Natasha at Home - A Post-Adoption Journal
28-Dec-2000Whenever Natasha is stressed she asks for a bath. The word for bath sounds like "ach-go-pottie". I don't know if this is a Russian or an Ukrainian word.
Yesterday she was taking a bath at my mother's house and my 3 year nephew walked in. Alex had to use the toilet. Natasha kept asking him if he wanted to take a bath.
Alex's little face got really confused. He finally started yelling for his Mom. He had just used the pottie and Natasha was trying to make him use it again. I tried to explain that Natasha was asking if he wanted to hop into her bath, but I was too busy laughing.
Natasha did not like her first bath. I don't think she ever had one. And the translator gave her the first bath in Ukraine.
But Natasha has this personality... If something scares her she retreats and then goes back. In Warsaw she let me give her a bath in the sink. And a day later she let her Grandma give her a bath in the bathtub. Natasha deals with her fears on her time schedule so I don't push her.
Natasha has this interesting sleep habit. If she gets cold and I am not in bed yet, she sleeps across the bed. I saw her bedroom which was 12 beds laying together. I bet that when it got cold the children piled together like a stack of puppies.
I have moved her toys to her bedroom and we have started playing there. I hope to buy her bed soon. But I will let her sleep where ever she wants.
Angie and Natasha
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