Comments on: WIN Chinese Cookbook

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:32:55 +0000

Our daughter was 22 months when we adopted her and she would only eat cheerios . . . even now 7 months later, she doesn’t eat much. It’s been getting much better in the last month and so we are very happy. Our first daughter was adopted at 11 months and ate everything in site – she’s now almost 4 and is a great eater!

By: Julie Anne

Julie Anne — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:10:04 +0000

My little shoe princess, Anna, was 19 months old when she was handed to me and 20 months old when we came home. In China she would eat anything we placed in front of her, drinking was her issue. It wasn’t until we got back tot he states that she drank anything other than water. And she wanted the water from the drinking glass from the hotel’s bathroom.

She still will eat pretty much anything. But her favorite foods are chicken, noodles, rice, pizza, egg drop soup, pretty much any vegetable and ice cream. At 19 months she was just over 19 lbs, now at almost 4 she tips the scales at 32 lbs. She can eat more than anyone could think possible for such a little girl.

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:04:39 +0000

My name is Terry and I joined the Mifan Mommy Club this morning. Our little girl is not home yet. I hope this ok?

My husband and I are waiting for LOA. We expect it anyday now. The little girl we are adopting is 4.5 and deaf. I am a sign language interpreter so this is a perfect match for our family.

This is our second attempt at adopting. The first one fell through just before LOA. The orphange director let a local family come in, foster her and adopt her out without telling the CCAA. She was a very sweet calm little girl and I wonder why he let her be adopted out when he knew we were coming for her shortly. I hope a family really did adopt her and that she is being loved and cared for.

We hear our waiting daugher Mia Sun loves noodles, cannot dress herself or feed herself. She has not been taught any communication, and does not attend school. The foster mom does everything for her. Mia Sun will need a lot of OT when she get home so she can learn to do things by herself. We are going to have our hands full when get her home. We can’t wait!

That’s our story,
Terry

By: Patty Smith

Patty Smith — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:23:51 +0000

1st adoption was our daughter who came home at 11months and has always LOVED rice more then anything in the world. Only likes apples for fruit and green beans for veggies. She would eat bananas when she first came home but ended that quickly. She came from Fuzhou Jiangxi.
2nd adoption was our son at age 20mos. He hated rice and only wanted noodles and juice. He still loves noodles but will now at least eat rice. He was not picky at all eating fruits and veggies no problem and still eats various fruits and veggies. He is from Jingmen Hubei
3rd adoption is our daughter I just arrived home with about 10 days ago and she turned 14 while in China. She loves LOVES hot spicy food—noodles, veggies. Not a huge meat eater yet. At home I’ve been using a hot spicy chinese sauce in a pan with onions,green peppers and mushrooms and she loves it. She loves oranges and strawberries. She IS trying food here—pizza, spaghetti, she ate a McChicken sandwich at McD’s……. she likes ice cream alot. She has a bottle of spicy hot sauce that she will put on top of sandwiches,pizza etc…..this seems to help. She likes rice, but noodles more. The first few days at home she only ate spicy cup o noodle for bkfst but has since ate scrambled eggs and cereal. She loves pringles and clearly had them at the orphanage somehow because this was what she wanted at the store and she knew exactly what they were!! She is from Luoyang Henan.
If I don’t win the cookbook I think I’ll find a copy to buy—looks like a great one for us to have around!!
Patty
Mom to 5 now, 3 from China!!

By: The Gang's Momma

The Gang's Momma — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:57:31 +0000

Our Li’l Empress was a itty bitty 14 months old when we returned home from China. While with us in China, she anything and everything we put in front of her. She especially loved dumplings, ice cream, broccoli, yogurt, and watermelon. At home, she held on to the love for all those things. And has added tons of new stuff almost weekly. However, she has consistently had a “take it or leave it” attitude about meats, pizza, donuts, and “toddler foods” as marketed by Gerber, Beechnut, etc.

