This boy continues to amaze me! He is so incredibly happy...except when he's not! If he's not happy, he's sure to let the entire world know! He's a confusing mixture of tough big boy and soft as mush mama's boy.
He loves all things boy. He loves his plasma car! He dreams of playing hockey (like Morgun does!). He constantly talks about skateboarding. He loves anything related to cars! He loves to climb, sing at the top of his lungs, and giggle!
His Daddy is his hero! He loves helping out whenever he can, and grins from ear to ear the entire time. There is no one that can make this boy feel so proud of himself as his Daddy can. And there's no one that can hurt his feelings like his Daddy can. When Daddy has some firm words for Jackson, the tears tumble out and the sobs begin...and don't want to stop!
Jackson despises the girl's dressup clothes, but loves to wear their necklaces and fairy wings. He loves playing with his sisters, especially if he can pretend to cook and serve food. I'm thinking that's a wonderful skill for him to have! Can't wait to have him cook for me...hopefully!
He still loves to color, loves stickers and loves puzzles.
Jackson really has us stumped on one issue...sleep! He's never been a really good sleeper. He often cries, or wails at night. As in make you jump out of your skin wail. Sometimes it's 1-2 times a night and sometimes it's 4-5 times a night...or worse. Initially we thought he was simply adjusting. Things seemed to get better for a bit and then he'd get an ear infection and cry again. We finally figured it out and got an antibiotic ear drop prescription to be used any time he had an infection. If we caught the infection early enough, the crying only lasted 1-2 nights. We also began using a variety of vitamins, probiotics, etc to help him calm down. He stopped crying in pain every time I lifted him to change his diaper. His crying at night was cut down by more than half. We thought we were on the right track! He still cried or wailed several times a week, but we could usually trace it back to him watching something scary...like Curious George! Seriously! He has nightmares from watching almost anything! He's now limited to watching Diego, Dora, Berenstain Bears, and Franklin. All in all, we felt we had it mostly figured out.
And then...I left home for 5 nights to go to my Grandma's funeral and Jackson had ear surgery. I was away for 1 night due to Malia's surgery shortly after that. That was at the end of January, beginning of February. Jackson has only slept through the night a handful of times since then. And we are at a loss!
So to all my fellow adoptive moms...help? Any ideas or suggestions as to what is going on? Could my being gone for a few nights set him back that far? Could it be related to his surgery? (He shut down completely on the day of his surgery and it took about a week for him to be back to his normal daytime self) Could it be connected to Malia's surgery? Or all of the above?
We welcome your input and prayers! This mama needs her sleep!
PS: I'm working hard to invent a caffeine capsule so I don't have to drink more coffee to stay awake! I really don't like coffee! :)
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