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Yí Sī Yù’s Growth Report
From: Yichun Social Welfare Institute, Jiangxi Province
Date: May. 30, 2005
She was born on January 13, 2005. On January 14, 2005 she was
taken to the Yuan Zhou District Hall orphanage. The orphanage is
located in a city called Yi Chun (meaning of city name is
"suitable for spring", spring being the season) in Jiangxi
Province, hence the Surname of Yi. She was found with a red
piece of paper stating her birthday. The workers in the
orphanage gave her a physical examination, height 48cm (17"),
weight 3kg (6lbs 10oz), chest and waist 32cm (12.6"), all four
limbs present. Her parents and relatives have not been located.
They named her Yí Sī Yù and put her in a foster family on the
same day.
She developed fine, within the first month she would eat and
then sleep, then wake up and eat, with a daily rhythm. Sometimes
she had uncoordinated motions. By the second month she would
smile and make sounds. By the third month she would giggle with
stimulation and could turn her head. At four months she could
sit with someone holding her back and laugh out loud, she is
extra happy when she sees food. Now she is more than four months
old with nice complexion and two big bright eyes; she is a quiet
baby and hardly cries unless she is hungry.
She is introverted and calm, usually will not be fussy if she is
full. She has been given immunization doses as planned and has a
very strong immune systems. Every now and again she has a mild
cold; she will take medicine and get better. She sleeps in her
crib and sleeps well.
Yí Sī Yù's mainly eats powered milk and cake supplemented by
steam eggs, soft noodles, vegetable soup, meat soup and juice.
She eats five times a day, 200 ml (6.8oz) at a time. She eats at
4 am, 8 am, 12 noon, 4:30 pm, and 7:30 pm.
Yí Sī Yù has developed into a very rhythmic lifestyle; she gets
up at 6 am, naps two hours in the morning, naps two hours in the
afternoon, and sleeps at 7:30 pm. She sleeps well. She sleeps in
her own rocking bed. She has regular bowel movements; poops once
in the morning and pees are undetermined intervals.
Her recent physical examination shows height 60cm (23.6"),
weight 6.5 kg (14lbs 5oz), head circumference 39.5cm (15.6"),
chest circumference 39cm (15.4"). She has normal physical
development.
She also seems to have a tendency towards food. Her favorite
activity is outdoors activity and likes any kind of toys.
(thank
you Mike & Heartsent for the translation!) |
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History:
Between 1860 and 1967, citizens of Hawaii were required to give
their children Christian names. Because the sound system of the
Hawaiian language does not correspond to that of English, ''Hawaiianized''
versions of the names evolved.
Among those who revere the
mystical naming practices native to Hawaii, these names are not
properly Hawaiian at all. However, they have remained in use for
over 150 years. Set beside the English names from which they
developed, and the ancient Hawaiian names that are now enjoying
a revival, they serve as a reminder of Hawaii's continuing
effort to preserve its unique identity. The name can also mean
''peaceful'' or ''calm'' in Hawaiian.
Source Language:
English
Meaning:
Wished-for child
Original Hawaiianized Spelling:
Malia
Original Form:
Maria
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We had talked about names for
quite some time. Before we went the adoption route, we wanted to
incorporate the name Lea into our child's name (if it was a
girl). We had planned on using it as a middle name. Since our
journey to a child lead us to adoption, we wanted to use part of
her given name as her middle name. So we looked into other names
that had Lea in them.
We had several names in mind
for Maleah and wanted to wait until we saw her picture to see
which one had the best fit. Though after one afternoon in San
Francisco we decided to name her Maleah.
While shopping at a baby
boutique I came across a display of barrettes. Just for giggles
I looked for the name Maleah, as it is not a real common name.
Low and behold it was there! I showed the barrette to
Jennifer and we agreed it must be a sign. I then went back
to look for Jennifer's name. I noticed that name had barrettes
written with different colors. So I then went to look for
Maleah's again to see what color choices we had. I looked and
looked. There were no more with her name on them. I asked the
Clerk to help me find it, we tore that thing apart. There were
several empty spots with 'Order More Lisa' but nothing for
Maleah. We knew from this point forward that Maleah would be her
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