By: Neuromama

Neuromama — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:43:10 +0000

Our first daughter was adopted at 15 months old from Jiangxi Province. She screamed her head off when first handed to us and only stopped when we got back to the hotel and offered her a handful of cheerios. Then, she was quite content to be with us. She also loved very hot bottles and would slurp them down faster than I even thought was possible. She sucked so hard that the entire bottle liner would wind up vacuumed up into the nipple. At the breakfast buffet, she would eat plate after plate of food. And, she grazed all day long. When she came to us, she clearly hadn’t had enough to eat. Her little belly had the distended look of someone malnourished. About two weeks after we got home, we found out why she was so hungry. When I changed a dirty diaper, I was greeted by a 10-inch long white worm, which was still alive and moving! My poor baby was so hungry because the parasites in her tummy were stealing all of her food. After we evicted them, her eating normalized.

Our second daughter was adopted at 13 months old from a very poor, rural orpahange in Gansu Province, where international adoption is (was?) rare. She really only wanted formula, congee, noodles, or french fries (with ketchup). She’s now 3 and would live on strawberries alone, if she could.

Our third child, a son, was adopted from Guangxi Province at 23 months old. He loves spicy food and devoured entire cannisters of shrimp-flavored potato chips while we were in China. Now that he’s been home for almost 10 months, he has become a true American. His favorite foods are french fries and pizza! And, he’s never met a piece of chocolate that he didn’t love. Don’t worry though, he only gets those foods on special occasions.

I’d love to win the cookbook so I could try to add more Chinese recipes to my weekly menus.

By: Karrie Rudd

Karrie Rudd — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:37:19 +0000

Our youngest Son is four. He has been home from China one week! He is from the Northern most area of China and has Tibetian ancestery according to orphanage, his hair is light brown and face is heart shaped, very beautiful to us! He was in Special Need Hospital SWI since leaving Hospital at ten days old. At four years old he weights just 11kg and is very obviously malnoursihed, he was also diagnosed with rickets complete with the sweats and tremors. He is drinking Good Start 2 Toddler Formula along with a prescribed weight gainer additive and he is holding his body straighter and eyes eyes are more open now. We focused on getting him better hydrated as quickly as possible while still in China. He eats about four bites and then will not swallow the final one for a really long time as if he is saving it, or doesn’t expect more for a long time. He is not self feeding but will eat enthusiastically when Mom feeds him. He won’t swallow rice but enjoys noodles and seems to crave meat. He enjoys corn on the cob. He can eat two bananas at a time but spits cheese out into my hand. Likes yogurt though and surprisingly enjoys fresh squeezed orange juice with the pulp in and can devour a whole order of little ceasar’s mild wings grinning wide. I’ve been making pastas, noodles and beef or chicken for him often, He resists diced or pureed tomatoes and actually shudders at the smell of someone else eating it but wants ketchup with diced boiled chicken just like his older brother by eleven months, who came home from Korea in 2005,

By: Linda Shoemate

Linda Shoemate — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:37:49 +0000

You already know about Ruthie & Abby, so I’ll give you Joanna’s information.

She was 8-1/2 years old when we adopted her, and she struggled very much with American food at the beginning. She always loved fresh fruit, and that was definitely a lifesaver. Being from Hunan, she is very spicy in her eating habits, and she loves salsa and jalapenos – the hotter the better! Recently she told me that she now likes both Chinese and American food, which has been a sigh of relief to her mom. The Panda Express (Chinese food chain) is her very favorite place to eat. BTW, the Panda is Ruthie & Abby’s favorite eating place too! Abby eats EVERYTHING, and Ruthie is a very good eater – just a little pickier than Abby.

By: Stacy B

Stacy B — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:32:12 +0000

We are home almost 9 months with Chris (6) and Amy (5) from Taiwan. They are children that LOVE to eat. Unfortunately, they were given so much candy and soda that their teeth rotted and we had to have most of them pulled. Since we are home, I’ve been giving them fruits and vegetables and they love it. It took them a few months until they were willing to try things like cheese and bread. They will try anything and will eat most anything. I’ve been encouraging them to help me cook and they know the difference between healthy and unhealthy foods now. It’s a good thing they are so active because of the amounts of food they can devour.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:15:22 +0000

Dd was 16 mos old. Refused to eat or drink for several days. Finally ate watermelon in great quantities. As she got older she began refusing to eat anything mushy or white. Avoids rice like the plague.