic below. She's really cutting a rug
Wondering when her hair will grow ;) they shave the back of the head at the orphanage to cut down on problems with lice and because they don't have air conditioning--the heat is incredible. Strangely, the right side is growing back but not the left?
We're still working on our eating. Right now I'm only feeding rice cereal mixed with formula, because that's about all she'll take from a spoon...........And still does that a little begrudgingly. She looks like she wants to cry when you sneak a bite in there, but we clap and sing and give her all kinds of positive reinforcement, so she just stares and usually smiles a little in spite of herself.
On day 6, I realized that I really had to get out of the house! Having Amelia home is wonderful, but between having our sleep/wake schedule turned around and being cooped up in the house, I was starting to feel like we were living in some weird twilight zone of bottles, diapers, and no real contrast between nights and days.
We were up half the night and then slept from 6:30 to almost noon. I woke up thinking "we're just never going to get this turned around" so here's what we did:
I curled my hair, put on some lipstick, treated Amelia and I to lunch at Chick fil-A and then a trip to Target. I felt like a NEW WOMAN. When you've been home several days and caught up on your rest, strap sister girl in her car seat and get out of the house!
You wont regret it!
4 comments:
Things do turn around!! Our first nite home she was out like a lite but woke up 2 hrs. later - bedtime here was naptime in China and after 2 hours she was up ready to go. We did manage to get back to sleep until 4am our first nite home and then it was off to Wal Mart for the baby stuff we needed. Amazing what you get accomplished before dawn! Glad all is going well for you. Love the pictures and updates. She's such a cutie pie.
I can't get over how cute she is! Love the pics.
I recognize those babies, Amelia and little Magnolia! It's wonderful to finally see them together, sorry I missed shopping day you know even without Kacey here I can do some serious shopping!!!
Call me if you need an excuse to get out of the house! or Lisa. Or any of a half dozen us Atlanta waiters.
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