Adoption in China: SARS Outbreak

Yazan: CanCan | 07 January 2009 | 6 Comments
Categories: Adoption, China, Guest posts

I worked in China as a first grade teacher during the 2002-2003 school year. It was during the spring semester that the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) outbreak started to get serious in Asia.
As a result, my entire (boarding school) campus was quarantined in order to protect students and faculty from possible infection.
No one [...]

DaBib is Da Best!

Yazan: CanCan | 06 January 2009 | 87 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Baby care, Giveaways, Reviews, Traveling baby

DaBib, purveyor of the most substantial baby bib on the market today, enthusiastically agreed to sign on as a sponsor to Celebrate Adoption with Mom Most Traveled.
Shea, a mom and inventor behind DaBib, has donated one DaHugs infant bib and one DaGiggles toddler bib to an adoptive family!
Stay tuned for a giveaway at the [...]

Adopting a Newborn: What Happens At The Hospital?

Yazan: CanCan | 06 January 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: Adoption, Guest posts

What Happens at the Hospital?
In this guest post, Robyn shares her experience meeting her newborn adoptive son at the hospital. She has lots of good advice on her website for parents who are traveling this same road!
Every adoption book tells you what to do to get the baby, and what to do once you get [...]

Giveaway! Hasbro Playskool Step Start Walk-n-Ride

Yazan: CanCan | 06 January 2009 | 217 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Baby care, Giveaways, Reviews, Toys

During January’s Celebration of Adoption at MomMostTraveled.com, I wanted to continue hosting giveaways for my readers.
I decided to seek out products for children; not all of the giveaways this week will be specifically adoption related.
I often receive product samples to review; this month, instead of keeping the sample, I asked companies if they would [...]

Guest Post by Martha Gillis: Adoption From Nanchang, China

Yazan: CanCan | 05 January 2009 | 4 Comments
Categories: Adoption, China, Guest posts

This guest post by Martha Gillis is a part of January’s Adoption Celebration at MomMostTraveled.com.
Martha Gillis remembers meeting her daughter for the first time in Nanchang, China:
August, 2003
Sure, I did the photo albums, filled in the blanks of the “Yes, You’re Adopted,” book and compiled the greatest how-we-got-you-from-China photo album replete with witty, bold-faced captions. [...]

Adoption Celebration

Yazan: CanCan | 05 January 2009 | 6 Comments
Categories: Adoption, CanCan, Guest posts

I get so excited about adoption.
There is something so special to me about the way a family is built through adoption. The idea that a child, who came into being in a different place, maybe even a country far away, was without a doubt born belonging to the parents of his “forever family”.
So many [...]

68-Hour Pregnancy by Helen Dutton

Yazan: CanCan | 04 January 2009 | 6 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Guest posts

This guest post by Helen Dutton is a part of January’s Adoption Celebration at MomMostTraveled.com.
Tuesday - It began on a Tuesday afternoon at work like any other; the sun reached my office in the early afternoon so it was warm and bright and it relaxed me. I was feeling pretty good in general about work [...]

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