Biting into the Heart of the Matter

Feeding Oneself on Shamian Island

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September 24th 2010
Greetings! Julia's super-accelerated developmental progress continues as she suddenly started feeding herself yesterday (hand to mouth). She lacked the fine and gross motor abilities to do this up until now. Babies in the States developing at a normal pace are usually expected to start feeding themselves around 9 months so this represented a typical adoption-associated motor delay for her. ... read more

Asia » China » Guangdong » Guangzhou

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more