Ok so why didn't I think of a onsie?! Great idea guys! See I knew you all would come through for me! ;) Actually I think I'll combine the idea's and do a plastic diaper cover (to hold in the "excess" which there is a lot of) and onsie or snap-together PJs over it. And if Houdini back there can break out of that, I'll definitely try the backwards-pjs-zipped-up-with-the-feet-cut-out idea. I totally forgot that a friend of mine did that with one of her daughters she adopted from China.
And of course all of this is really just to keep him "sealed up" until we can come in and change him. Which wouldn't be long because SERIOUSLY: when Micah drops a load we can smell it DOWN THE HALL with both doors closed! Its that bad. But he's just so quick to strip it off because, of course, he doesn't want it on him. And if it gets on his hands, which it inevitably does, he wipes it all over the room (bed, carpet, walls, etc.) to get it off. GROSS.
I'm gonna take him back to the pediatrician soon to talk about the sheer volume and smell.... something cannot be right. I've been trying to give him stuff to stop him up a little more but to NO avail. Some friends have suggested a pro-biotic which is probably a really good idea. A multivitamin with iron helps too when I remember to give it to him.
Also, I want to add that we do plan on potty training really soon. We just wanted to give him some good adjustment time after he came home and then knowing the baby was coming and I'd be nursing all the time... we decided to wait until later in the fall- to give it full attention. Kind of set him up for success instead of half-way potty training.
All that said- you know you're a mom when you sit and write a whole long blog post (two actually) about POOP. And only a real mom would sit down and read the whole thing! I love you guys!!! Thanks again for the tips!!!
HOW?
Q: How do you teach a newly adopted four year old nonverbal Ukrainian boy with Down Syndrome NOT TO TAKE A POOPY PULL UP OFF when he wakes up at the crack of dawn?
It. Is. Just. Nasty. Its happened so many times, that room will just never smell right again.
It. Is. Just. Nasty. Its happened so many times, that room will just never smell right again.
You know me...
... I get carried away. Once I start on something, I can't stop.
Tonight after the kids were all down, Jake went out to have coffee with a good friend and I thought I would take the time to sit and blog a little. I threw on a chic flick for some background noise (Pride and Prejudice if you must know )... and after a couple of hours, more cookies than I'll admit to, and a glass of sweet tea... voila! A new blog look!! Its fun to have something fresh.
For those who knew me in High School, I used to be slightly obsessed with sunflowers. I had forgotten about that until just last week... when someone asked Jake what my favorite flower was (so they could send us flowers for the baby) he said he told them sunflowers. :) How sweet that he remembered. (And the arrangement is GORGEOUS, THANK YOU Grace Chapel staff!!) I've been very much enjoying them on my kitchen table. So I love this new blog look because it feels fresh, it feels "fall", and the sunflowers take me back... it makes me very happy. :)
Tonight after the kids were all down, Jake went out to have coffee with a good friend and I thought I would take the time to sit and blog a little. I threw on a chic flick for some background noise (Pride and Prejudice if you must know )... and after a couple of hours, more cookies than I'll admit to, and a glass of sweet tea... voila! A new blog look!! Its fun to have something fresh.
For those who knew me in High School, I used to be slightly obsessed with sunflowers. I had forgotten about that until just last week... when someone asked Jake what my favorite flower was (so they could send us flowers for the baby) he said he told them sunflowers. :) How sweet that he remembered. (And the arrangement is GORGEOUS, THANK YOU Grace Chapel staff!!) I've been very much enjoying them on my kitchen table. So I love this new blog look because it feels fresh, it feels "fall", and the sunflowers take me back... it makes me very happy. :)
Beautiful
Ok so I promise promise promise to post more updated pictures of our tiny little peanut REALLY soon!...
But I came across this and just HAD to share it really quick. It caught my eye because the picture of Jake, Micah and I is the thumbnail! But this is a youtube of a bunch of Reeces Rainbow families who have recently come home with their kiddos. Break out the tissues!! I know that part of the reason it is so VERY emotional for me to watch this is because I know many of these families personally... we walked this road together. Nonstop emails, staying up late at night chatting about paperwork (among other things, lol!), talking, crying, and praying over the phone together... following blogs and getting on our knees crying out for God's direction and safety for one another while in-country. And now we still keep in contact when we can... adjusting to life with our new little ones. :)
ANYway... there is just something about seeing pictures of pitiful orphans and then to see the way their little faces are just lit up with their new families. BEAUTIFUL.
But I came across this and just HAD to share it really quick. It caught my eye because the picture of Jake, Micah and I is the thumbnail! But this is a youtube of a bunch of Reeces Rainbow families who have recently come home with their kiddos. Break out the tissues!! I know that part of the reason it is so VERY emotional for me to watch this is because I know many of these families personally... we walked this road together. Nonstop emails, staying up late at night chatting about paperwork (among other things, lol!), talking, crying, and praying over the phone together... following blogs and getting on our knees crying out for God's direction and safety for one another while in-country. And now we still keep in contact when we can... adjusting to life with our new little ones. :)
ANYway... there is just something about seeing pictures of pitiful orphans and then to see the way their little faces are just lit up with their new families. BEAUTIFUL.
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