Hi Families,
I am asking a favor. I am sitting hear in my living room thinking about Sunday and everything that is going to happen that day! How our lives are going to change. And I wish I could get into little EmmaLin's head and understand what she is thinking. So getting to the favor, what were some questions that you asked the orphanage director or whom ever you got to talk to on gottch day. I wonder if any one question was piratically important, something we shouldn't forget to ask! Please any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Some ideas I have are
Why did you name her Qi Fu
What does it mean
What does she like to eat
Is she scared of anything
what are her dislikes
What clams her
What is her favorite thing to do
Do you have any early pictures of her
Other then her stay at the hospital in her first two months has she always been at the SWI with you
Is there anything we should worry about if her breathing gets bad
How is her breathing
Who are her friends
Did she sleep alone
What is daily schedule like
I really feel like there should be more question's or more important questions
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I would add these two:
ReplyDeleteDoes she sleep in the dark?
What do you call her? Our son's name was Peng Yan Shen but he never responded to Yan or to Shen or to Yan Shen. He would respond to all three together and to honey, so I just called him honey. I found out later that many people in China call children twice by their last name (Shen-Shen). By the time that was suggested, he was already used to honey. It would have been nice to call him, from the beginning, what they had called him. So she may be Fu Fu.
Don't be surprised if you really don't have time to ask all these questions. Our travel mate made a list and her mother asked them when we returned to make our donations at the finance office. The receiving room can be pretty chaotic and your child might be too traumatized for you to stand there asking questions while she and other children are crying and reaching out for someone else's arms.
Good luck. This is very exciting!
Ruby
Was she found with anything? Where exactly was she found? Who found her? (you can get this in the paperwork, but you may want to also ask)
ReplyDeleteWrite down questions that come up after you get her. You may have more questions about practical things like how often does she get a bath, was she sponge bathed or submerged...we then took these questions the following day to the finalization meeting and asked them then. We also video taped us asking the questions so that we would not forget the answers.
Get your guide's and the orphanage's email addresses so you can ask more questions as they come up!
Kelly
Hello,
ReplyDeleteWe just returned from the SWI and we believe we saw your daughter yesterday during our visit and she looks great. go to our blog and post your email address and we will forward share more specific info later. The SWI's are a bit guarded and we would hate to create conflict.
Your going to love the trip.
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