He is very stubborn and Mike and I have had to hold him on our laps while he screams at us and tries to get down, we just hold him and say no! after a while he gives up and will sit with us as long as we want him to and is happy. It sounds a little mean but he really needs to learn that when we need him to sit with us he will. There are times he needs to like at church and so on we can't have him fighting us on this.He needs to know we are the boss not him lol. This was hard the 1st week because everything was so new. I think we let him slip into some bad habits that we now need to fix.He does not like to share toys so we also have had a few battles there, mostly he just sits down folds himself in 1/2 with his head on his lap and cries when he has to share but he gets over it after a while.
We have noticed if he has a designated spot he knows he has to be in he will stay, but if he knows there is another choice all bets are off and its hard a big fight. For example on Saturday we had opening ceremonies for little league and after we had 4 games. so we were at the field all day, not one time did I put him down to run. He sat in the stroller or in our arms the entire time. If he would have known that getting down to run was an option there is no way he would have stayed in the stroller as well as he did. Also he likes to have food in his hand when we are out like that ok I know I can't just feed him all day lol but what I did was cut up an apple and would give him a slice ever so often and it kept him happy. Yes he is starting to gain his little skinny legs are not skinny anymore lol. He is also getting picky about his food. not doing to great with vegetables now .Still loves all fruit though. and bread we have to watch him on the bread he would just eat it all day.
He likes to put his dishes in the sink when he's all done with his food. Some times he sits in he highchair some times at the little table. He also like to throw trash away I think he will be my best cleaner lol.
He has learned the sign for more and its so cute when he does it.(we need to learn some more signs so we can teach him.he is a fast learner.)
He can understand a lot of what we say, like I can say "sit down" and he will, or "lets change you" and he pulls at his diaper. .He still cries when I change his Diaper and clothes I still don't get that but it has gotten a little better. He hates to have his teeth brushed,but I do it anyways mean mommy!
Usually when I tell him I love him he looks at me and kisses the air at me its so sweet,I still can't get him to say momma he says something like ababo if anyone knows what this means in Russian if anything please tell me. When we went for visits with him our coordinator said it sounded like he was calling me the word for grandma, ok thanks Vahnya do I look that old lol.
He really is a joy we all love him so much even his biggest brother who I was a little worried about in the beginning because he didn't like the idea of us adopting his 16 year old words were"why do we need another kid and why would you want one with down syndrome ?" that was a year ago people told me he's a kid give him time and boy can I see his heart has changed now. I knew it would once he met Vahnya I can see how much he loves him and it make me so so happy.
I JUST LOOK AT VAHNYA SOMETIMES AND THINK WHERE HE WAS, WHERE HE WOULD BE AND WHERE HE IS NOW AND I THINK ABOUT THE OTHER CHILDREN THE FACES ON REECE'S RAINBOW AND MY HEART HURTS FOR THEM. VAHNYA IS NO MORE WORTHY THEN ANY OF THEM THEY ALL DESERVE TO BE LIVING IN A FAMILY FULL OF LOVE LIKE HIM. IT JUST HURTS TO THINK ABOUT IT.
Ok so here he is Vahnya Josiah Nine our cute little man home only two weeks but seems like always!
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He is TOO STINKIN' CUTE!
That was actually me (heather) didn't know Jeremy was signed in to Google. :)
Heather you burst my bubble I thought oh wow Jeremy actualy reads my blog lol I know Dads don't sit around as much as us moms reading blogs lol. Thanks though he is pretty cute if I do say so and I think he has grown since you saw him last, boy what love can do!
Too, too cute!! I'm so glad he is with you guys.
Joy,RR
He's adorable!
Do you have the Baby Signing Time dvd's? That's how we learned everything with Samuel, and the twins love it. Volume 1 covers basic eating (eat, drink, water, juice, milk, banana, cereal), animals (dog, cat, etc), parents and grandparents, "more" and "all done".....All the basics.
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