Tomorrow our little girl will be with us for almost two weeks.
Her initial transition went amazingly well.
But now. ..
I had talked at times about certain behaviours possibly regressing after the initial culture shock wears off. In reality she is still doing incredible but we have hit a couple snags. The biggest one being that our little one does NOT like going to bed at night. She rubs her eyes, she scratches her ears but she fights with all she is worth to not fall asleep. We have officially dubbed the hours from about 6-midnight "grumpy time". She generally is asleep by 9pm but wakes up screaming about every hour following. At times she even sobs in her sleep. Breaks our hearts. She is easily consoled by her parents and has even at times just slept in our arms during these hours. We are comforted to know that this too shall pass.
At this point D has enjoyed a couple visitors. She loves little children. We have appreciated people respecting D's space and keeping the visits short. She does best with day company as her evenings are not her happy time. She still gives the evil eye to most of my brothers and looks upon new people with extreme caution. She will usually let us know when she needs to be safely in her mom or dad's arms.
I had thought that her gastrointestinal issues had settled but today we went through 3 pairs of pants in 2 hours. How is so much coming out of one so little?
Who knows what the next 2 weeks will bring. . .
Her initial transition went amazingly well.
But now. ..
I had talked at times about certain behaviours possibly regressing after the initial culture shock wears off. In reality she is still doing incredible but we have hit a couple snags. The biggest one being that our little one does NOT like going to bed at night. She rubs her eyes, she scratches her ears but she fights with all she is worth to not fall asleep. We have officially dubbed the hours from about 6-midnight "grumpy time". She generally is asleep by 9pm but wakes up screaming about every hour following. At times she even sobs in her sleep. Breaks our hearts. She is easily consoled by her parents and has even at times just slept in our arms during these hours. We are comforted to know that this too shall pass.
At this point D has enjoyed a couple visitors. She loves little children. We have appreciated people respecting D's space and keeping the visits short. She does best with day company as her evenings are not her happy time. She still gives the evil eye to most of my brothers and looks upon new people with extreme caution. She will usually let us know when she needs to be safely in her mom or dad's arms.
I had thought that her gastrointestinal issues had settled but today we went through 3 pairs of pants in 2 hours. How is so much coming out of one so little?
Who knows what the next 2 weeks will bring. . .
I guess you're keeping us in suspense as to what the next two weeks will bring,,,,make that FOUR weeks. Please do share how you and your little girl are getting along!! :)
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