I thought I'd report that Sasha is doing much better with the eating recently and has gained much weight! 2 extra pounds in the last month, which is major. She hasn't had that kind of growth since she was 9 months old. She's even starting to get some chubby thighs again.
Lately especially, she's been eating a lot. When there is rice on the table, she gladly has many helpings. She always did like rice.
She hasn't put on much height but so long as she's getting the calories and nutrition she needs, I'm sure that'll come along with time. From what I can see on the WHO.org child growth charts, she is definitely climbing her way back up the weight charts.
I do put caution in the fact that she was weighed on a home scale, but she's been weighed consistantly on that same scale, and that scale has slowly recorded a 2lb increase. Small victories.
Her grandma has also discovered that Sasha has a weakness for prime rib. She has, on multiple occasions, put away an adult sized portion of prime rib in one sitting.
23 July 2008
Virgo Tales
It seems that Virgo children are very particular about how thing should be. I thought I'd share some recent Virgo child stories.
My mother-in-law, Carol, and Sasha share the same birthday. Therefore they are both Virgos, and the two of them share more personality traits with each other than with anyone else. My mother-in-law told me a story about how particular she was when she was a young virgo child, about Sasha's age. Little Carol went to an aunt's house to visit, and at her aunt's house, they had a wall that you could run in circles around. There were some throw rugs on the floor around this wall. Her aunt thought it was funny that if they flipped the corner of the rug up, it would drive little Carol nuts and she had to flip it back to normal. So the aunt would keep going from rug to rug, flipping the corners up, and little Carol would run around fixing them.
This week, the family went to visit the same aunt at the same house. This time, when they flipped the corners of the rug up, it was Sasha who was driven nuts by the improper corner placement of the rugs. Sasha ran around, just like her grandmother had 50 years earlier, from rug to rug, putting all the rug corners back in their place. So picky!
Another cute example. Sasha was playing in the kitchen of her grandma's restauraunt, and her grandma gave her a bucket of water to play with, thinking she'd probably stir the water with a spoon or maybe splash around in it. Nope. Sasha ran to the clean dishrags, grabbed a rag, and used the bucket of water and rag to wash windows.
She just loves to cook and clean.
I think I've already mentioned in a previous post about how particular Sasha was when she got her new little toddler bed. She spent hours arranging the pillows and blankets just so. She knew it was her bed and she wanted it just right. She had no problems sleeping in it even from the first night.
17 July 2008
Family portrait attempt
About a month ago when we were ALL on vacation, we did several attempts at trying to get a decent family picture. It's something that's nearly impossible for us to do at home. Alas the sun was in our eyes, and Sasha was NOT in the mood. She did not want to sit around on a rock. She wanted to run and play and was mad at us for keeping her from her driveway gravel explorations.
Here are the best we could come up with out of the 273498237498237492374 pictures we took. Apparently the more people you try to photograph at once, the greater the odds that someone has a silly expression on their face. Also, Sasha would not look at the camera.
And added to show how Sasha was not amused at the concept:
Here are the best we could come up with out of the 273498237498237492374 pictures we took. Apparently the more people you try to photograph at once, the greater the odds that someone has a silly expression on their face. Also, Sasha would not look at the camera.
And added to show how Sasha was not amused at the concept:
4th of July
For the Fourth of July holiday, my husband and Sasha went camping with the rest of his family. They had a great time.
In the camper
Trying to relax in her chair
Roasting marshmallows (heavily supervised of course!)
Playing with her toys
Shoveling her meal down, literally :P
And this next pic wasn't from camping, but it's amusing. They have a little swimming pool for Sasha at her grandparent's house. One hot day, Sasha decided to take a spontaneous swim. She was walking with my husband and she jumped into the pool, leather shoes, socks, and all. My husband decided to let her swim since she was already in, so he did take her shoes and socks off and rolled her pant legs up.
In the camper
Trying to relax in her chair
Roasting marshmallows (heavily supervised of course!)
Playing with her toys
Shoveling her meal down, literally :P
And this next pic wasn't from camping, but it's amusing. They have a little swimming pool for Sasha at her grandparent's house. One hot day, Sasha decided to take a spontaneous swim. She was walking with my husband and she jumped into the pool, leather shoes, socks, and all. My husband decided to let her swim since she was already in, so he did take her shoes and socks off and rolled her pant legs up.
Sorry
I know it's been a while since my last post! I've been kinda sad I guess. I really miss my daughter and want her (and my husband) to come home. They've been gone way longer than I've ever anticipated, and it breaks my heart.
