4th Bonding Day!!

December 6, 2009

Today we woke up at around 8:00 am. We both had about 7hrs sleep, this has been the first time we slept this long. Wow what a feeling to sleep this long after a long stressful week. We were picked up at our house to go visit some Mosques in Taraz. It was pretty interesting. It seems that the Muslim religion is taking over the world. There were readings from Arab religion written on stone and Kazak language. It was pretty strange to see but interesting at the same time. We then went to have something to eat at a Cafeteria (Restaurant) and we ate pretty good there. When we finished having a lunch we came back to the house and had to prepare the food for Dylan cause we were going to visit him at the orphanage. We thought there was no visits on Sunday at the orphanage and when we found out we were going, We were really thrilled because we really wanted to see if Dylan was doing better.

We got at the orphanage at around 3:50 pm and we went inside and we did the usual prepare the blanket, toys, his food and his new clothes & diaper. We are all in the same room with the other 2 couples. The couple from Germany received their baby first then Nathalie and Christoph were next and were last. It took them pretty long to bring Dylan.

Finally we see Dylan, and Mary went to get him at the entrance. He looked much better than yesterday but still with a little cold. We then played with him for about 15 mins and we put on his diaper. We played with him for another half hour and we fed him his milk. He was so cute drinking his milk. We tried feeding him some meat and vegetables. Forget it, he didn’t want to know anything. We played with him a little more and tried to feed him his blueberry fruit, at the beginning he wasn’t interested but then he came around and had some. Then the worse part of the day came 6:00 pm, this is where we had to give Dylan back. It really hurts to see when you’re in that moment with him and you want him home and then you have to give him back. At the end of the bonding period Irina said you guys all look so cute and I feel bad that the time is up; at this point all 3 daddy’s had the kids in their arms… it was cute. They then brought the kids to their rooms, Nathalie asked Irina (the new coordinator) where their room was and she responded if we wanted to go see. I knew we were not allowed to go see where they are but I did not tell Irina. It was Irina’s 1st experience being their for our bonding period and I figured she didn’t know she was not allowed to take us… but I didn’t tell her… hehehe, I wanted to see for myself where they stay. I didn’t see much because it was a whole 10 seconds because the kids started crying when we were at the door, but what I saw was 1 caregiver for about 8 to 10 kids under maybe 2yrs old. Everything was placed in a circle, I found that very smart because it gave the caregiver easy access to all of them and much more visible. I saw a little fenced area where the kids can play, a couple of height chairs, swings for babies and a couple of extra long cribs, maybe the length of 1 and ½ crib with about 3 babies in 1. That bothered me to see that but I guess it’s easier for the “NOUNOU” (caregiver) to check them all at the same time. Dylan was not there as he belongs in another group, I’m guessing maybe because he needs more attention because he cannot sit on his own, he’s started to crawl etc. But I will find out how they separate the kids on my next visit. I can’t really give my opinion of the room where the kids stay because I really did not see much.

We were driven home and Nathalie cooked supper. We had potatoes with green peppers and sausage. It was good. Considering we don’t have much food left.

So we can say that today it was better than yesterday with our Dylan.