A Mommy's Memoir

Well, consider this your warning... this blog is going to turn into a mama's journal. From this point forward, I don't really expect anyone to read this except my mom ;). For Ben's first 18 months I had a calendar going where I'd record milestones, but I think the official note-taking is over. Instead of baby books for the boys, I'm just going to use this blog to record special things so we can always look back and remember.

Luke has been home for one week today. He's come a long way in only 7 days! He still prefers his daddy for sure but he's definitely getting more comfortable with his mama especially when dad isn't around.

He is doing really well eating... eggs, chocolate protein shakes, injera and Ethiopian stews, pasta, chicken nuggets, cheese sticks, fruit/veggie purees, whole milk, avocado, bananas, clementines... I'm pleased with this long list! Hopefully we'll start to see more fat and muscle soon! He's even feeding himself with utensils. After just a couple days of being home, he stopped pocketing food in his mouth. Hopefully he's realizing he can have food and drink whenever he wants it.

He loves his baths with Ben. He's a natural fish. Lots of splashing and laughing and gargling water. He independently scrubs himself with soap and rinses. Sometimes he even tries to help scrub Ben.

He seems to understand a fair amount of what we're saying already. We've heard him say "bye" and "come on" and "dad." Today he signed "chicken nugget" and "please" for the first time.

His sleep schedule is still off but we're getting closer to a routine. He hasn't needed to come into our bed the last couple nights. We see him periodically stand up in the middle of the night looking for us. Usually if we just say hi he lays down and goes back to sleep. He has been sleeping in a crib in our room but today we moved it to Ben's room. They napped well... we'll see if it works for overnight. Luke likes to have blankets draped on all four sides of his crib just like they did at the orphanage.