Little Zack has had a rough time lately. Two weeks ago he had surgery for pyloric stenosis. He seemed to do well for a while, then started vomiting again, so he spent another night in his favorite hotel (hospital).
He's been home since Sat evening and is doing much better now. He weighs 10.2 lbs which I think is 10 lbs 3 oz. That's up from 9.2 before the surgery.
I'm posting several pictures so ya'll can see how handsome he is. He has laughed out loud several times and is going to be a happy baby. I can just tell by the huge smiles he gives me.
Weilong is liking school. He's getting into little "fights" on the playground. I'm gritting my teeth and letting him take care of himself. He's capable of doing that unless several boys get on him. Can someone please tell my why little boys like to fight?? Please. I'm resigned to it I guess. Maybe Weilong is just a big talker and they don't know yet how kind and gentle he is. It is always the new boys who pick on him for a while, or boys that don't know him. He really gets along well with everyone in his class and is loved by everyone at school.
I'm trying to work with the boys to help them get up to speed on reading. Weifu's teacher is tutoring him two mornings a week before school. He can read well, but is having a hard time drawing the correct conclusions. Very hard for him to read between the lines and know how a character feels, or why the character acted as he did. Is this because of his time in the orphanage or because of his lack of reading comprehension. He easily remembers all the facts of a story, just doesn't understand why people acted as they did in them. Weilong doesn't have this problem. He understands the actions of people very well. But he has a hard time reading. I think because he had two brain surgeries last year and missed so much school. I'm working with him in the evenings.
