So it has been a few weeks since I posted about my adventure in nursing my son Esuyawkal, here is what has been happening.
I tried the SNS and It is was a disaster:( I felt like an octopus with milk spraying everywhere from the teeny tiny tubes. The nipple shield would not stay on and [...]
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29 Oct
Nursing update
28 Oct
Giardia meds
So as I have mentioned before Esu came home with giardia which is very common all around the world. He is currently on antibiotics for this and is showing improvement. The medication that Esu is on for his giardia is called, Metronidazole, and it is nasty. The taste is horrid even though it has been [...]
26 Oct
Christmas in October???
I am one of those people who pretty much loathes seeing Christmas stuff next to the Halloween stuff. So the thought of Christmas shopping this early does not appeal to me all that much, BUT supporting a worthy cause does appeal to me. Helping make a difference in a child’s life appeals to me and [...]
22 Oct
The Ethiopian pout???
Our darling son Esuyawkal has this face he makes and it is pretty hysterical, we affectionately call it “the stink eye”. I recently read that this might be a very common face amongst young Ethiopian children. So I am posting some pictures of “the stink eye” and hopefully we will gain some conformation as to [...]
14 Oct
Getting settled
Life with three children is a big change and it is going to take a while before I can say I am a pro, but I think I am starting to get the hang of my new life. Currently my life with three children consists of:
Lots of messes
Tons of poop- Though Anwen is not really [...]
9 Oct
Adventures in nursing my adopted son
I have had a lot of people ask me how nursing my son Esuyawkal is going, so I thought I would share how this adventure is going.
I would first like to say that I am one of those women that has and is nursing her children longer than two years. If this is something that [...]
3 Oct
Down to Adama/Nazret
Adama also called Nazret is the town that Esuyawkal was born in, and that is why we decided to make the trip to this town that is about 1.5 hours south of Addis Ababa.
The road to Adama/Nazret is paved the whole way and so the ride was pretty pleasant. We did unfortunately come across several [...]
2 Oct
Out and about in Addis
Our first full day in Addis Ababa was Monday. We had a few things on our “to do” list and decided that Monday would be the best day to do things like shopping and our Layla tour. We knew that Esuyawkal would be comfortable going back to Wanna for a few hours, so he visited [...]
1 Oct
The tour
Every parent that comes through Layla has the opportunity to get a tour of the facility, this was something that I had been looking forward to and was excited when we got our opportunity. One of the volunteers at Layla gave us our tour and did are great job. We learned a lot and got [...]
30 Sep
Into my arms
Sunday morning when I woke up I could hardly believe that in a matter of hours Esuyawkal would be in my arms. I was excited to say the least about getting on the flight to Addis and getting over to Wanna. When we got to the airport we were told that our flight would be [...]
