Nikolas woke up around 7:00am this morning. We got him changed into the only pair of jeans that would fit him. They're 18 months, but they have an adjustable waist. We do have to roll them up a bit. He had oatmeal and yogurt for breakfast and then played in the hotel room while Jason and I took turns getting ready. We took the subway to the mall to buy him some smaller shorts. He did great on the subway and loved the mall. His favorite store was the Reebok store because they were playing loud music. We spent about an hour walking around and then headed back to the hotel for lunch. Unfortunately he screams whenever we put him in the stoller, but hopefully we'll make some progress this week. It seemed like he wanted to eat constantly today. He had oatmeal, yogurt, fruit puree, lots of Gerber puffs, pretzels, meat and veggie toddler food and a couple of french fries from McDonald's. He really doesn't like to drink much, but we have been able to get him to take some water and juice.We went to the park this afternoon and he had fun chasing the birds and watching the people. We came back at naptime, but he refused to take a nap. We played and had a snack before meeting with Violeta.
We gave him a bath this evening after dinner and he screamed the entire time. We got him clean in less than five minutes. We hope that he'll learn that baths are fun when we get home. He was very grumpy all evening due to the lack of a nap and all of the stress that he must be going through. Finally around 10:00pm we turned off the lights and got in bed with him between us. He screamed very loudly for about 10-15 minutes and didn't want anything to do with either of us. It's hard to watch him experience so much grief. He finally stopped screaming and fell asleep after thrashing around for a few minutes. The worst part is that we're in a hotel and I'm sure our neighbors are not enjoying our company. I can't wait to get home and get ourselves into a real routine and be able to help him work through this grief.
Tomorrow morning we are meeting Violeta for some good European coffee. Hopefully Nikolas will learn to trust us more and we'll have a better day tomorrow. Here are a few pictures from today:
3 comments:
Calvin definately has food issues, wanted to eat all the time. He is slowely learnin to wait for food to appear on the table. He loves juice, that is what he had in Dobrich. He is going through tantrums and sleeping issues right now, so hard not being able to comfort them and communicate. have a great week.
What big brown eyes he has. You can tell he's adjusting. He looks cute and I hope he gets to enjoy bath times soon.
We adopted our son last year from Bulgaria. He also had food issues, but we knew that going in. On our first trip we got an apple for him and he wanted to eat the entire thing including the seeds and stem. He also could not get enough water. His first words were "more please" Give Nikolas time and I am sure once he starts getting food he will self regulate himself. It took Medko about 10 days. Thank you for sharing your experience. He is beautiful!
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