Things are going ok, although we are still trying to get back on Chicago time. I think it's been toughest on Taylor and Kaylie. Chelsea wanted to go back to school right away so she's kind of forced herself onto the right time zone that way. We tried to keep Taylor up this evening as she normally has fallen asleep in the afternoon and slept for hours and hours. We'll see what time she gets up in the morning.
Plus communication is a little frustrating. She talks and talks in Chinese, I feel so badly for her that we don't understand.
The other thing is food. She hasn't eaten a lot since we've been home. My husband thinks she should just accept our food but I told him that we should do it gradually. She did eat a Ramen noodle thing for lunch and finished the whole thing. Any other simple ideas anyone else has come across? Not that Ramen noodles are nutritious but at least it's something. She also ate a little bit of spaghetti tonight, which previously she has turned her nose up at.
We have an appt with the school district on Monday to discuss her placement and for language testing. They told me that they can only go down 1 grade level from where a child should be placed based on her age, which means she will probably be in 5th grade. They told us in China that she was in the 1st grade there, but that their math is probably equivalent to 2-3 grades above our math. They do have a special ELL program a 1 school in the district where they have classes for each grade level for kids learning English. The thing is that probably 99% of the kids that will be in her class will probably be Hispanic.
And I'm not looking forward to our doctor visit after the experience with the medical exam in Guangzhou. Our doctor normally redoes all the shots, plus blood work, etc....
I will try to post more pictures and fill in the missing days in China as soon as I can.
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1. Don't make the first dr. appt. the shot appt. Make it just an appt. where he checks her out.
2. Our son ate a lot of Ramen, we made stir-fry together and dumped it on spaghetti noodles even though he did like our regular spaghetti, lots of vegetables-add sweet & sour sauce or soy sauce for taste, make egg drop soup-if you don't know how, just boil water, add chicken bouillion cube or two, and after it's dissolved and while boiling, drop in one scrambled egg, slowly so that it ends up more than a blob, remove as soon as it's yellow (seconds after dropping in). Don't feed cold stuff, as it will probably all be a bomb, with the exception of yogurt.
P.S.
Chicken, in tiny bites.
Pork, in tiny bites.
Seafood. Fish and shellfish.
My daughter was (still is) very fearful of the doctors office. When we arrived home, I took her for a post-adoption assessment at Riley Hospital in Indianapolis. They did blood work to see if her shots were 'good'.....they were, so she did not have to have any of them done over again. Having the bloodwork drawn wasn't fun, but it did do away with the need to have all of the shots done again.
Hard boiled eggs saved us! Hot and Spicy noodles too. I dont know if Taylor likes spicy but once Logan was able to communicate with us, it became clear he craved hot and spicy. Chicken fingers with buffalo, hamburgers, lots of chicken noodle soup (double noodle preferred). But we still struggle after 2 years. He can't really stand cheese and I can tell he misses something....something in China. He does well at the Chinese restaurants and the waitresses were able to talk to him. Lo Mein. We have an Asian market and he found some tofu he ate in China and pointed out some other foods.
My suggestion - take her to a Chinese market - there's one on Rt 19 in Hanover that's good, and let her stock up on frozen dumplings and such...if you make meatloaf per se, let her do 1/2 and 1/2...she's still eating and comforted, and still trying stuff.
Haven't btdt, but also, I'm thinking...eggs, udon noodles with lots of veggies might go over better than spaghetti, simple stirfrys are easy, chicken is the same the world over, and lots of sauces that would be familiar would go a long way in helping.
Glad to see you are home and adjusting!
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