Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Today's itinerary
It's 8:10 a.m. and we're waiting for Natalie to wake up from a nap so I thought I'd post and let you in on our plans of the day. Natalie had a really good night of sleep. The antibiotic is starting to do it's work and she's feeling a little better. Still had a temp of 99.5 when she woke up so we'll continue the Motrin today along with the antibiotic. She was hungry and downed a bottle of congee (formula with rice cereal) in record time! She seems to like the taste of her medicine now, so I'm not forcing it into her sweet little mouth! She didn't like that at all. One dose ended up on my face as well as hers! There are times I look at Andy and say "Can you imagine doing this as a first-time parent?". It's been stressful, but it's been good to be able to rely on some of our experience with Amanda and Kelsey as babies.
This afternoon we are going on a quick trip to see some of Changsha - Natalie's birth city. Amy will meet us in the lobby at 2:30 to take us to an embroidery factory. I'll let you know the significance of this business in Changsha in a later post. After the factory we will visit a local park. The weather is forecasting 60-65 degrees. It will be a challenge (not) to bundle Natalie in this weather. It is customary in China to dress babies in many layers. With her temp it goes against everything I want to do! We've been told that when babies sweat it means they are 'weak'. I'm not sure if something is lost in translation, but I don't understand. She's quick to sweat when she's in so many layers! We'll figure something out to keep from insulting the beliefs and customs of the people of China and not jeapardizing our dear daughter's well-being. (Did you catch that 'OUR' daughter!)
Beth and I will try to make it out to buy some clothes for the girls today. We only brought a few items, and some are for really warm weather. Lately it's been rainy and damp so we need some warmer things for her. She did wear her new pink fleece to dinner at the restaurant last night., along with one of the outfits I packed from home - including some shoes! You have to walk through the lobby to get to the restaurant and it can be quite cold. She looked awesome!
Tonight I think I'll skip the buffet at dinner. Not too many western options and the authentic Chinese food is very different from Wok Inn! Some of last nights choices were: webbed ducks feet, fried (entire) fish, calf blood soup, boiled turtle (displayed in the shell) snails, and some things I think I'm trying to block out. Andy fortunately was able to order spaghetti with red sauce from the menu - sounds good to me. Last night a local woman wanted Beth and John to experience some local fare and sent over some fish (definitely not haddock!), snails, and fruit soup. Beth managed the fruit soup - not sure about John. I think I'll become a vegetarian...
Hopefully we'll get some good pictures from our outing today, however it appears very foggy out right now. More later...Alicia
This afternoon we are going on a quick trip to see some of Changsha - Natalie's birth city. Amy will meet us in the lobby at 2:30 to take us to an embroidery factory. I'll let you know the significance of this business in Changsha in a later post. After the factory we will visit a local park. The weather is forecasting 60-65 degrees. It will be a challenge (not) to bundle Natalie in this weather. It is customary in China to dress babies in many layers. With her temp it goes against everything I want to do! We've been told that when babies sweat it means they are 'weak'. I'm not sure if something is lost in translation, but I don't understand. She's quick to sweat when she's in so many layers! We'll figure something out to keep from insulting the beliefs and customs of the people of China and not jeapardizing our dear daughter's well-being. (Did you catch that 'OUR' daughter!)
Beth and I will try to make it out to buy some clothes for the girls today. We only brought a few items, and some are for really warm weather. Lately it's been rainy and damp so we need some warmer things for her. She did wear her new pink fleece to dinner at the restaurant last night., along with one of the outfits I packed from home - including some shoes! You have to walk through the lobby to get to the restaurant and it can be quite cold. She looked awesome!
Tonight I think I'll skip the buffet at dinner. Not too many western options and the authentic Chinese food is very different from Wok Inn! Some of last nights choices were: webbed ducks feet, fried (entire) fish, calf blood soup, boiled turtle (displayed in the shell) snails, and some things I think I'm trying to block out. Andy fortunately was able to order spaghetti with red sauce from the menu - sounds good to me. Last night a local woman wanted Beth and John to experience some local fare and sent over some fish (definitely not haddock!), snails, and fruit soup. Beth managed the fruit soup - not sure about John. I think I'll become a vegetarian...
Hopefully we'll get some good pictures from our outing today, however it appears very foggy out right now. More later...Alicia
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mmmm calf blood soup, my favorite!
It sounds like dinner is quite the adventure...no turtle soup or webbed feet for me, thank you! =)
What size is she wearing? 12 months?
Can't wait to here Andy's personal review of the the food options. We're so glad that Natalie is feeling beter.
Michele & Lester
Tempting cuisine! But, I'm sure they feel the same way about American food. Maybe not. Alicia and Andy, Natalie is just so precious! You HAVE to come back to Maine soon!! I can't take it anymore.....must see her up close and personal! Alicia, great story about your little faux-pas. That would be something that I would do for sure! Shows your human right? So glad her fever is down..she looks like she is really bonding with you two! Good luck with the rest of your stay, Jane
I will have a webbed duck feet sandwich with extra condiments please! It must make Andy miss NOLA and good muffelatta sandwiches. Have a great day as we head to sleep.
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