Charlie
One of the questions I hear a lot is, "How are you guys doing?" I usually reply with, "We have our moments." Yep. We have our moments and they are our moments, but everyone has moments.
I also hear a lot about how well it looks like you are adjusting. I would like to think so. You know who your Mama and Dada are. You know who your Dog-Dog is. You finally call dog-dog by Joe-Joe, usually. You know this is your home. (I love your smile when we pull into the garage and ask, "Charlie, is this your home?")
I love how we haven't heard the "HH Scream" in awhile. Yep, the scream we heard for hours on end in Ethiopia, when we first got home, and other times hasn't been heard in a bit. Do you still scream? Yes. Has it been for hours on end? No. BTW- You still have a good scream that isn't the "HH Scream."
You don't always do well in new settings. You do best if you just sit in our lap for a bit, facing us, before seeing the new environment. Whether this is part of your personality or adoption related we don't know. We do know if you are in new environments for too long, we spend the next couple of days holding you all day, having you in our laps, or touching you as we sit on the floor. Yep, even the bathroom you get held some days.
You pet Joey. You even seek him out. You try to crawl over him, which isn't allowed right now. . . You like to "dot-dot" Joey, which is what you say as you color. Today you tried to make him purple. Joey just continued to lie there as you attempted the coloring. You enjoy feeding Joey during every meal. You enjoy looking over the edge of your highchair, seeing Joey, and dropping whatever is in your hand. (The vet refers to it as Joey's manna.)
You are a greeter. You highly enjoy seeing someone walk into "your area," angle your head, smile, wave, and say "hi." At the same time, you want them to maintain space (your Mama wants them to as well). You recoil and turn into your Dada or Mama when they get into your bubble. Sometime you give off a whine or whimper.
Your vocabulary is over 30 words. Your Dada's favorite one is "socks" or "sox." You see socks and you say, "socks." You see the White Sox and say, "Sox." Your Dada LOVES how you have a multiple purpose word. You do a pretty good job at repeating phrases or what you think is repeating the phrase. During feeding therapy today you said something that really impressed Miss Abbey (feeding and speech therapist), but you didn't repeat it, so it doesn't make the list.
At the end of May you began to sleep thru the night. The past week and a half, not so much. Last night you were whimpering in your sleep, so I went in to rock you, as you slept. When I picked you up from your crib, you were tense. As we rocked you slowly relax your arms and legs and finally your head enough so it was on my shoulder. I loved how you slowly melted as I held you, I dislike how it had to happen.
You still are not walking. You HIGHLY enjoy trying to climb our legs to be carried or turning to us and saying, "Up." If we try to help you walk, when you don't want to walk, you throw yourself on the ground and whine, cry, or scream. When you will do this, you will say, "Walk-Walk," as we go. At the same time, you do this when you crawl. You will use your "walker" at times. We have a PT evaluation coming up to see what we can do differently.
When you came home you would only eat rice cereal. Now you love to eat crackers, turkey, veggie straws, yogurt, peaches, pears, mandarin oranges, and animal crackers. You will sign and say cracker and cookies (for animal crackers). You can get the spoon into your mouth with a hand-over-wrist prompt, but when the prompt is reduced you drop the spoon. You can pick up smaller food (ie Cheerios) on your own, but you drop it unless you have hand-over-hand prompting. To have you feed yourself with the correct level of prompting can make the meal last up to an hour and a half. I will wait you out.
You love milk. I think we have FINALLY found a sippy cup that works for you.
So, how are you guys doing? We have our moments. We think you are being the best Charlie you can be and love you for it. We love you no matter what, even if we have to carry you when you are six feet tall.
Love,
Mama
One of the questions I hear a lot is, "How are you guys doing?" I usually reply with, "We have our moments." Yep. We have our moments and they are our moments, but everyone has moments.
I also hear a lot about how well it looks like you are adjusting. I would like to think so. You know who your Mama and Dada are. You know who your Dog-Dog is. You finally call dog-dog by Joe-Joe, usually. You know this is your home. (I love your smile when we pull into the garage and ask, "Charlie, is this your home?")
I love how we haven't heard the "HH Scream" in awhile. Yep, the scream we heard for hours on end in Ethiopia, when we first got home, and other times hasn't been heard in a bit. Do you still scream? Yes. Has it been for hours on end? No. BTW- You still have a good scream that isn't the "HH Scream."
You don't always do well in new settings. You do best if you just sit in our lap for a bit, facing us, before seeing the new environment. Whether this is part of your personality or adoption related we don't know. We do know if you are in new environments for too long, we spend the next couple of days holding you all day, having you in our laps, or touching you as we sit on the floor. Yep, even the bathroom you get held some days.
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| {today's coloring session} |
You are a greeter. You highly enjoy seeing someone walk into "your area," angle your head, smile, wave, and say "hi." At the same time, you want them to maintain space (your Mama wants them to as well). You recoil and turn into your Dada or Mama when they get into your bubble. Sometime you give off a whine or whimper.
Your vocabulary is over 30 words. Your Dada's favorite one is "socks" or "sox." You see socks and you say, "socks." You see the White Sox and say, "Sox." Your Dada LOVES how you have a multiple purpose word. You do a pretty good job at repeating phrases or what you think is repeating the phrase. During feeding therapy today you said something that really impressed Miss Abbey (feeding and speech therapist), but you didn't repeat it, so it doesn't make the list.
At the end of May you began to sleep thru the night. The past week and a half, not so much. Last night you were whimpering in your sleep, so I went in to rock you, as you slept. When I picked you up from your crib, you were tense. As we rocked you slowly relax your arms and legs and finally your head enough so it was on my shoulder. I loved how you slowly melted as I held you, I dislike how it had to happen.
You still are not walking. You HIGHLY enjoy trying to climb our legs to be carried or turning to us and saying, "Up." If we try to help you walk, when you don't want to walk, you throw yourself on the ground and whine, cry, or scream. When you will do this, you will say, "Walk-Walk," as we go. At the same time, you do this when you crawl. You will use your "walker" at times. We have a PT evaluation coming up to see what we can do differently.
When you came home you would only eat rice cereal. Now you love to eat crackers, turkey, veggie straws, yogurt, peaches, pears, mandarin oranges, and animal crackers. You will sign and say cracker and cookies (for animal crackers). You can get the spoon into your mouth with a hand-over-wrist prompt, but when the prompt is reduced you drop the spoon. You can pick up smaller food (ie Cheerios) on your own, but you drop it unless you have hand-over-hand prompting. To have you feed yourself with the correct level of prompting can make the meal last up to an hour and a half. I will wait you out.
You love milk. I think we have FINALLY found a sippy cup that works for you.
So, how are you guys doing? We have our moments. We think you are being the best Charlie you can be and love you for it. We love you no matter what, even if we have to carry you when you are six feet tall.
Love,
Mama
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