we have a 9:15 a.m. appointment tomorrow with the pediatrician so that she can evaluate zade's progress after receiving the first round of medications today. i hope i'm alive by then. we have to wake z every four hours to administer the albuterol by holding her down and forcing her to breathe in the mist from a big plastic tube with rubber ends. she's also taking steroids twice a day for the next four days, which she spits out every time we give her the liquid. oh, yeah. and she has an ear infection (the first ever) so she's taking amoxicillian twice a day for ten days. and the albuterol? it! makes! her! hyper! so she's taken to coming up behind me and putting chips in my underwear and then kissing my tush.
Adoptees
- Thin Pink Line
an infertile adoptee's musings - Adoption and Its Triad
- Heartened
Adopting/Adopted
- ...and the rest is history
currently working on adopting - American Family
china adoption adventures - Avonlea
Having given up on infertility, I find that I am now an expectant adopting mom. I'm just starting my journey. I understand that one step after another will get you any where you want to go, as long as you continue to persist. - Boomerific
- Chookooloonks
family through domestic adoption – now living in Trinidad! - Chronicles of Mommyhood
domestic adoptive family - Do they have salsa in China?
getting schooled in international adoption - Exploring Adoption
All kinds of adoption information - Figlet
A Brazen Hussy in Brooklyn becomes the woman her mother warned her about. Adopting from China. - Fuller-Brantner
gay dads – don’t you just love them? - Incarcerated Uterus
- Inward Musings
musings of an infertile women trying to make it through the craziness of Guatemala adoption, family crisis, and life in general. - Life in Barren County
reflections on infertility, adoption, and waiting....and waiting...and waiting...(Adopting domestically) - Lost and Finding
sifting through all the junk, I know I can find me in here somewhere... Oh, and maybe a baby while I'm at it. (Adopting from Kazakhstan) - Mamamarta
julie and i have been a couple since 1987. our daughter trixie was born to julie in 1997, and our son micah was placed with us for adoption in 2003. in between there was a bit of infertility drama and grief (on my part...). sometimes we succeed more, and sometimes less, at living simply in the heart of the city. we're also currently trying to decide whether to adopt a third child. - Mayhem and Magic
Transracial adoptive family with two boys, one adopted from South Africa and one domestically. - MomSquared
- Peter’s Cross Station
lesbian mamas through domestic adoption - Round is funny
adventures in queer transracial adoptive parenting and other mundane things. - Seaweed is Yummy
lesbians adopting a baby - Shelba
brand new mama through adoption from China - Tales from the Stirrups
a tale of that wacky world of infertility that has now spiraled into the fascinating world of adoption. - The Naked Ovary
infertile myrtle's adopting from China - Third Mom
- This Woman's Work
writing, mothering, and writing about mothering - Torrefaction
change... the hard way - Viva La Colombia
Working on a second adoption from Colombia - Waitress Dreams
First Parents
- Paragraphein
Me in a nutshell: age 26; bipolar; a mommy, a natural mother, a wife, a cigarette-smoker; quiet, shy, moody; passionate about the sun, summertime, Lolita, adoption reform, painting, movies, and chocolate - Cookie Speaks
Adoption has affected my life in so many ways. I hope to share what I have learned about many aspects of adoption including search and reunion. - The Chronicles of Munchkin Land
The LifeStory of a Munchkin and Other Stories - Dance with Magicpointeshoes
This is the blog of a birthmother who then married the birthfather of the boy they placed into a semi-closed adoption. - Musings of the Lame
- Not Mother
a birthmother's tales - Adoption Evolution
Adoptee who also placed a child for adoption - kim kim's reunion writings
adoption reunion journal which covers early reunion experience and present day issues. - Wet Feet
Mom, birthmom, wife, knitter, cat lover, city dweller, wannabe runner, voracious reader, low carb dieter... - I Say C'est La Vie
I'm 21, and pregnant. I'm putting the baby up for adoption. While I recognize and respect how amazing this all is, I really can't wait for this to be over. - Birthmother; Reprise
thoughts on unplanned pregnancies and open adoption - Coffee and Cigarettes
randomness, nothingness, and thoughts regarding her journey through adoption as a birthmother. as well as a host of other things.
