I don't have a lot to say here yet, but I've been thinking about this for the last few days. Here are some random thoughts:
Layla stays up WAY LATER than in the US. I have always been a bit of a sleep nazi and she is a great sleeper. In the US she was in bed by 730 unless something was happening. Now she can head to bed anytime between 830pm and 930pm and sometimes even 1030! YIKES!
Thankfully she is still sleeping 12 hours, but I know that will taper off here eventually.
She is much dirtier and has way more cuts and bruises. Not quite sure why this is. I get the dirtier part. Someone once told me that they felt like houses in the US were cocoons. Everything was so soft. Not so here - maybe it is the tile floor, tile stairs, tile patio that is causing all the bumps and bruises and little cuts (= Then again, maybe I'm just more pregnant and not following so close behind!
She is expected to say hello and shake everyone's hand. I'm okay with this....she is doing pretty well so far. Once she gets comfortable, she does big rounds of hugs and kisses and I'm not quite sure how that comes across, but it't cute for now.
People will often talk to her and not to me. Most often this is men, but it is expected to give kids attention and affection here. I'm not always sure how to respond. I remember when she was a baby that folks would come up and actually kiss her in my arms and still not necessarily say anything to me! I think there is something in Islam about being blessed if you kiss a baby.
The process of taking her to nursery school....what do they to with the toilet? They don't use toilet paper here, so are they going to teach her how to do the sprayer? I'm not sure quite how to ask that in Arabic (=
I know there is more...I'm just trying to get things down as I think of them (=
Layla stays up WAY LATER than in the US. I have always been a bit of a sleep nazi and she is a great sleeper. In the US she was in bed by 730 unless something was happening. Now she can head to bed anytime between 830pm and 930pm and sometimes even 1030! YIKES!
Thankfully she is still sleeping 12 hours, but I know that will taper off here eventually.
She is much dirtier and has way more cuts and bruises. Not quite sure why this is. I get the dirtier part. Someone once told me that they felt like houses in the US were cocoons. Everything was so soft. Not so here - maybe it is the tile floor, tile stairs, tile patio that is causing all the bumps and bruises and little cuts (= Then again, maybe I'm just more pregnant and not following so close behind!
She is expected to say hello and shake everyone's hand. I'm okay with this....she is doing pretty well so far. Once she gets comfortable, she does big rounds of hugs and kisses and I'm not quite sure how that comes across, but it't cute for now.
People will often talk to her and not to me. Most often this is men, but it is expected to give kids attention and affection here. I'm not always sure how to respond. I remember when she was a baby that folks would come up and actually kiss her in my arms and still not necessarily say anything to me! I think there is something in Islam about being blessed if you kiss a baby.
The process of taking her to nursery school....what do they to with the toilet? They don't use toilet paper here, so are they going to teach her how to do the sprayer? I'm not sure quite how to ask that in Arabic (=
I know there is more...I'm just trying to get things down as I think of them (=
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