Satish purchased our tickets from LA to London to Kathmandu today, which means it's official... we are definitely moving to Nepal. Both of us have been struggling with work, but for different reasons. I am much more stressed trying to wrap up the Breast Cancer Mapping Project while Satish is feeling heavy hearted as his co-workers are coming to him with tremendous support around his decision. I on the other hand just need to move on my final reports and crank them it out...
Manav has been doing great with the potty-training, one of our big goals prior to our move. He's transitioned to sitting on the big potty and using the public toilet. I think Satish taking him to the bathroom has contributed to the success. We're still working on pooping in the potty, which has been inconsistent. Anyway, probably way more information than is needed...
I did drop off at Manav's preschool today, at Rising Star Montessori and he was so upset, angry and screaming, begging me to take him to work with me. I felt so bad for him and I didn't know what to do. I looked around and realized that none of his school friends were there for the summer. He was surrounded by new faces, new teachers and students. He wasn't handling this very well. My guess is that once others, including kids, are around Manav they know how to respect his sense of space and be "gentle" around him. These new kids probably haven't figured that out and that's why he doesn't feel safe around them. It makes me worry about his transition to school in Nepal...
Manav has been doing great with the potty-training, one of our big goals prior to our move. He's transitioned to sitting on the big potty and using the public toilet. I think Satish taking him to the bathroom has contributed to the success. We're still working on pooping in the potty, which has been inconsistent. Anyway, probably way more information than is needed...
I did drop off at Manav's preschool today, at Rising Star Montessori and he was so upset, angry and screaming, begging me to take him to work with me. I felt so bad for him and I didn't know what to do. I looked around and realized that none of his school friends were there for the summer. He was surrounded by new faces, new teachers and students. He wasn't handling this very well. My guess is that once others, including kids, are around Manav they know how to respect his sense of space and be "gentle" around him. These new kids probably haven't figured that out and that's why he doesn't feel safe around them. It makes me worry about his transition to school in Nepal...
We went to hippotherapy yesterday and Manav did a great job riding Kiwi. He's still not ready to trot, and is very clear about communicating that to me and his hippotherapists. I can tell that it's hard work for him, physically and mentally. He always starts the session tense and nervous and then he becomes more comfortable, feels more secure and does more on the horse. Maybe we can find some horse riding in Nepal?? Let's just hope next week he'll be ready to do some trotting :)
Yikes, you guys are moving to Nepal! Bravo, that is so very brave. Great work on the potty training, we are so not there yet. We had simular issues with Summer school too, but there was one girl from Holly's one class and after a few days she learned the new kids names and it went ok. Tomorrow is our last day till the end of August. Its great you guys are doing Hippotherapy. Even if you can;t find the therapy part in nepal, I am sure you can take him horse back riding. Wow. I can't get over how amazing this journey will be. This is Holly's mom Vicki, btw from Swim and Gym. I would love to also hook up on Facebok befor eyou leave, so I can keep tabs on how you guys are doing. www.facebook.com/Victoria.C.Zigmont.Davis
ReplyDeleteHi Vicki! I am so sorry I never responded to your posts. I've been very shy about sharing this blog and didn't realize this was someone I know! I was having a hard time connecting to the internet and uploading pictures and my posts that I stopped blogging online and just kept a journal on my laptop. Now that we have wireless at home, I'm inspired to start posting on this blog again. How is Holly doing? Our life here is actually quite wonderful, with some definite trade offs, but for now we think it was the best decision ever. More later, I just wanted to drop a quick note to say hello and sorry for being so MIA!
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