tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297657180254499319.post7059906141713006475..comments2024-03-06T06:00:01.594-05:00Comments on Micah Six Eight: Time Takes TimeJuliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04814524050417570766noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297657180254499319.post-48687516057833585962013-02-22T00:05:43.621-05:002013-02-22T00:05:43.621-05:00Julia,
We have managed to stop our daughter's ...Julia,<br />We have managed to stop our daughter's night rocking. She was 6. At first I just tried to touch her in time to the rocking. Then I massaged at a pace very similar to the rocking. I would do this every night for 20-45 or more minutes, until she fell asleep. I had her lie on her tummy for the massages after awhile; this broke the cycle of back sleeping so conducive to rocking. Then I would just give a few minute massage & hold her hand until she was nearly asleep. Now I just hold her hand a few minutes and she lets me go downstairs...she knows where I will be! She still rocks during the day, but we constantly ask her to stop & to do something else. I heard one therapy dog used to nose a child to stop rocking. We are something like that dog, always offering a different activity instead! So sad, she told us that at the orphanage it was "time out all day." She is 8 now and I am so happy to have that night rocking gone. It is worth all the hours! One down, 700 more orphanage behaviors to go. :)<br />SherryOhiomom2121https://www.blogger.com/profile/03512342459339771734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297657180254499319.post-20418338701602075052013-02-21T19:39:54.694-05:002013-02-21T19:39:54.694-05:00Adoption can be easy, too. Of my four, two are je...Adoption can be easy, too. Of my four, two are jewels, as easy to raise as my biological children, sweet, helpful, polite and loving. In fact, I can easily say that Sergei, adopted at ten, is a lot EASIER to raise than our biological son. He just has a compliant disposition and a happy personality. Our youngest son, who was raised in the orphanage from babyhood until we adopted him at 5, never had any of the typical "institutional" behaviors either - probably because of the way this particular institution was run - "family style". He is the most spiritual of any of my children.<br /><br />But two of my children clearly bear scars from the trauma they experienced with a dysfunctional mother. <br /><br />I am quite sure that if I'd read too much of the negatives of adoption (and hadn't had the great blessing of the hosting program where we met our first adopted son) we'd never have risked it. But, each of our kids (even the ones from "hard places") have been an enormous blessing. They have been "hard" as you say, but worthwhile things usually are.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623179886908222942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297657180254499319.post-18953839120849251532013-02-21T19:12:25.836-05:002013-02-21T19:12:25.836-05:00This is an awesome series, Julia. And it does sti...This is an awesome series, Julia. And it does stir the heart!!!! God bless your sacrifice it takes to communicate this so well. KellyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297657180254499319.post-72231777818025173972013-02-20T22:55:53.079-05:002013-02-20T22:55:53.079-05:00So well said.So well said.Sharon Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036149335179045368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297657180254499319.post-54431382982980523312013-02-20T22:12:18.154-05:002013-02-20T22:12:18.154-05:00Yes! Thank you for posting about this issue! Tho...Yes! Thank you for posting about this issue! Though we've not completed our international adoption (yet!), we have dealt with the long haul of children whose issues didn't just disappear the moment we adopted them. I can't wait to glean from the wisdom you've compiled. Thank you.Taylor-Tots Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16286991973542612467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297657180254499319.post-14973124155117857962013-02-20T14:29:34.416-05:002013-02-20T14:29:34.416-05:00Thank you. This is what needs to be seen. Its not ...Thank you. This is what needs to be seen. Its not about the"move that bus" moment when you step off the plane. That is where the truly hard and lonely work begins. As we contemplate another adoption...maybe of an older child than before...I covet your list. But......God is the ultimate Redeemer. He can restore the years the locusts ate.!babyarniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04801071790359330595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297657180254499319.post-49189830182377253542013-02-20T13:10:50.913-05:002013-02-20T13:10:50.913-05:00J- ugh, just lost my post...try again, I just shar...J- ugh, just lost my post...try again, I just shared this b/c we just mailed in our applications to start the process again. The comments and the looks we get are mind boggling. People truly do not understand this is not just an overseas trip, a bunch of paper work or another bed in the house. It is a very huge decision for us as a family, a couple and as individuals. And your post here helps shed some light on the fact adoption isn't just a whim...thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297657180254499319.post-7368460269160271552013-02-20T12:13:40.394-05:002013-02-20T12:13:40.394-05:00Julia, I LOVE THIS ENTRY! Thank you for speaking ...Julia, I LOVE THIS ENTRY! Thank you for speaking in truth that adoption is hard, love is NOT ALL YOU NEED, but that it is still possible. I do think some get caught up in the fairytale rescue scenarios and fail to understand that the work begins again once the child comes home!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07703881143047588927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297657180254499319.post-30828998795573779782013-02-20T11:00:56.320-05:002013-02-20T11:00:56.320-05:00Thank you so much. This needs desperately to be sa...Thank you so much. This needs desperately to be said and your spirit lead words are the best ones to be saying it. Lindyhttp://www.lindyhouse.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com