As much as we like to “say it isn’t so” adoptive parenting is different than parenting a biological child. Not “less than” but different. These differences come from
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I awoke the other night to find a bed-hogging 7 year old had climbed into our bed after a nightmare. My only option was leaving the bed, or snuggle , I chose to snuggle. With a 4th ‘Happy Sean Day (Gottcha Day) fast approaching it is an amazing difference between the internal push-pull, of go away- I love you of an attachment challenged three/four year old.
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To tell you the truth, I don't know how I feel about the trend of celebrity adoptions going on right now. Some of these people, I really feel like they are adopting because it is there choice and the have the nuisance of the press around them and they are trying their best to handle it. Then some of these people, I swear it seems like they are doing it for the story. What I do know... (More)
I mentioned in my introductory post that I would write about real life experiences that families with Internationally Adopted children have in the immediate Post-Adoption period in the medical field.
Today I will write about little Jeremy who is only 6 months old, and only recently arrived to the United States from Guatemala.
While still in Guatemala, Jeremy was slightly ill with a slight case of Diarrhea. The agency and parents wanted to make sure that nothing would delay the Adoption process so they did not seek medical attention while still in Guatemala. After 2-3 in the U.S.A., Jeremy still had persistent diarrhea and the mother was concerned, so she proceeded to a local emergency room. The doctors felt that the child was dehydrated so Intravenous fluid...
Ruth from "A Mother's Charm" asked me if I would consider writing material for the websites new Adoption Blog. For a long time I tried to think and analyze, what I could write about from the medical point of view, that is not already covered on my educational website and many other websites across the internet?
What I came up with was "From the Eyes of the Adoption Doctor" Personal experiences encountered in my medical practice, while caring for the Internationally Adopted child. Here I will post real life stories about patients that I care for, excluding their names of course for privacy issues.
Thank you for taking the time to read my Blog contribution to A Mother's Charm.
Kind Regards
George Rogu M.D.
Medical Director and Founder of www.Adoptiondoctors.com and www.adoptioneducationclasses.com
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Okay, as adoptive parents, we get it all the time, but I never get use to it...those things that people say about adoption...to your face...
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First, let me say that I didn’t even know what a BLOG was until a few months ago, so technology savvy – I am not! Little history…my husband and I had two daughters but we felt God calling us to do something. We finally realized it was fostering. However,
Okay, so you are wondering why the internet needs another blog. Well, we think it is because we have something different that might help some folks out there. A Mother's Charm blog is categorized into more than one section and has multiple authors in each category. From what I've seen out there, blogs are usually one author, which is great, just not what we wanted for ours.
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