Well the first week of Kiya in her new room at daycare is now over, well okay yesterday but still.
Eating: The table and chair seems to work okay for her. She looks so cute sitting there. As for the food, that has been hit or miss. It always is with Kiya. Some days she will eat everything and other days not so much. Then there are the days where she throws her food on the floor. We have agreed with daycare that if she throws it on the floor she doesn't get more. She thinks its funny and is doing it for attention. One day a little boy threw Kiya's pizza on the floor so they did give her more and then she threw it on the floor so that was it. She is learning how to eat out of a bowl and use a fork and spoon. She holds the utensils very well and can get them in her mouth. They don't generally have food on them yet but she is starting to get the idea.
Napping: Oh boy this one has been a little tough. The first day she slept for an hour after putting on a show of course. The next day she slept for almost an hour and a half with out much of a production. Then came Friday....no nap at all and much laughter and antics. The teachers think she is funny and she wasn't disturbing the other kids but she didn't nap at all. It may be due to the fact that she has been going to bed quite early and sleeping in until 8am. Some days she sleeps for 14 hours hence the no nap. I am not sure how the sleeping on a mat is affecting this or if she is just getting all the sleep she needs at night....maybe next week will be better. They turn the lights off at 11:45 and they come back on at 2 so it is quiet/rest/nap time unless you are Kiya and then it is showtime. My silly little girl....
Social: Kiya seems to be interacting with the kids well. She is the only non-walker in the room so that makes it a little tough but she is hanging in there. The other kids are fascinated by her since she is new to the room so that helps. Her teachers are great and they LOVE her so they look out for her and encourage her to do new things.
Kiya is always happy when I pick her up and the teachers always give her a good daily report so that is comforting. Hopefully next week she can give the comedy routine a break and the teachers and take a nap :)
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Saturday, January 9, 2010
Friday, June 5, 2009
3 weeks
I can't believe that 3 weeks ago at this time I was on an airplane on my way home with my baby girl. Where or where did the time go? Oh yeah, enjoying every second with my little girl.
She is doing amazingly well. We had a rough couple of hours yesterday but I think it boiled down to gas and her teething and quite possibly her refusal to take a good afternoon nap.
She is a very strong willed little one and if she doesn't want to nap she will let you know. I think the issue is she sleeps so long at night and then takes a good morning nap that all she needs is these little 30-45 minute cat naps and she doesn't want to take those in her crib. Maybe there is just too much going on and she is afraid to miss out, who knows.
Yesterday she also didn't want me to be out of her line of sight. While I find it kind of sweet it did make it a little hard to go to the bathroom. Thank goodness for the bumbo.
Her ear infections seems to be gone and we are done with medication. Today is the first full day of no medication since May 18th. Woohoo! At least she liked this last stuff. She was even licking it off the spoon.
This weekend we are going to try her in the Ergo baby carrier again. She was way to little while we were in Ethiopia and she hated it. 3 weeks ago her legs wouldn't even go far enough apart to fit in the Ergo at all. She is bigger now and has a lot more strength so we are hoping it will work. It will come in handy if she is having one of those clingy days to be able to carry her around but still have my hands free to do other things.
We will take lots more cute pics this weekend and get those up next week.
She is doing amazingly well. We had a rough couple of hours yesterday but I think it boiled down to gas and her teething and quite possibly her refusal to take a good afternoon nap.
She is a very strong willed little one and if she doesn't want to nap she will let you know. I think the issue is she sleeps so long at night and then takes a good morning nap that all she needs is these little 30-45 minute cat naps and she doesn't want to take those in her crib. Maybe there is just too much going on and she is afraid to miss out, who knows.
Yesterday she also didn't want me to be out of her line of sight. While I find it kind of sweet it did make it a little hard to go to the bathroom. Thank goodness for the bumbo.
Her ear infections seems to be gone and we are done with medication. Today is the first full day of no medication since May 18th. Woohoo! At least she liked this last stuff. She was even licking it off the spoon.
This weekend we are going to try her in the Ergo baby carrier again. She was way to little while we were in Ethiopia and she hated it. 3 weeks ago her legs wouldn't even go far enough apart to fit in the Ergo at all. She is bigger now and has a lot more strength so we are hoping it will work. It will come in handy if she is having one of those clingy days to be able to carry her around but still have my hands free to do other things.
We will take lots more cute pics this weekend and get those up next week.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Birthday, paperwork and Birth to 3
Today is my birthday. I am officially 33 years young and finally realizing my dreams of motherhood. I couldn't ask for a greater gift than my beautiful daughter.
I started the morning meeting with our social worker as we have more paperwork to do. We have to readopt Peanut in Wisconsin so our social worker dropped that off today. After a follow up phone call with her, I have it all filled out and just have to take it to the county court house. We are hoping to get a court date in the next 4-8 weeks. Once we are done with that we can apply for a certificate of citizenship and social security number for Peanut. And we can start the paper chase for her little brother. We would like to be back on the wait list sometime this fall since the wait for referral has gotten a lot longer we want to get a jump on it. Maybe by the time Peanut is 3 we will have her little brother home too.
After our meeting, I called the Birth to 3 program to set up an assessment for Peanut. We are a little concerned about how little weight she bears on her legs but she is getting better every day. We figured it doesn't hurt to call and see what they have to say or even offer in terms of one time or continual support. She may not qualify for additional resources but we won't know unless we have her evaluated. I am waiting for them to call me back to set up the appointment. It is great that they will come out to our house even.
You may wonder how so much has been done today, well PEANUT IS NAPPING!!! I can hardly believe it. She was up at 8am took half a bottle and was asleep again a little after 9am and has stayed asleep on her back in her crib. Could this be a sign of a regular nap time??? I sure hope so. Her naps are so all over the place right now. She is teething which isn't helping but maybe just maybe this is progress.
I started the morning meeting with our social worker as we have more paperwork to do. We have to readopt Peanut in Wisconsin so our social worker dropped that off today. After a follow up phone call with her, I have it all filled out and just have to take it to the county court house. We are hoping to get a court date in the next 4-8 weeks. Once we are done with that we can apply for a certificate of citizenship and social security number for Peanut. And we can start the paper chase for her little brother. We would like to be back on the wait list sometime this fall since the wait for referral has gotten a lot longer we want to get a jump on it. Maybe by the time Peanut is 3 we will have her little brother home too.
After our meeting, I called the Birth to 3 program to set up an assessment for Peanut. We are a little concerned about how little weight she bears on her legs but she is getting better every day. We figured it doesn't hurt to call and see what they have to say or even offer in terms of one time or continual support. She may not qualify for additional resources but we won't know unless we have her evaluated. I am waiting for them to call me back to set up the appointment. It is great that they will come out to our house even.
You may wonder how so much has been done today, well PEANUT IS NAPPING!!! I can hardly believe it. She was up at 8am took half a bottle and was asleep again a little after 9am and has stayed asleep on her back in her crib. Could this be a sign of a regular nap time??? I sure hope so. Her naps are so all over the place right now. She is teething which isn't helping but maybe just maybe this is progress.
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