The first night

Liana has been great. She fell asleep at 5pm and we ordered in pizza for dinner. We thought we were in big trouble for the night. She woke at 11 for a bottle and 3 for a bowel movement but went right back to sleep each time. The babies all drink formula and eat this porrige called Congee or Chow. It tastes like it is chicken broth based and the rice is cooked in it until it is mush. They sometimes add pork or chicken but Liana had problems chewing and swallowing the tiny hunks of meat. She wanted nothing to do with regular rice cereal like we would use at home and spit it all out! She is babbling, crawling, pulling herself up to standing, and cruising (walking while holding onto furniture. She has tried several times to take that first step, but falls down each time. She wants mommy to hold her all the time and my arms are getting sore! She is a heavy baby. The hostesses at all the restaurants grab her from me and hold her while I eat. She seems to be getting preferential treatment- whenever we are with another family, they always take Liana over the other baby- maybe I just look tired! Two of the other families have nurses or PLAN staff watching their babies at night- 1 has been very fussy and the other family adopted 2 little ones.