My husband has been doing some needed work for his family. He will be home soon though, and I count down the days until I can hold them again in my arms. I will never let them get away from me again like this. Never.
Meanwhile, they are both doing great! Sasha has been spoiled rotten by her grandma and grandpa. She's the center of attention of so many people. She has swimming pools, sand boxes, a new bed, and even her own four-wheeler. She has a whole shelf to herself in the kitchen pantry and is free to go into the pantry and grab whatever food strikes her fancy. She loves that freedom, so I'm going to have to do something similar at our home.
She still has her days where she eats well, and other days where she doesn't. Today, for example, she ate a TON of spanish rice for lunch. 5 helpings! The other day she ate a huge french toast breakfast.
I mentioned that her grandma bought Sasha a bed. The bed was placed right next to the bed my husband sleeps in, and Sasha loved it. When it was first set up, she played with it for a while. She liked to get into and out of the bed, then arrange the sheets and blankets, then put her dolls into and out of it as if she was tucking them in. She would lay down in the bed and say "nini" then she'd pretend she was sleeping. She knew the bed was hers and what it was for. Then when it was bedtime, she went to sleep no problem. She's been sleeping in her little bed for the past week or so with no issues.
Her night waking has gotten better. I know I haven't discussed it much in the blog here, but Sasha has never slept through the night. I know sleeping through the night (STTN) is a big issue for some parents. Sasha has never done it. As a matter of fact, she wakes up many times a night, usually for a drink of water, juice, or milk. My husband and mother-in-law have been working with Sasha on that.
Anyways, they're doing well.
Me, I'm terribly depressed without them. I don't think my husband understands how badly I miss my child. I know he means well, but he tries to reassure me that they are in good hands. It doesn't help. Perhaps I'm just selfish, but I am a mother and I want my child back like yesterday. I am terribly worried whether this long of a time away from my child has damaged my relationship with my daughter. She's so young. When I first got out to see her, she seemed like she had forgotten me, and it broke my heart so bad. I'm so scared that will happen again.
But there is nothing I can do. I can't force them home. I can beg but otherwise I can't go and get them (no vacation days available). All I can do is put on a strong face and pretend it's all okay. That she's fine without me.
Anyways, I'll probably delete that last paragraph later.
My husband has been doing some needed work for his family. He will be home soon though, and I count down the days until I can hold them again in my arms. I will never let them get away from me again like this. Never.
Meanwhile, they are both doing great! Sasha has been spoiled rotten by her grandma and grandpa. She's the center of attention of so many people. She has swimming pools, sand boxes, a new bed, and even her own four-wheeler. She has a whole shelf to herself in the kitchen pantry and is free to go into the pantry and grab whatever food strikes her fancy. She loves that freedom, so I'm going to have to do something similar at our home.
She still has her days where she eats well, and other days where she doesn't. Today, for example, she ate a TON of spanish rice for lunch. 5 helpings! The other day she ate a huge french toast breakfast.
I mentioned that her grandma bought Sasha a bed. The bed was placed right next to the bed my husband sleeps in, and Sasha loved it. When it was first set up, she played with it for a while. She liked to get into and out of the bed, then arrange the sheets and blankets, then put her dolls into and out of it as if she was tucking them in. She would lay down in the bed and say "nini" then she'd pretend she was sleeping. She knew the bed was hers and what it was for. Then when it was bedtime, she went to sleep no problem. She's been sleeping in her little bed for the past week or so with no issues.
Her night waking has gotten better. I know I haven't discussed it much in the blog here, but Sasha has never slept through the night. I know sleeping through the night (STTN) is a big issue for some parents. Sasha has never done it. As a matter of fact, she wakes up many times a night, usually for a drink of water, juice, or milk. My husband and mother-in-law have been working with Sasha on that.
Anyways, they're doing well.
Me, I'm terribly depressed without them. I don't think my husband understands how badly I miss my child. I know he means well, but he tries to reassure me that they are in good hands. It doesn't help. Perhaps I'm just selfish, but I am a mother and I want my child back like yesterday. I am terribly worried whether this long of a time away from my child has damaged my relationship with my daughter. She's so young. When I first got out to see her, she seemed like she had forgotten me, and it broke my heart so bad. I'm so scared that will happen again.
But there is nothing I can do. I can't force them home. I can beg but otherwise I can't go and get them (no vacation days available). All I can do is put on a strong face and pretend it's all okay. That she's fine without me.
Anyways, I'll probably delete that last paragraph later.
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