Three nights of Melatonin and she has adjusted to the time change (as have we, thank goodness). She is sleeping 12 hours at night (7:30 - 7:30 or 8 - 8). She is taking a 2 - 2 1/2 hour nap each afternoon. She loves her bed, her toy Minnie Mouse, and her Minnie Mouse sheets and comforter.
She is eating up a storm! She has a phenomenal appetite! A typical breakfast for her is: one full hard-boiled egg, once slice bacon, 1 bowl dry Cheerios, several pieces cantaloupe, 1 or 1 1/2 bananas, cup of juice (apple), and other assorted fruits. For lunch today she ate homemade dumplings Rupert had made her with noodles and then pointed to the goulash leftover from last night that the boys were having, and proceeded to eat a full bowl of goulash too, and a cup of milk. She's not big on vegetables at all, so we will be working on that. But unlike Aaron (when he joined our family), she is fine with meats (Aaron was not used to the texture/consistency of meet). She loves sausage, bacon, ground turkey, pork, ground beef, shrimp, etc.
She recognizes a lot of English words. She says, "pee pee," Mama, Minnie Mouse, banana, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, "uh oh," and "yeah!"
She is very interested in our cats, Lily and Jack. When she sees one of them (and she can tell them apart), she shouts, "Lily" or "Jack" and laughs and points at them. She's tried to go get them a few times, but they run off.
She loves musical toys. She plays her toy piano and finds ways to make music with any toy it seems. She is interested in the boys' Magna Tiles building toys. She is fascinated by their Legos, but leaves their structures and kits alone (thank goodness!). She has started to learn how to do peg puzzles and the shape sorting toys that toddlers play with. She loves putting things in bags and taking them out again. She is helpful like Donovan in putting toys back in the correct locations and keeping things neat. Here she is with her puzzle.
Sweet Sarah working on a puzzle
Where does the piggy go?
Putting the piggy in the barn
"Yeah!"
So happy!
(Wish this one was not fuzzy!)
She loves the boys. The boys (Donovan especially) think she is very cute. Donovan is protective of her, and will watch her and play with her for 10-15 minutes to help out. He is also very helpful when he knows I am busy with her. Aaron is learning how to be a big brother. We keep reminding the boys that Donovan was already a big brother,and this is Aaron's first experience with being a big brother. Both boys have been pushing her each afternoon in her little pink car (which has a big push handle behind it). One boy pushes her and I walk beside, and the other boy either uses his scooter or bike. And then they switch.
She does not particularly like riding in a carseat. We had a couple of car rides where she screamed the entire time. Poor Donovan was with me on one of those. That is improving. Seated between the boys with music playing (she likes Sheryl Crow, and Goo Goo Dolls thus far...), she claps her hands and taps her hands against her thighs like drums. Today we went to Hannaford (grocery store) and Shaws (another grocery store) to pick up a couple of quick things, and it went much better. Donovan gave her the case of one of those grocery store machine toys that he got and she invented a game passing it back and forth to Aaron and Donovan.
Tomorrow we are hoping to use the pool, and see how she does with that. It is going to be cooler water than the hotel pool in Guangzhou, which was about 95 degrees (but felt cooler than the 100 degree air temperature!).
UPDATE!!! She LOVES the pool. (even though the water is about 80, about 15 degrees cooler than the hotel pool in Guangzhou!)
THREE siblings in the playroom :) :) :)
Donovan pushing Sarah in her pink car down the driveway (NOT towards the road, towards the grass!)
Here she comes!
2 weeks ago I would never ever have predicted (or thought for a second) that we'd have a daredevil on our hands!!
Pure happiness!
I am trying to let go of my frustrations over the incomplete physical exam by the pediatric resident, allowing her to leave the hospital with an elevated wbc without figuring out the cause, and a HIPPA violation of examining her and asking me detailed questions about her in a crowded waiting room (when there was a "family room" close by, I later discovered). I have to trust that the proper departments and agencies are going to handle those complaints in an appropriate manner. While luckily, there was no severe consequence for the patient, this resident needs to learn now, before he is THE doctor who finds himself with malpractice suits.
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