They Slept Through the Night!

Wow! wow! wow! I just can't believe it. Both kiddies slept completely through the night last night. My god, Jie-Jie has only been home for 4 days (I'm not counting Friday) and HE SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT. Not only that, he sleeps on his back with his arms flung open wide. I guess he feels secure. A few more nights like last night and I may get out of this fog.

Today Eva and I went to Mom's Morning Out. I was in a total daze the entire time. I know the presenter was telling us something about what to do if your child gets lost, but truly all I got out of it was: 1. call 911 before you start looking for the child; 2. don't contaminate the scene by calling your friends and family over to look for the child; 3. I'm to bring snacks on April 7th.

The whole morning was such a strange experience. People talked to me and I answered (half intelligently - I think), but it was like I was floating outside my body.

O.K., so question to my fellow adopters. I didn't take Jie-Jie with me today to the group because I didn't feel right about leaving him alone in a room full of strangers - even if they are fun strangers. He stayed home with Baba. Think I'm being too overprotective? Think I should try him and see how he does before making that decision? He's doing so well adjusting that I sometimes forget that he hasn't even been with us for 3 weeks yet.

Also, to update my last post: As we lay awake in bed the night before last, I finally remembered to ask Jean-Pierre for details of Jie-Jie's international flight. Everything was the same as Eva except that Jie-Jie cried and screamed before he fell asleep. Once Jean-Pierre said that, I vaguely remember getting up at one point to try and help settle Jie-Jie. I was promptly sent back to my seat and told that 'he' (Jean-Pierre) was handling it. I think I suggested that he might want to stand up and walk a bit just before I fell back into my stupor. Jean-Pierre says that he did that and Jie-Jie fell asleep right away. He slept through the rest of the flight until Jean-Pierre woke him up for breakfast. After breakfast he watched cartoons until we landed. BTW, Jean-Pierre watched 3 or 4 movies during the flight and still got off the plane as fresh as a daisy (Hate that!). Yes, and he also gets up in the morning all happy - singing, teasing the kids, etc - even though he is totally jetlagged (Double hate that!).