Introducing Han Yi...The First Glimpse of our Little Girl!

Photos and a Description of our Newest Little-Girl-to-Be From Her Adoption File
(what we received to review in July 2013)

These photos are probably when Han Yi was around 7 months old

from the Development Report (signed on September 2, 2012), when Han Yi was 7 months old)

"Zhou Han Yi, female, born January 21, 2012 (estimated)... [was later] brought to the Zhengzhou City Children’s Welfare Institute.When Han Yi had just arrived at the institute, she had a round face, small eyes, single-lidded eyelids and fair skin.  Han Yi now lives in a foster home that has a partnership with the institute.  When she first arrived at the institute, she was chubby and very cute.  She also seemed a little bit older than her estimated age.  She often ate a lot and she also loved to sleep.  Under the meticulous care of the nannies, Han Yi has now changed greatly.  Below is her most recent developmental condition:

1) Motor movement ability

            Han Yi can now sit on her own, play with toys and she can crawl very fast.  After she sees a nanny carrying food, she will smile and quickly crawl over to the nanny.  On occasion, when she is lying down on the mats and playing with toys, she will hear a nanny call to her.  She will roll her body over and she does it very quickly and very nimbly.  Now, when she doesn’t want to sleep when you put her in her little bed, she will just use her hands to support herself and stand up in her little bed, then lay down on her stomach with her eyes wide open gazing at you.  Han Yi can now take a couple steps while supporting herself on things with her hands.  When the nannies pull on her two little hands, she is even bolder and she walks even more steadily.  Her hand movement is very nimble and she can grab onto things very well and do a few fine movements.  For example: she can pick up toys from the floor, she can use her hands to rip paper into tiny pieces and when she’s happy, she won’t stop clapping her two little hands.  Han Yi’s teeth have still not completely come in yet, they are just coming in and are pearly-white.  However, she can now eat some things on her own and she can eat some little bread and cookies, etc.  At present, she still cannot eat food on her own.  She needs the nannies to feed her and she uses a milk bottle for milk, water and other beverages.

2) Language, emotion and social condition

            Han Yi really likes people she’s familiar with to play with her.  She will reach out her hands to be held but when there is a stranger playing with her, she needs to adjust a little bit and then she will play with you.  She can understand adults’ facial expressions, when a nanny calls her name she will turn her head and she likes to lie in a rocker and have the nannies sway it and talk with her.  At this time she will call out “n, n, a, a” in response to the nannies.  Han Yi will now cry a little or get upset and sometimes she will “talk” to the nannies.  When the nannies are busy and not giving her attention, she will cry out "a, a" sounds loudly at them, but when she sees the nannies smiling at her, she will happily and quickly crawl over to them.  If you want something from her, she knows to give, but she’ll only give things to people she’s familiar with.  She will often call out “n, n, a, a” when she is by herself and playing happily.  She can now recognize the people she’s close to and the little children in her room.  When the nannies aren’t around, she likes to play together with the other little children but when the nannies are around, she likes to stick around with the nannies that take of her the most.

3) Vision and hearing

            Han Yi’s vision and hearing development are normal.  When there is a peculiar sound in the room, she will follow the sound and search for its origin.  After she hears music, she will express her excitement and her little hands will keep moving around.  Han Yi’s vision can see objects very far away and when she sees a nanny that often cares for her from afar, or a nanny has some food in her hands, she will express her excitement.  She is very interested in objects and movements that she sees from afar.

5) Personality

            Han Yi’s personality is very lively, she really loves to smile and she likes when people play with her.  She is the closest with the nannies that often care for her and she will take the initiative and crawl over to them wanting to be held.  Sometimes she will be quite mischievous and when the nannies are feeding her, she will purposefully spit food out and when she sees her food on the nanny’s face, she will naughtily chuckle and smile at the nanny.  When she encounters a stranger, she will open her eyes wide and look at them and pay attention to the way they are playing with her.  She needs to adjust to the stranger a bit before finally responding to them.  She is often very active and she is always crawling about in the room.  She likes to play with toys and have the nannies play together with her.  Occasionally she will also play with other little children but she mostly sticks around with the nannies.