Monday, December 8, 2008

A little bit more about adoption day

Monday we met Timothy for the first time, at the Nanjing Civil Affairs office.

We were supposed to be at the government building at 2:00 PM to meet our son at 2:30 PM. But guess what! When we got there, the babies were already there. I followed Jin, our facilitator like a hawk and went into the room where our little babies were sitting with their caregivers. The room was soooo hot and our little ones were bundled up as tradition -- cute little baked potatoes.

Our little man was a tired little guy but he was a brave trooper all day. Feeding was our greatest worry, and we’ve had to try several different bottles to figure out what would work. With his cleft palate he isn’t able to suck like most babies can. Still a work in progress but we’re learning.

He’s eating table food too. Egg, rice porridge, watermelon and of course cheerios. He seems to like pretty much everything and isn’t picky at all.

Timothy is a big ball of mucus. He’s had a bit of a cold and cough since we got him poor little guy. Our agency guide, Jin, took us to see the Hotel doctor who gave him a clean bill of health (and us some herb & snake cough syrup to give him – haven’t tried that yet!).

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