Wednesday, February 20, 2013

2 weeks

It has been 2 weeks since we were given custody.  3 weeks exactly until we go home.
We've been getting a bit a cabin fever here.  The weather has been cold and we haven't had much to do.  Thanks to some other adoptive families here in Hungary, we've found ways to occupy our time.
I never thought staying home with a kid would be difficult, in fact I'd hoped to do it.  But spending 24/7 in the apartment with no contacts over here is a little daunting.
We've put the baby on a schedule.  In the foster home she just did as she pleased.  She has had no enrichment- she doesn't know her colors, numbers, body parts, animals, etc- not in Hungarian.
So our schedule, to keep us all occupied goes like this:
Wake ip and breakfast.  Followed by songs and finger plays with daddy while mommy goes to the gym.  We found a gym that you can buy a 10 visit pass for 6500 forints about $25.  Daddy does snack.  Mommy comes home we all do lunch.  Then nap.  Daddy goes to th gym or to the cafe to do we work.  Wake up, snack.  Then outside to the park or if it's cold walk th baby around the mall.  
Then arts and crafts.  Cutting, pasting, painting, coloring, matching shapes, etc.  then while we make dinner baby watches tv.  Sometimes we let her watch Hungarian cartoons to get a brak from all th English.  Being surrounded by a new language can be exhaust, otherwise she watches videos we uploaded to the iPad for her.  
The first few days we ft a lot of eye rolling and shed just walk away when we tried to engage her, but she's caught o. That she isn't in charge.  She knows and loves itsy bitty spider and head shoulders.  Already she knows more colors and body parts in English and is learning the animal sounds and names.

1 comment:

  1. Wow. You have lots to do for her to catch up on things with her. I can't wait to help her learn. Hug her and kiss her. Dud she like the Elmo
    Card and the stickers? I hope so. Hugs and kisses to you all. Grandma

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