Well, it's not all grins and giggles at the Roberts' house these days, but those are the only memories we care to preserve. Jackson and Jordan are practically inseperable. They mimic each others' every move. They are both learning their boundaries with each other and with us. Jordan's meltdowns are fewer and shorter, but still we have several a day. She is very smart, a worthy challenger for us. It's frustrating, but you've gotta give credit where credit is due. Funny story (have to laugh or else we'll cry): I brought home chicken nuggets and fries for both of them Thursday night. Jordan, like Jackson used to, dove into the fries and ignored the chicken. When we couldn't get her to eat the chicken, we took away the fries...meltdown #1, timeout. Then I picked up a nugget and tried to feed it to her: mouth glued shut, straight to timeout...meltdown #2. When the screaming stopped, Robin actually got her to open her mouth and take a bite of the nugget. She slowly chewed, looking at him like he was the devil, and once it was all chewed up, nothing. She would not swallow. How do you make a kid swallow??? Timeout. timeout again. timeout again. 30 minutes later, the food was still in her mouth. No dinner for Jordan that night.
Saturday has been much better. The kids got up and had breakfast together, after donning their "Roll Tide" attire. No major meltdowns to this point. After breakfast, they burned off their energy playing with anything they could find. Sharing can still be a problem. Our house is like the toy department at Wal-Mart, but they both need the same toy! We're working on it, though. For some reason, Jackson loves pushing around Jordan's baby-doll stroller, but he likes to push her in it. She just laughs.
We are having a blast. Jordan has had no problems at all bonding with her family and with her nanny. She absolutely loves Lindy; cried when she left. A little discipline and a lot of love, and this little girl will be the cutest, sweetest, smartest little girl in the whole world: that's our daughter!!
2 comments:
Too cute! It looks like they've been together forever. You know they will be best of buds. Too bad about the game. Brack & I discussed who we would root for. It is certainly easier to cheer on the Tide. Keep the photos coming...
They are so cute! Simone and Claire both had texture/sensory issues when they came home. Neither could manage solid foods. It was only after some work and a lot of patience that we got them to accept solids. They were 11.5 and 18 months when they came home. With our Russian kids, because of the way they are fed (or not) in the orphanages, they've often developed neither the facial muscle tone nor the sensory awareness to be able to process even softer solids. You may be having a bit of this in the chewing but not swallowing behavior. Carol at CSS has a few articles on the issue that I found really helpful. And of course all of the speech therapy mouth exercises (sucking, blowing, etc.) are ideal for developing their ability to process solids. Take care! Lori
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