That five days since we returned from Ethiopia with Eliott. We are just beginning to take our brands and find a little balance into this new life. Our little man is consuming us and accepts no annoyance. We all want all the perpetual compromise.
Eliott needs stability, we limit the maximum contact with other people.
The timing of meals is very important and we submit to an unchanging ritual:
- The first dish is eaten with a fork
- Wearing a towel is the beginning and end of a meal
- Eliot chose each food from his plate to eat one by one
- He gives his plate and fork when it has concluded the meal
- Do not show the bread before the end of the dish
- ...
Once these rules understood and applied by mom and dad, the meal becomes a pleasant experience.
relationship with his brother's hard, trust is not a foregone conclusion but Timon understands the situation and adapts with great courage.
Regarding sleep, our little loulou has great difficulty falling asleep. Sleep cycles are short and always end with a revival in tears, we tried to fall asleep in the arms but impossible to sleep in his bed then we tried the mattress on the floor beside the bed of mom and dad and finally in bed with Mom and Dad: nothing works he cries for hours and does not seem whim. This created a situation more and more tense in the family because when no one is sleeping, everyone is excited.
Yesterday afternoon we changed our strategy:
- Kisses and hugs before bed
- Explanation as what Mom and Dad will not come back for a nap
- Let it cry to sleep onset (the hardest part, and this is also the most expresses it: Mom, ababa ...)
Finally, do not cry last very long and it seemed to work. Yesterday evening we discussed the same strategy to fall asleep that night and no crying, a night of 11h and a little cool while sitting in his bed, all smiles this morning upon waking. We spent a wonderful night and morning.
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