We are finally home! Yippee!!! After many hours of travel and lots of screaming and crying (by Noah of course), we are finally home. We arrived home on Friday afternoon and spent the last 2 days trying to settle in.
When we first got home and showed Noah around his new house, he was acting like it was Christmas and was jumping around excited and laughing at all the toys and space. It was really cute to see him so excited and happy. We were delighted that he had such a good first impression of his new home. We spent the day trying to stay awake and showing Noah around and playing with his toys. Once it was time for bed however, the trouble began again....
Noah isn't sleeping at night at all as he is very uncertain about his new surroundings. He has spent the last 2 nights screaming at the top of his lungs without ceasing. Please pray for him and for us as we work through this. It feels like he has regressed to the point that we first got him again and Peter and I are very tired. I keep thinking that this has to get better at some point, but am so weary that I'm beginning to loose faith. I know that God does not make mistakes and that as we go through this difficult time that we will grow and learn, but it sure is hard. I've been on my knees in prayer alot but I really am beginning to feel like no one is listening...
Noah has been very attached to Peter the last few days and wants nothing to do with me unless Peter won't give him what he wants and then he just screams at me. It's going to be very difficult for Peter to go back to work as I am so tired of the screaming and fussiness that I am out of patience and really don't want him to leave. Nothing we do calms Noah down when he is screaming and crying and it's really frustrating. The first night home I just laid on the floor of his room while he stared at me and screamed and Peter tried to get some sleep. Last night I finally put earplugs in, closed the door and tried to get a bit of sleep while Peter took a turn lying on the floor in Noah's room while he cried. Instead of screaming for Peter, he screamed for me, but when I would go to him he would just keep screaming..... it's really exhausting. We knew this would be hard, but I had no idea it would be so unending.
Please pray for God to continue to give us patience and for us to get some rest. We will update you all again when we get a chance.
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Hello Nancy! I just caught up on all your blog posts, and you and Peter sure do have your hands full. I have to say, even though you are probably exhausted and at the end of your rope right now, you have handled a lot of things really well. You know that your little boy is going through a grieving process and a really huge transition, and you also know to stand firm in all the power struggles. He is blessed with wonderful parents, and I can tell you from experience that teaching for so many years really does prepare you somewhat to parent your own child(ren).
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to let you know that I am keeping you, Peter, and Noah in my thoughts and prayers. You are strong, and you are a woman of God, so I KNOW you can do this!