Oh sleeping! This is one nice thing about picking up an orphanage baby at five months...already trained! They can put themselves to sleep and they sleep for a long time! She is not the one having sleep problems. Jeeva and I can be found falling asleep at various places in our home at any time past eight! We seem to be having a harder time adjusting back to this time zone than Rayne!
Tuesday night, our first night with Rayne - we bathed her, fed her, put on her PJ’s – the ones I purchased months ago, imagining that someday, a little girl would fit into them and spend her first night in them….so, here it was! My plans were to snuggle her through the night – whatever it took to make her feel safe and loved.
About 7:00 her back arched, her thumb went into her mouth, and her head tilted to the side…I guess we were done snuggling! I laid her down in the little bed beside ours, and just like we had seen 3 weeks ago in a picture….. She put her thumb in her mouth, turned on her side, pulled her leg up, and started scratching the wooden sideboard of her bed with her little fingersI I had watched her put herself to sleep in her solid wooden crib at the orphanage with her thumb in her mouth and her other fingers scratching along the sideboard. Before I could grab a picture of her, she was asleep. For 10 hours she slept soundly.
When she would wake up in the first few days, she had that look of “where am I?” Then, after a brief moment she would look at us and give us a great big smile. Maybe she likes her new life….
Today, in her new room at home, I watch her put her thumb in her mouth, turn on her side, pull her leg up, rest her cheek to the sheet and scratch the soft minky green pillow laying beside her with her little fingers.
Same baby. Same Habits. But, everything a little softer!
Tuesday night, our first night with Rayne - we bathed her, fed her, put on her PJ’s – the ones I purchased months ago, imagining that someday, a little girl would fit into them and spend her first night in them….so, here it was! My plans were to snuggle her through the night – whatever it took to make her feel safe and loved.
About 7:00 her back arched, her thumb went into her mouth, and her head tilted to the side…I guess we were done snuggling! I laid her down in the little bed beside ours, and just like we had seen 3 weeks ago in a picture….. She put her thumb in her mouth, turned on her side, pulled her leg up, and started scratching the wooden sideboard of her bed with her little fingersI I had watched her put herself to sleep in her solid wooden crib at the orphanage with her thumb in her mouth and her other fingers scratching along the sideboard. Before I could grab a picture of her, she was asleep. For 10 hours she slept soundly.
When she would wake up in the first few days, she had that look of “where am I?” Then, after a brief moment she would look at us and give us a great big smile. Maybe she likes her new life….
Today, in her new room at home, I watch her put her thumb in her mouth, turn on her side, pull her leg up, rest her cheek to the sheet and scratch the soft minky green pillow laying beside her with her little fingers.
Same baby. Same Habits. But, everything a little softer!
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