Revised Sleeping Arrangements

This is so tough! Raising children is tough enough, but then try to raise one who has been in another person's care for an extended period of time. Add to that getting them right in the middle of the time when most children are going through their terrible-two or titanic-three stage. Add all of this up and you get some very confused parents for a little while until they figure things out and learn what makes this particular child tick (and then he will be older and there will be a whole new set of things to learn and deal with). This is the joys of parenting children regardless how they became a part of your family.

We had a tough night last night with Mei. He just has such a difficult time sleeping right now. He tends to calm down once you pick him up and hold him and most of the time he will sleep in the bed next to you and rest well. I believe we are going to err on the side of being too easy with Mei instead of exercising tough love. We just don't have any clue what is going on in his little mind. Tough love may not be the right answer with him. He has gone through a major transition over the past two weeks and on top of that his little body is trying to adjust to jet lag like our older bodies are. I have a feeling tonight Mei will be in the bed with us until he can get comfortable and used to his surroundings. He needs time to adjust and so do we.

We have raised four children, but this is a whole new ball game. It is a great game to be engaged in and we would not trade it for anything in the world.

Thank you Father for letting us be a part of your story!