Yesterday we had a FAPT meeting out of town. Since babygirls sis hasn't yet been adopted (she's currently in residential) and we'd be close by, a lunch date was set up for the two of them.
What a coincidence....and on sibling day.
It went very well. The hubster and I set a code word in case our babygirl got stressed and needed relief she'd have a way of letting us know without hurting her sisters feelings. It was so sweet to see my baby so protective and sweet with her baby sis. It's obvious she loves her. It's also obvious why our baby needed to be an only child. I suspect based on the mischevious look of her sister and cuteness with her age that my baby probably didn't get her share of attention, with the "baby" pulling most of the attention.
It was good for them to see each other. I was really proud of how they both did and looking forward to their next meeting together.
FAPT meeting was amazing, we got kudo's for how well our sweet girl is progressing and got bragged on about the amount of training we had, but even better--the worker that sees us interact with kiddo the most said "we can say it's training all we want, but from my viewpoint, it appears they really have natural parenting for attachment instincts". Woot woot, every progress report that our baby has made progress in some area no matter how small and hearing that we're doing the right things and that it's okay that we haven't fixed every wound overnight helps us recognize to continue being patient with her and continue to help her the best we can.
I think though, that despite good instincts and good training, that the good chemistry between us as a family, the good match and kiddo's WILLINGNESS to work on her trauma is as every much as important as what we've done or haven't done.
TEAM--Together Everyone Achieves More
and right now, we have a great team--us, the Princess and her amazing workers!
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