Our Translated Growth Report

We received our translated growth report today. Here it is:

Growth Report on Cen Xiaobei

Cen Xiaobei (Cen is the surname of child in the institute, Xiaobei means bud.), female, was born on Sept.20th, 2004. She was found abandoned before the gate of Hengfeng Civil Affairs by the staff Wang Yonghong on Sept.30th, 2004 and sent into the institute the same day. When she was found, she was wrapped in the quilt, next to her were a bottle, 2 bags of milk powders and some clothes. We did a full checkup for her, she was in good health. Our doctor estimated her DOB to be Sept.20th, 2004.

She is living in the institute. She is healthy and develops well. When she was 1-month old, she had good sucking ability and normal appetite. When she was 2-month old, she began to laugh. When she was 3-month old, she could make sounds like Ah, Oh. When the caregiver talked to her, she would burble to reply. If the caregiver patted her hands, she would giggle. When she was 4-month old, she could locate sound if she heard someone called her, and then smile to the one. If she woke up without seeing her caregiver, she would cry sadly. But she would stop crying as soon as she heard the caregiver’s voice. When she was 5-month old, she began to understand the adults’ facial expressions, recognize familiar people, and babble to people or objects. When she saw her bottle, she would be very excited. Her thumbs are flexible. She would hold a toy but stare at another one. If the toy dropped down, she would look for it. She liked to listen to the music. She could raise her head when sitting and could stand up with assistance. When she was 6-monthold, she became lovelier. She could walk in the walker. All the staff of the orphanage loves her very much. She likes them to take her to play in the outside.

Now her main food is mixture of milk powders, cereals and honey. She has 5 meals per day and about 200ml per meal. She also eats some noodles, eggs and biscuits. She sleeps through the night with the light on and likes to sleep with her caregiver. She is outgoing and energetic. She likes shopping best. Her relieving is good.

Prepared by Hengfeng SWI
March 25th, 2005