Comments on: From a European Country http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/ Join the Rumor Queen as she looks for the latest rumors and then analyzes them, trying to figure out what the CCAA will do next. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:29:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: theups http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52799 theups Thu, 01 May 2008 23:28:09 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52799 "I don’t like what I’ve read at all. I usually try to stay super positive, but this, to me, is only negative. It sounds as if they want only the people of China to be able to access healthy children and they want the rest of the world to only be able to adopt special needs. Am I reading this wrong????????" I do apologize to anyone that I offended with my comment. I wasn't making a statement of how *I* felt, I was only asking a question about whether or not China was moving in this direction. Please forgive me. I never intended it to be taken wrongly. RQ, I am sorry if I started any problems. His, Mrs. U mommy to Elizabeth, born in Yangchun, Guangdong, PRC www.makingahouseahome.blogspot.com “I don’t like what I’ve read at all. I usually try to stay super positive, but this, to me, is only negative. It sounds as if they want only the people of China to be able to access healthy children and they want the rest of the world to only be able to adopt special needs. Am I reading this wrong????????”

I do apologize to anyone that I offended with my comment. I wasn’t making a statement of how *I* felt, I was only asking a question about whether or not China was moving in this direction.

Please forgive me. I never intended it to be taken wrongly.

RQ, I am sorry if I started any problems.

His,
Mrs. U
mommy to Elizabeth, born in Yangchun, Guangdong, PRC
http://www.makingahouseahome.blogspot.com

]]> By: mommy2be http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52796 mommy2be Thu, 01 May 2008 21:49:10 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52796 With everything up in the air as much as it is and the wait getting longer and longer and longer and longer and......I often wonder why China doesn't just say that aren't going to accept anymore dossiers until things are back to where they were even a year ago. I do NOT believe that there are less children in orphanages/foster care that available for adoption (either IA or domestic). A friend of mine received information from her daughters orphanage that they are in need of money to buy more clothes, diapers and food for the babies because they have had such an increase of babies. That says to me that the babies ARE there and in need of loving families. China, trust me in that there ARE many families waiting for these children. But how much longer we are willing to wait, God only knows. China has become so unstable that I would not recommend to anyone who's considering adoption to even consider China. Honestly, if we were just starting the process now, we would not go through China. Our hearts don't know how much more of this we can take. The pain is horrible when you see someone you know with a new baby. I can't even count how many people I know who have had babies since we've started this process. I feel guilty in not being able to share in their joy. My heart and arms ache for a child. This will be our first child and it's starting to feel that we may be childless forever. We are praying that things will pick up after the Olympics. It would be awesome if they referred a full month after the Olympics. Full month? what's that?! With everything up in the air as much as it is and the wait getting longer and longer and longer and longer and……I often wonder why China doesn’t just say that aren’t going to accept anymore dossiers until things are back to where they were even a year ago.

I do NOT believe that there are less children in orphanages/foster care that available for adoption (either IA or domestic). A friend of mine received information from her daughters orphanage that they are in need of money to buy more clothes, diapers and food for the babies because they have had such an increase of babies. That says to me that the babies ARE there and in need of loving families. China, trust me in that there ARE many families waiting for these children. But how much longer we are willing to wait, God only knows. China has become so unstable that I would not recommend to anyone who’s considering adoption to even consider China. Honestly, if we were just starting the process now, we would not go through China.

Our hearts don’t know how much more of this we can take. The pain is horrible when you see someone you know with a new baby. I can’t even count how many people I know who have had babies since we’ve started this process. I feel guilty in not being able to share in their joy. My heart and arms ache for a child. This will be our first child and it’s starting to feel that we may be childless forever.

We are praying that things will pick up after the Olympics. It would be awesome if they referred a full month after the Olympics. Full month? what’s that?!

]]> By: 2qts4me http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52793 2qts4me Thu, 01 May 2008 19:24:00 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52793 When it comes to reality, it doesn't really matter what is factual and what isn't, or what we think should happen. China makes it's own decisions for it's citizens, and that is that. Whether orphanages are spilling at the seams or empty is irrelevant, it is what it is. I base my information on the Director of my ds's CWI, my Chinese stepfamily and people who volunteer there. They can only speak from their experiences and where they reside. An orphanage may have a large number of children, out of these children a small percentage maybe healthy infants, older boys, children with SN's etc. Maybe only a few will ever be made available for IA. When it comes to reality, it doesn’t really matter what is factual and what isn’t, or what we think should happen.
China makes it’s own decisions for it’s citizens, and that is that. Whether orphanages are spilling at the seams or
empty is irrelevant, it is what it is. I base my information on the Director of my ds’s CWI, my Chinese stepfamily
and people who volunteer there. They can only speak from their experiences and where they reside. An orphanage may have a large number of children, out of these children a small percentage maybe healthy infants, older boys,
children with SN’s etc. Maybe only a few will ever be made available for IA.

