It was actually cold today. As in the nice older ladies that always stop Americans on the street and ask " good Lord why don't you have that child bundled in several more layers?" have a really good point. Should have brought more long sleeve shirts. Oh well, at least *I* have two pair of jeans. : )
Before I forget, Joyce, his hair is definitely brown, not black. And his eyes are dark brown, but again, noticeably lighter than Allie's. The Chinese seem to think he's terribly handsome, because of the big eyes. I'm really hoping that's not a western influence thing... (ie. "Asian" eyes are not pretty, but "Western" eyes are.) Surely that way of thinking hasn't completely permeated Chinese society, has it?
Today Xiao Zi really started coming out of his shell. In the playroom, he romped with Allie and John, throwing balls, climbing on furniture, etc. without once giving John the "Who is that scary man?" look.
Then we took him for his medical exam. With Allie, that was one big screaming match, starting with the minute we took her clothes off to be weighed. So we were expecting something similar with Xiao Zi. However, Mr. Charming decided this would be a good time to reveal his full personality. He was playing peek-a-boo with the nurses, yelling "Hi" at anyone who walked by, playing with all the toys in the waiting room, batting his long eyelashes at everyone, etc. One doctor actually called us back into her room to play with him. All of the doctors commented on how handsome he is, how big his eyes are, and how intelligent they think he is. A three year old con man. He is MUCH bigger than I had expected. I don't know what they fed him during the seven months from his last weigh in until now, but he weighs almost 27 pounds, and he's 35 1/2 inches tall. Most of the 24 month clothes we brought fit him, but 2T things are on the short side.
Now for the low, John and I have both mentioned that he has a pathological reaction to rain, right? Well, we had put off giving him a bath for almost a week now, because when we fill the tub for Allie, he repeats "Bu yao" (Don't want) over and over. Well tonight I filled the tub with about 4 inches of water and 3 inches of bubbles, and plopped him in. Have any of you ever burned yourself with boiling water? That's what you would have thought I was putting this kid into. He screamed and cried and cried some more, all the while looking at me with this "Mommy, why are you doing this to me?" look. I gave up on the idea of washing his hair. What the heck could have happened to him that makes him feel this way about water? We'll just have sponge baths til we get home, at least.
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Hello John and Dianne,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to you both (and Allie). It sounds like your son is a wonderful boy. I have been reading about your adventures with great interest as we so recently were where you are. I had to post a comment after reading this post because we too had issues with bathing when we got Qincy. She was Ok with water on her body but did not like it on her head at all. She would scream much like what you describe with Joshua. After we got home we began to use edible reinforcements(M&M's) as rewards for letting her hair get washed. After many attempts and quite a few tears we have developed a system where her hair gets washed with very little water on her face and we haven't seen tears in weeks. She also recently got into the hot tub. I was also concerned that Qincy would not like to swim, but that doesn't seem to be the case either. So...hang in there it will get better as he learns that nothing really bad happens when he gets wet.
By the way, if you have room for any extra childrens movies in Mandarin, I would happily pay you as I just can't find them here. You guys take good care and enjoy these special days. Gaylynn, (Qincy's Mom)