In the past couple of weeks we've found out that our daughter is struggling a bit. She has been termed "failure to thrive" along with three others in the orphanage (of about 70 children). As a children's counselor, I've seen failure-to-thrive with children in problematic environments losing the desire to nourish themselves and participate in their surroundings--shutting down physically and emotionally. While the orphanage Agnoti is in takes beautiful care of the children, it is known that some kiddos lose ground without consistent individual care.
It could be that Agnoti is having difficulty in the orphanage setting, or her formula is not agreeing with her, that she is grieving, or maybe she has been sick... Regardless, we are worried. Clark and I, with another family, sent a box of formula specialized for underweight babies to the orphanage. The formula arrived on July 18th and we are hoping this helps. We will have new pictures of her within a week or so and we can't wait for that physical reassurance!
The picture in this post is of Agnoti's tiny hands and feet. Currently, the term Little One very accurately portrays our daughter.
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Agnoti is in our thoughts. She's such a beauty! :-) I especially love this picture of her. She is wearing an outfit that I sent over with some donations. It's a little (size 18mths) shirt/dress that we got on a trip to Arizona a few years ago. :-)
Thanks for your kind words Karen. How fun to see her in a dress that you brought! I had no idea what size she is wearing and was guessing around 9 months. She looks good in purple. :) I'd love to view your blog if you want to send me an invite. My address is lakecrescent@msn.com Crystal
Crystal,
I pray that Agnoti will grab on.....and God will give her that attention she needs....
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