]]> By: Sagent http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52776 Sagent Thu, 01 May 2008 15:17:22 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52776 What doesn't quite jive to me is: if one looks at the United States, there are children in orphanges and foster care if one signs on to a domestic agency ( a good one) children are found I've had 4 calls within past 6 months of available newborns With that said............look at the sheer population of China it's massive there will always be orphans there as there always will be here. now......if China has regulations on how big your family can grow........are the domestic adoptions there only for the childless? I just don't see #'s adding up. What doesn’t quite jive to me is:

if one looks at the United States, there are children in orphanges and foster care

if one signs on to a domestic agency ( a good one) children are found

I’ve had 4 calls within past 6 months of available newborns

With that said…………look at the sheer population of China
it’s massive

there will always be orphans there as there always will be here.

now……if China has regulations on how big your family can grow……..are the domestic adoptions there only for the childless?

I just don’t see #’s adding up.

]]> By: waiting4nora http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52767 waiting4nora Thu, 01 May 2008 14:14:42 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52767 Lovemybulldog~ DITTO. To all of it. Kimberly Mom to an amazing cleft-affected toddler (who doesn't even qualify for early interventon services, after four months in the U.S. So much for special needs). Lovemybulldog~

DITTO. To all of it.

Kimberly
Mom to an amazing cleft-affected toddler (who doesn’t even qualify for early interventon services, after four months in the U.S. So much for special needs).

]]> By: GotchaBack http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52757 GotchaBack Thu, 01 May 2008 12:30:51 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52757 leeuw74 - Good luck for the 12th....... my agency says that you are included, and they haven't been wrong yet, so keeping fingers and everything else crossed for you :) Wish it was me..... Savannahmamma, thanks for the hug... I'm much, MUCH BETTER TODAY ! lid 3/28/06 leeuw74 - Good luck for the 12th……. my agency says that you are included, and they haven’t been wrong yet, so keeping fingers and everything else crossed for you :)

Wish it was me…..

Savannahmamma, thanks for the hug… I’m much, MUCH BETTER TODAY !

lid 3/28/06

]]> By: leeuw74 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52753 leeuw74 Thu, 01 May 2008 10:04:59 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52753 Hello RQ, Can you please rate the rumor off the 12th being the cut-off? and do you already know if the referrals have been mailed before they left for their holiday? We are very curious about that. Thanks for all you do!!! LID 01-12-2006 Hello RQ,
Can you please rate the rumor off the 12th being the cut-off? and do you already know if the referrals have been mailed before they left for their holiday?
We are very curious about that.

Thanks for all you do!!!

LID 01-12-2006

]]> By: RayRDT http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52752 RayRDT Thu, 01 May 2008 09:48:47 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52752 The way I see it, the CCAA will get to mi-Feb or end of Feb this year. I REALLY hope that 2009 will be better ... It's like everybody is holding their breath until 2009 ... In the past couple of days, I've started asking myself : "What if things DON'T get better after the Olympics?". It gives me the shivers ... I just can't go there :-( R. The way I see it, the CCAA will get to mi-Feb or end of Feb this year. I REALLY hope that 2009 will be better …

It’s like everybody is holding their breath until 2009 … In the past couple of days, I’ve started asking myself : “What if things DON’T get better after the Olympics?”. It gives me the shivers … I just can’t go there :-(

R.

]]> By: p12 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52750 p12 Thu, 01 May 2008 03:53:13 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52750 "The CCAA will work as normal during the Olympics" WoooHooo! ... What will that be? ..... about One LID?! Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! “The CCAA will work as normal during the Olympics”
WoooHooo! … What will that be? ….. about One LID?!

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

]]> By: firewens http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52748 firewens Thu, 01 May 2008 02:53:22 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/04/30/from-a-european-country/#comment-52748 (((Hugs))) to all of you that are waiting. I hate to hear that the program will continue to slow down. I am glad to hear that more domestic adoptions are happening but it's still heartbreaking for those that are still waiting here. I wish they would just stop accepting new dossiers until they get the backlog taken care of.... Wendy http://adoptionandfire.typepad.com (((Hugs))) to all of you that are waiting. I hate to hear that the program will continue to slow down. I am glad to hear that more domestic adoptions are happening but it’s still heartbreaking for those that are still waiting here. I wish they would just stop accepting new dossiers until they get the backlog taken care of….

Wendy
http://adoptionandfire.typepad.com

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