Hello All,
Thanks to you who have called. I am just not able to return calls yet, but we will get settled soon! Hayley Tarikua hasn't figured out the new time zone yet so we are up every night from about 2:30 - 5:30am. Welcome to parenthood!
Overall she is doing great. Her health is improving very quickly (she came with a cough and a head cold, as well as an ear infection and a yeast infection in her mouth). All of these things are clearing up nicely. She is slowly transitioning her food to more solids in her diet, but she is way behind in that department by North American standards and it will take some time to catch her up. It is hilarious to watch her reaction to new textures in her mouth, like crackers or pineapple. She threw a huge tantrum the first time we tried to give her a bath in Addis Ababa and I just tried a new approach which worked much better. Hopefully eventually she will love her baths and love to play in them.
That's all the good stuff and the downside is of course the cliche that mom is absolutely exhausted because of not sleeping through the night and because Hayley Tarikua needs lots of reassurances during this difficult transition time.
So a sleepy and run-down hello to you all! Hopefully I will be able to connect with you soon!
Love,
Tisha
