Sunbathing and Massages Every Day! Partying All Night!

No, I'm not talking about some Hollywood diva. Just a day in the life of our little Miss V! We just received a pre-travel update from our agency. Check out our baby girl's schedule:

o 6-6:30 AM: Wakes up. This is followed by a feeding
o 6:30 AM: Bath
o 8 AM: Feeding
o 8--9 AM: Nap
o 9 -11:40 AM: Outside playing/laying in the sun, massage, etc.
o 11:40 AM: The babies go inside for a nap and feeding in the living room/nursery.
o 4:30 PM: Upstairs for a bath until 5:30 PM and pajamas.
o 6:30 PM: Feeding after bath and bedtime.
o 10-11 PM: Wake up and feeding, diaper change, etc.
o Wakes up 3-4 times per night for diaper changes and for feeding


Picturing those babies laying out in the sun and getting massages is just too cute! But waking up 3-4 times per night?!?! Lord have mercy, I better try to get some rest over the next couple of weeks! And 2 baths a day? I've always considered it an accomplishment if Miss M and Miss A both have one a day! As far as transitional homes go, Hannah's Hope is tops in terms of care. I'm so thankful that Miss V is getting so much attention and pampering while she waits for us.

The update also included this information:
HOW TO APPROACH CHILD BASED ON HIS OR HER PERSONALITY
You can pick her up and hold her, she has joyful personality. If she is stressed or tired, she sucks her thumb.

PERSONALITY
[Miss V] is a content baby. She is sweet spirited and adorable. She however, does not easily go to people she is not familiar with. So, we expect that she will have difficulty transitioning into her new family at first until she becomes familiar with you.

Bless her heart, I hate that she is not going to understand who we are and why we're disrupting her little life. She's suddenly going to be taken away by a strange looking couple that look different, smell different, talk different and care for her differently than any of her previous caregivers. We're prepared for her to be upset about the changes and grieve the loss of her routine and the special mothers she's grown attached to. We will love and comfort her through the process and do our best to meet her needs and help her to build trust in us, but we understand that healthy attachment and bonding is a process that may take time.

LIKES
Classical Music – baby lullabies before bed while being rocked.

We have a music player set up next to the glider in the nursery and a selection of classical lullabies ready for her enjoyment. Looking forward to listening to them as we rock our little Miss V to sleep!

We also received a few new pictures of our sweet baby girl. She's grown and changed so much in the last few months! She's chunked up and is just as cute as a bug's ear! Another group of families is leaving this week to pick up their children--I'm crossing my fingers that they'll get to hang out with our girl a little bit and return with even more details about her daily life and personality--and maybe even a few more pictures to help tide me over until we leave (2 weeks from today!).