Each Wednesday we post links from the previous week that touch on special needs adoption. Our hope is that these small snapshots provide you with a glimpse of life after adopting through China’s waiting child program… both the long-term blessings and the challenges that come with parenting a child with special needs. We also hope to raise awareness about a variety of special needs.

Conversations with Jake: Home Six Months — adoptive momma (China) Heather at Noodles, Tea and a Didi, Please!… a six-month update, just one week before surgery

The Long and Winding Road: Day 178983307402 — adoptive momma (China) Robin at Dreaming of Tea for Three… navigating sinusitis and ear troubles leads (finally!) to surgery

Georgia’s heart… the whole story — adoptive momma (China) Shannon at Throwing Our Arms Wide Open… after receiving the all-clear three months ago, a little girl’s heart shows signs of arrhythmia, which is extremely dangerous after having had open heart surgery

Bye Bye Spleen! Surgery Update — adoptive momma (China) Diana at First a Pearl, Then Two Rubies… on her daughter’s spleen surgery

Born Beneath the Moon — adoptive momma (China) Shirlee McCoy at And Then There Were Seven… listening in on a conversation between her daughter, who has albinism, and another child at karate class

What we’ve been up to — adoptive parents (China) Aaron and Erica at Praying for You You… on the choice to have their daughter undergo a double switch surgery – or not

Spina Bifida Awareness Month — momma Karen at 5 Minutes for Special Needs… some information and blog links that are spina bifida specific

Raising Emma — adoptive momma (China) Jean at There’s No Place Like Home!… on these first few months home with their newly adopted daughters, and cognitive delays

Success… — adoptive momma (China) Joanna B at Waiting for Two… on her daughter’s heart surgery earlier this week