Mama and Papa Blogs
- A La Carter
babe in Portland - A Little Pregnant
madcap misadventures in infertility, pregnancy, and parenthood - Benign Neglect
A blog of benign neglect - Bite My Cookie
Fabulous amateur baker (and mama I know and love in real life) - Childbearing Hipster
yet another mama I love in real life and online - CityMama
hip mama I adore in real life and online - Crunchy Granola
chronicles from the heartland, where our two academic mom, one daughter family crunches its way through life's adventures - DoctorMama
I'm a cranky, burned-out mother/ physician/ wife/ educator/ liberal with a test-tube toddler named HellBoy or AngelBaby, depending; a TrophyHusband; and two cats, BadCat and GoodCat. I enjoy coffee, vodka, beer, tequila, and running. - Dromedary in Traction
My story of self discovery and healing, as I leave behind an abusive marriage and childhood, reenter the world of single parenting, and hopefully learn from my mistakes! - Mama(e) in Translation
A mother (mamãe) of two boys (4 and 2) between two languages (Portuguese and English), two countries (Brazil and the U.S.), two "worlds" (academic/ home-front). A foreign student (ABD right now) married to a postdoc (who also used to be a foreign student). - Mamaloo
first-time mama I love in real life and online - Me vs. Rut
and the rut has a mean left hook - So Close
finally arrived - StarryCharley
yet another mama I love in real life and online
TTC/Conceived
- Addition Problems
lesbian teachers trying to conceive - Babycakes
the incredible true adventures of two girls in love and trying to make a baby - Chez Miscarriage
who says infertility can’t be funny? - Hardscrabble
bitter babble - Leery Polyp
love. her. - Pithydithy
where infertility and adoption are meaningful, forceful, and decidedly not brief
Other Lovelies
- 2 Smiling Dogs
- Deliver us from Weasels
the mundane details of the queer experience in the semi-rural south - Krista Baugham Photography
She took the most amazing black and white photos of my family. I highly recommend her!
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Our 2nd Adoption Progress
- 25 july 2006 - homestudy complete and submitted to adoption agency
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd Homestudy Visits Scheduled for 30 Jan 06
- 07 Jan 06 - Paperwork for Homestudy Agency Complete
- 30 Nov 2005 Referral letters received by family and friends
- Intake interview with homestudy agency 17 November 2005
- Submitted application to adoption agency 1 Nov 2005
- Submitted application to homestudy agency - 28 Oct 2005
Adoptive Breastfeeding Resources
- Breastfeeding Online
click on the video camera icon for a video on how to use a lact-aid. - Kellymom
instructions on how to use a supplemental nursing system (sns) or a lact-aid. - Ask Lenore
amazing site on all things induced lactation. message boards, protocol information, supports natural and medicated induced lactation. - Adoptive Breastfeeding Resource Website
information, message boards, boot camp, etc. supports all kinds of abf techniques, but leans toward the non-medicated protocols. - American Academy of Pediatrics
even the aap recommends adoptive breastfeeding over formula. - Fertiley Challenged
preparing to abf (pp) - Milkshake
preparing to abf after adopting from china - An Elephant's Gestation
preparing to abf after adopting domestically.
Adoption Resources
- Ethica: An Independent Voice for Ethical Adoption
- Adoptive Parent Self Assessment
The Cradle, where we adopted Z, offers a self assessment to help you determine your emotional readiness in relation to adoption. - Adoption Learning Partners
Free online adoption education courses
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omg. I cannot imagine a hyper zaidee. dear sweet afrindie family, what a trial and tribulation! I'm so sorry I am not available to help you right now!
Posted by: mamaloo | 29 August 2006 at 02:56 AM
oooh. i hope she's better soon! but chips in the undies? that's damn cute. okay, maybe not to you, but to the reader...
Posted by: barb | 29 August 2006 at 04:14 AM
I'm so sorry she's not well. Try not to freak out about the asthma. Any time a child wheezes it's called asthma - it doesn't always mean she will have the type of asthma you are worried about. I really think it has to do with getting the insurance companies to pay for the medicine required to treat a wheezing child.
We were told Dylan had it a few months ago when we went in for a cough and ear infection. He had a little wheezing - that's it.
We discovered that psudephed makes a plug in that gives the room menthol vapors. It really helps clean Dylan out (don't get the Vicks version - it leaves a film on everything in the room) - his ped recomended it. Check w/your doctor - it may help make Z more comfortable.
Posted by: Julie | 29 August 2006 at 05:35 AM
I am so sorry you are living this! Poor z and poor you! Hope things go better today...
Posted by: cloudscome | 29 August 2006 at 05:59 AM
I am so sorry Zade, and the rest of her tired family. Sounds like quite the regiment. We've been cooped up in house of sick/healing for the last couple of days - so I'm sort of feeling you over here. I hope she finds some releif soon. There is usually ear releif withing 24 hours of the Amoxicilin, so that's good.
Hang in there.
Posted by: Andy | 29 August 2006 at 07:32 AM
let the doc know the albuterol is making her hyper. they may be able to use a different med for the asthma. the same thing happened to my sister.....so they changed to a different kind.
asthma bites, as i know. even if it's minimal, it still bites. hang in there!
Posted by: shel | 29 August 2006 at 08:13 AM
oh little family. we're thinking of you and sending you good thoughts and hoping you're all feeling better. poor Z. she's such a trooper. I hope she's getting some relief and that this is all over for her soon.
Posted by: mopsa | 29 August 2006 at 09:11 AM
Ok the chips in the toosh, TOO FUNNY! I bet she falls out in laughter after doing that!
Posted by: Sylvie | 29 August 2006 at 09:34 AM