Once we arrived at the hotel Madison was already here. We walked in the hotel and immediately met the foster father and Madison. We were shocked to see that she is with her original foster family and found out that she was never moved. She was doing great until she realized that the foster family left her with us. She started to scream and some of the most awful screams you have ever heard from a baby. We did expect her to react and cry but those screams caught us off guard. I will admit that it broke my heart and I started to cry. She screamed for hours today and only seemed happy when we were in the "baby lounge" with other families. When we left to go back to our room she would scream again. Wayne also seemed to be the only one to be able to calm her down. I think she was able to tell I was upset which didn't help. She finally lost the battle of being tired and fell asleep about 8pm. We did get some smiles and babbling out of her today but are hoping for a much better day tomorrow.
As far as Jacob and I are concerned we are both doing fine. The flight was a little uncomfortable but we made it. I have to say that he did not like his sister's screaming at all and once she settled down he settled down and I was feeling better too.
Here is one of the only pictures we were able to take today. We hope to have more tomorrow.
3 comments:
Just give Madison a little time and try to stay calm. Hopefully today will be better. Thanks for the Grandmama fix but need more pictures.
Love to all of you.
Hang in there! So glad you can go down for another visit. Hope you get some good news while you are down there with your case. Thanks for the update!
Just to let you know it is nothing you are doing on your part. She is at the age where there is a fear of being seperated from what she is use to. ALL babies go though this stage. Right now her foster family is really the only family she knows. When your son gets to be around 10-12 months he will be the same way with you to others not wanting to leave you. We went though it with our kids who were that way to grandparents. The stage does go away but I think the older she gets the more time it is going to take because this is not a normal family situation. The first few days are going to be rough on all of you when you do get to take her home. Just put yourself in her shoes and think how you would feel then load her up with lots of loving and affection. Also remember at this age babies are much more in tune to dads then moms. Whereas newborns up to so many months prefer mom's face then dads. It is all part of the baby process. What she is going though is normal, it is just extra hard on you right now.
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