Learning As We Go

From the day we met London we were told she was not a fan of bath time.  I am not sure exactly why.  I saw the large sink that the children were given a bath in and her care giver whom we absolutely love was so kind and gentle so I am not sure that it has anything to do with the orphanage.  In fact, Benjamin is also NOT a fan of the water.

 

While we were in Serbia we did not force the issue too much but I knew once she was  home and playing with her brothers and sisters outside that we would have to do something.  I emailed a friend of mine who has a child with similar issues to ask her what she may suggest.  This friend of mine is so wise about many things when it comes to children with special needs that I can only hope to be half as loving as she is.  Thank  you E!!  She gave me a long list of ideas to try and we have been going down that list.  Some things are NO WAY but a couple have sort of reached into the "not so bad" category for London.  One thing we are trying is having her play in the sink.  I usually just run the water a bit while I brush her teeth or hair but tonight I decided to try and fill the sink up to see what happens.  Next thing I knew she was sort of putting her hands in to see what this new thing was.  I put my hands in and splash and clapped to show her it was ok.  At first she wanted my hands out but I kept going.  After only about a couple minutes London began to start splashing and moving her hands in the water.  I want her to have fun with the bath not be afraid.  I do believe this is a good start towards that.  Each child is a lesson in the making and with this little spitfire I believe we will be doing a lot of learning as we go!

 

 

She was talking as if to sat something about what was going on.



Starting to splash a little bit.

Then the splashing was getting bigger.