Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Updates on Our Kids from our Agency

Once a month we receive updates from our agency about our kids. They send us new pictures and updated information on their health and development. We also get to ask 5 specific questions about each child. We particularly LOVE T's answer to "What is something she wants us to know about her?"...check it out!

Name: T*n***e  
Measurements
 Taken on:  February 25,2010 
 Weight: 40 pounds 
 Height: 109 cm 
 Head Circumference: 49 cm 

Eating/Health:   
    She eats Pasta, Macaroni, Rice, injera, bread, meat, egg, vegetable, fruits…She has been healthy. 
Development/Physical:  
    She now can communicate with common Amharic words. She can sing ABC. 
Personality/Other Comments:   
    She is adjusting well to her new life. She is becoming more active and playful. She loves M*l******m. 
    

QUESTIONS WE ASKED:


What language does she speak?
    Welayta is her first language. Now she can communicate in common Amharic words. 
What are some of her "favorites" (food, color, activities)? Her favorite food is bread. Her favorite color is red. 
     She likes to play on the slide. 
What is something she wants us to know about her birth father, mother, sister? 
     She said she has a sister.  
What does she want us to know about her?
     She said I need candies and cookies!
What 5 people does Tensaye spend the most time with?
     Her teachers Frihiwot and Tigist, her nannies Zinash, Aynalem ,Kidist. 

Name : M*l******m  
Measurements
 Taken on: February 25,2010  
 Weight: 32 pounds 
 Height: 91 cm 
 Head Circumference: 50.5 cm 

Eating/Health:   
     He eats the same kind of food as his sister. He loves bread. He had acute febrile illness and upper   
     respiratory tract infection.He got treated with antibiotics and Malaria drugs. 
Development/Physical:  
     He can walk and run. He feeds himself.He talks with Welayta language with his sister and friends. He is 
     speaking some common Amharic words. 
Personality/Other Comments:   
     He is very attached to his sister T*n***e. He used to be quite but now he has started to relate with other children. 

QUESTIONS WE ASKED:
Is he fully potty-trained for both day and night?-Yes 
What are some of his "favorites" (food, color, activities)?
     He loves bread. He doesn’t differentiate colors. He likes to play with plastic dolls. 
What is known about the community where Millennium is from?
     He came from Welayta. They speak the Welyta language.  It is located in Southern region. Their traditional food is Kocho (traditional bread). 
What is something he wants us to know about his birth father, mother, sister?
     He didn’t respond to this question, maybe he didn’t understand this question. 
What 5 people does Millennium spend the most time with?
     He has 9 nannies who work shifting day and night and one nurse called Eskedar.