These last few days, we've really been thinking a lot about what it will be like when we bring Molly and Zac home with us. Our homestudy agency gave us a workbook that really does a good job of getting us to think about things that we might otherwise not think of.
The big thing is thinking about it from the child's perspective. Try listening to a tape with nothing but foreign music in a foreign language. It's annoying after awhile. This is what our children will experience with us.
Imagine coming home to a house that smells funny and nothing is familiar. The bed will be different. It'll face the wrong way. The sheets won't feel right. The pillow will be too soft. Once again, that will be what our children will experience.
Imagine living in a world where you experience minimal interaction with adults. Now imagine a day where suddenly everything changes. You are now being picked up, sang to, cuddled, and passed around from person to person. And they all talk too loud... in a foreign language.... that's really annoying.
I think you get my point.
I don't really have any solutions. Other than, we'll have to remember all this when the child goes into a crying fit for what seems like "no good reason".
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