Waiting Child Spotlight: Isabella

October 24, 2018 Children Who Wait 0 Comments

Isabella is an adorable little girl, born in April of 2014, with a contagious smile and laugh.

Isabella loves to be cuddled and teased by her caretakers. She is an easy child who likes to play with toys. She especially likes musical toys, playing games, and playing with balls.



Her fine motor skills are normal and she can communicate and express her needs, but her speech is a little delayed compared to peers her age. Isabella was born with lumbosacral meningocele and arthrogryposis. When she was a baby, she had surgery for a meningocele resection. She has very limited use of her lower limbs and is incontinent.

Don’t miss Isabella’s video – she is pure joy!

Written update from August 2018:

1. How is her mental ability compared to peers of the same age?
Lower, compared with other kids of same age.

2. How does the special need affect her health?
She cannot walk and has bowel and bladder incontinence, due to postoperative spina bifida.

3. Is she potty trained?
No, she relies on diaper due to incontinence.

4. Please describe her personality in details.
She is active and lovely. She likes smiling and talking to people.

5. Is she well behaved and obedient?
Yes, she is.

6. How are her gross motor skills? Can she walk, run, jump, walk upstairs and downstairs by herself? Can she kick a ball? Can she pick up a ball? Any limited functions?
She is confined to the movement of her upper limbs. She cannot walk, jump, or run, due to the limited functions of her lower limbs.

7. How are her fine motor skills? Can she draw or scribble on paper? Can she pick up little things with her fingers?
Great, she do all of that without any limited functions.

8. Is she in any kind of school? If so, what school? Can she catch up in school?
She is studying at the orphanage’s Sunshine school, and she can keep up in class.

9. How is her emotional development? Is the child attached to anyone? Who is she close to? Does she care for other people?
Great! She is quite attached to her caretakers and she has a good friend, You Renfu. She doesn’t know how to care for others yet.

10. How are her social skills? Does she get along well with other children and adults?
Great! She gets along well with kids and adults.

11. Is she under foster care or living in the orphanage?
She lives in the orphanage.

12. Updated Measurements:
Height:90 cm,
Weight:15 kg,
Head: 46 cm,
Chest:57 cm,
Foot Length: 10.5 cm,
Number of teeth:20

13. How is the language ability of the child? What can she say?Can she speak one word, two words, or sentences? Can she express her needs well? Is her language ability the same as peers of the same age?
Good. She can speak simple words and some sentences. She can express herself and answer simple questions. Her speech ability is a bit lower than other kids of the same age.

14. Can the child follow directions of adults? One step, two steps, or three steps?
Yes, she do that.

15. Anything else you think the family should know about the child?
No.

16. Is the child on any medication?
No.

17. What is the daily schedule of the child?
Get up at 6:00 am, breakfast at 7:40 am; Attend class between 8:45 am and 10:55 am, lunch, nap and afternoon tea at between 10:55 am and 14:30 pm; attend class between 14:30 pm and 16:40 pm, dinner at 17:00 pm; go to bed at 20:30 pm.

18. What does the child eat? Can she feed herself? Does the child eat with chopsticks, spoon, or a bottle?
Congee, noodles, rice noodles, rice, milk, bread, vegetables and meat. She can eat on her own with a spoon. She does not use a bottle.

19. Does the child know any English?
No.

20. Does the child want to be adopted? Does the child understand what adoption means?
She wants to be adopted, but doesn’t know what adoption means. She knows that she will be happy if she has parents.

21. What color does the child like?
Red.

22. What activity does the child like to do?
She likes to play games.

23. What is the favorite toy of the child?
Balls and electronic toys.



There is a $500 agency grant for Isabella’s adoption with Madison Adoption Associates. Other grants may be available based on the adoptive family’s circumstances. Agency grants are awarded as agency fee reductions. MAA also partners with the Brittany’s Hope Foundation for matching grants, which are given out twice a year January and July) and to families that are officially matched with a child.

Isabella needs a family with an approved home study to be able to move forward with adopting her. If you have an approved home study or a home study in process and are interested in adopting Isabella, please fill out a free PAP Waiting Child Review Form, which can be found here.



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