She has been a little trooper & fitting in well with her sisiters & adjusting to life here in TN. Thankfully she was sleeping through the night within 3 days of being home. She is also now in her crib in the room with Belle. Belle was quite upset "Livia" wasn't in her room at first. She know reminds us at bedtime that "Livia" is in her room now! She isn't completely jealous free- check out mommy having to give her "her bottle" while I was feeding Olivia,
Olivia really seems comfortable & is blossoming. She readily says Momma & Dadda. Abbey is working on getting her to say sissy or Abbey but nothing yet -much to her chagrin.
It is so very cute when I come home from work because whenever she hears my voice she will start chanting Momma and make a crawling dash to get me & want picked up no matter where she is in the house. Ahhhhhh..........
Our little girl who would whine if she crawled a few feet in China is now crawling fastly- everywhere! She cruises readily and can even take up to 4 steps before she will plop down and crawl the rest of the way!
Her pincer grasp has really come a long way- she is no longer raking things with her fist but cutely working very hard to pick them up with her thumb & 1st finger.
Eating is still an issue- outside of the puffs (that she shovels in nonstop-Praise God!) we haven't gotten more than a few bitefuls in each day, sigh.........its very frustrating. It is progress to see her chow the puffs though! :) Cheerios or anything harder are a no go- but any little step is progress, right?
Mike is optimistic but unless I see real change soon I think therapy is in our future. We just now have seen her start to mouth a few toys- so definite progress is being made-just very slowly!
Next Monday is her big day at the International Adoption clinic at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville. She will be tested for numerous issues common among international adoptees & start her re-vaccination process. I've been content to be mom & not doctor for a few weeks to allow her to adjust before we started all the poking & prodding!
Grandma Vi has returned to New york. We really appreciated eveything she did for us while she was here. She is so great with "her girls". We really miss having her close by.
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