I’ve been blog delinquent this last week. If you have ever had a child with parasites, you understand why. This has been my life this last week–

It was brutal at first–4 doses a day of the worst tasting medicine known to mankind (confirmed as such by the pharmacist). After making Mark give her all 4 doses on Sunday and then having Lydia refuse to even look at him Monday morning AND after her symptoms of diarrhea getting worse on top of the vomiting caused by horrible tasting medicine, we caved and told the doctors NO MORE. So, we gave her a day off and then started on another medicine that is much more palpable. So far, so good. And, we only have 1 1/2 days left of it. Hallelujah. We’re hoping that we’ll have a lot more fun when we’re done with all of this. Plus, we still have some adjusting to do. I haven’t figured out what “normal” looks like with 4 kids yet. I’m longing for some sort of routine and pattern to our day (remember how anal retentive I am?). We did manage to get outside today–it’s so beautiful out. Lydia gave us some great smiles on the swing.

She really is progressing well. We weaned her off all Chinese formula as of yesterday. And, during one of our bottle feedings yesterday, she held onto my finger and even reached out to touch my face a little. That’s big progress for her–she has been very protective of her hands. She doesn’t like us touching them unless we’re helping her toddle around. It warmed my heart that she would feel so comfortable in my arms. I think she’s starting to get that I’m Mama.