We have officially been home for 4 weeks now. There are some times when I can remember picking Eva up from HH like we just did it yesterday. And then I remember how 4 weeks really isn't that long a time in the grand scheme of things. But to see how far she's come just amazes me!
When we took our 1st trip to Ethiopia, we tried to get an idea of what kind(s) of food she was eating. It turned out to be a mixture of sweet potatoes, carrots, rice, and flaxseed (for protein). They ate a small bowl of that twice a day and then they had formula bottles the other times of the day.
We agreed that we would not change her food. With everything in her life being turned upside down, we didn't want to cause further trauma by changing her food and thereby dealing with food issues. However, as we learned during our second trip, Eva didn't care anything about sticking with the same kind of food she had been eating. The really cute thing about it is that even if I feed her something and she doesn't like it (evidence by her scraping the food off her tongue), she still opens her mouth for another bite. It's like she's processing the taste, texture, or something and making the decision then whether or not she likes it.
She still downs her bottles of formula and rice cereal/formula. We have also introduced her to juice/water and vitamin D milk. So far so good. No adverse reactions to the lactose to date. We are also giving her quite a bit of just water bottles to help her stay hydrated.
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