Three days in

Well we have had Andrew for three days now and all is very well. He has adjusted better than we could have hoped.

The first morning with us when he woke up he seemed a little upset but he may have been more disoriented by waking up in a different environment. He shook it off and became himself before breakfast. The hotel here has agreed to make porridge (kasha) for him each morning as part of our complimentary breakfast. (I will post their praise later) That is his comfort food because that’s what he had at the baby house each day. However he has shown to be an adventurous eater. Each morning in addition to porridge we give him some fresh fruits and scrambled eggs (which he really likes) from the breakfast bar. He eats nearly nonstop for thirty minutes. We are content to let him get his fill since he is not even on the growth chart for weight. He handles the intake very well. (For those who can’t handle poop talk, skip the rest of this paragraph). However, we have reaped the bounty of all of this new consumption in the form of at least two Chernobyl diapers, they were complete blowouts. All we could do was get him into the shower, clothes and all and wash him down. During these occurrences I felt like I should have on one of those level 4 bio-hazard suits. The good part (the good part, I’m talking about poop here) is that it is not runny; there is simply not enough capacity in the diaper. We also had him in the wrong size of diapers so we bought some smaller ones and that has helped with containment.
Friday Stacye bought some pre-prepared beef dish at the grocery store. It was beef, tomatoes, onions, and carrots and she saved what she did not eat. Saturday night she opened it to finish and Andrew crawled over for a visit. He wound up eating all of the vegetables and then finished off a jar of baby food. We have determined that his system does not hold onto the baby food with meat, so we are feeding him mostly fruit and veggie food from the jar.

He is sleeping well also. He has slept through the night each night we have had him. The baby house gave his age group a bottle at 12:00pm so we get up and fix the formula and he will drink it without completely waking up. It is pretty cute to watch and it reminds me of when Lainey was a baby. He will open his eyes, recognize the bottle and latch on and drink it while he falls back to sleep. You better give him enough though, because he will cry if he wants more.

It is so amazing how well Andrew is adjusting to us and all the changes. He laughs easily and gives great big bear hugs. We have prayed so much for Andrew’s adjustment and we have seen so many answers all through this process and as we watch him blossom a little more each day. For example, the first night in the hotel he would not move from any place we put him down. He would play just in that spot. By day three, he’s everywhere and into everything which is what you would expect of a little boy.

I promise we will be posting his picture soon we are just being cautious.