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I guess it's time for my monthly update from Boot camp! We are still in training! Most of the kids now realize that they need to eat what is on their plate without complaining. But watch out for that inconsistency to creep in......and it just comes crashing down! If the Lord has taught me anything through our adoption experience, it is that I need to be CONSISTENT!!! Last week, Leona was very ill. Now Leona is still in her lying, making up stories, generally being dishonest phase BUT I don't think anyone could fake the way she was acting (although I did momentarily consider that possibility!! OK maybe it was more than a moment!)-she was practically delirious, couldn't keep her eyes open and focused, and was sweating like a pig. I thought she was going to faint at the breakfast table. I escorted her up to bed and called the doctor. We decided that she could be having a recurrence of malaria and he told me to give her the same meds. she had before. I did this and she seemed somewhat better in a few hours-but the eye thing really had me worried. So I took her to the ER. They decided she probably was having a malaria recurrence (she was doing quite a bit better after a few hrs. there and they said the malaria medicine probably was working already) and gave me some different meds and also some antibiotics since her ear was had some pus. Anyway, to make a long story shorter (about the consequences of NOT being consistent in parenting!)-she had actually lost 2-3 lbs. because she hadn't been eating well for a week or so before, so I decided to get her some meal replacement shakes at the health food store(to give as snacks). She drank all but two sips of one and gagged a little. I let her go without drinking the last two sips figuring she was still not feeling too well. BIG MISTAKE!! The next time I gave her one, she had a HUGE FIT! Needless to say she has been getting a lot of these and is now drinking them happily (or at least without complaining). And by the way (in case you think I'm extra mean!), all the other kids thought the shake tasted pretty good and were begging for me to give them some! Last week we had a little 2 year old houseguest (and his Mom). He demonstrated perfectly to my kiddos the reason why they are not allowed to hit and why they need to learn to obey! By the end of a few days, he was driving all the kids crazy with his misbehavior!! It was a very good lesson! Josephine was probably one of the most irritated by his behavior-and to think she acted just like that when she first came :) --TOO FUNNY! On a different note, we tried out some yarn extensions in Josephine's ponytail this week (I didn't have the nerve to try the full head of hair on the first try!). They look very cute and she loves them. I'll try to post a pic. soon. They were much easier than I thought they would be-10 of them took about a half hour or less. |
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