From the last few weeks, some good stuff we’ve read that relates to adoption and/or parenting a special needs child.
As always, if you are a traveling family, or have posted something, or read something, that you’d like to share here on No Hands But Ours, please let us know at nohandsbutours@gmail.com.
From the blog world:
Our very own Kam shares the story of finding her “Little Prince” – a little boy with a heart defect – after losing her son Seth, who also suffered from a heart defect.
Shonni, who blogs at Nations Around our Table, shares candidly about the grief experienced by many children after they are adopted, especially older children.
Rebecca, who blogs at In the Heart of our Home, recounts a recent visit to the neurologist. Rebecca’s son, Johnathan, has schizencephaly, which causes motor, cognitive, and speech delays, as well as paralysis or weakness and seizures. Johnathan also has some limb differences and underwent an amputation surgery to prepare his leg for a prosthetic. Rebecca shares honestly about the surgery, and his progress since then.
Our beloved Tonggu Momma writes candidly on a topic in which she is exceedingly well versed – attachment. A great read for all adoptive parents.
Jenna, from Many Colored Days, is mom to Cooper who came home from China with a heart defect. She shares her thoughts and frustration over the “lucky boy” comments she, and other adoptive families receive from others.
Emily, from Table for Seven, compares the process of adding a new child to your family through adoption to the grafting of a new branch onto an apple tree.
Anna, who blogs at Anything but LoKey, details her daughter Lily’s recent cleft palate surgery: cleft palate post one with pictures, and cleft palate post two – speech and teeth.
Alan, at Planet R-H, recently traveled to China for his new daughter. He has since compiled several lists for anyone preparing to head to China:
Travel Tips: Flying to China
Travel Tips: Packing
Travel Tips: Hong Kong
And Jessie at Play Create Explore, has some great ideas for attachment play for children aged 1 – 3.
From the news:
From MSNBC, China to ban names that signal ‘orphan’ status – “The Ministry of Civil Affairs plans to issue new regulations to prohibit orphanages from using naming conventions that make it easy for other Chinese speakers to guess that an individual is an orphan—leading to lifelong stigma.”
Traveling Families:
And lastly, if you’re like all of us around here, you’ll want to take a few moments (or hours!) and travel vicariously with these families currently in China to bring home their kids.
The Kratzer Family
Laughter Love and Family
Stefanie,
I am anxiously waiting for the next shared list to come out. I know some nsn matches were made this week, but I haven’t seen any news about a new released shared list. I thought they came out about the same time as nsn referrals. Have you heard any news? Thank you.
Hey Lori!
I was just geting ready to post the news on the next shared list 🙂
Will have it posted shortly!