{"id":22,"date":"2005-03-09T17:06:05","date_gmt":"2005-03-09T23:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=22"},"modified":"2005-03-10T07:37:25","modified_gmt":"2005-03-10T13:37:25","slug":"long-night-story-first-stroller-ride-in-downtown-wuhan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glorychurch.com\/battlesadopt\/?p=22","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Long Night&#8221; Story &#038; First Stroller Ride in Downtown Wuhan!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just had to be honest and tell you guys the story about what happened with us as new parents last night! We went to bed around 10 to 10:30 last night, and we were awakened after midnight by our daughter crying loudly. We thought &#8220;Oh, No problem. We&#8217;ll just comfort her like we did the other night until she drifts back off to sleep.&#8221; Finally after 5 &#8220;owwwwwwwwers&#8221;, oops I mean hours, it finally dawned on us to ask her in Chinese &#8220;Ni e ma?&#8221; which means, &#8220;Are you hungry?&#8221; She immediately stopped crying and her eyes brightened up, and she smiled really big and cooed! It was as if she was saying, &#8220;Whew! Finally somebody around here gets the picture! What took ya so long?&#8221; Well, we fed her, and she drifted off to sleep around 5AM! If only we had thought of this 5 &#8220;owwwwwers&#8221; earlier!<br \/>\nNeedless to say, we stayed home and skipped the outing to the museum today! Mommy, Daddy, and Baby, had to rest!<\/p>\n<p>We did do something different today though, we took Becca out in our rented stroller thorugh the streets of downtown Wuhan for a walk. She slept the whole time! (I wonder why?? \ud83d\ude42 ) We did get one thumbs up from a grandma concerning the way she was dressed. Let me explain. It&#8217;s very common for the elderly to critique the new parents in Chinese culture on whether they have dressed their babies warm enough or not. Cultural rules dictate that no matter the weather, you must bundle that baby in about four or more layers of clothing! We did not bundle her in that many layers but we did take her coat with her and laid it over as a blanket in the stroller. This seemed to pass the test with at least the one grandma that stopped us to have a look, and make sure baby was OK. That made us feel good that she approved! <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the bellman told us that KFC was short 15 minute walk from the hotel. We know its there, but we never found it! Ended up going back to the hotel restaurant instead. The restaurant here in the White Rose Hotel is very good! Has western food as well as Chinese. The breakfast is great too! A buffet!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I digress! Point of story: NO KFC, but the high sign from the grandma made it all worth it!<\/p>\n<p>More pictures below as promised!<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>See ya soon!<\/p>\n<p>Leaving hotel for stroller ride already fast asleep:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glorychurch.com\/battlesadopt\/strollerridewuhan.jpg\" alt=\"Stroller Ride in Wuhan!\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Playing in Hotel Room in Wuhan:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glorychurch.com\/battlesadopt\/playingwuhan.jpg\" alt=\"Playing in Hotel Room in Wuhan!\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just had to be honest and tell you guys the story about what happened with us as new parents last night! 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