Photos from December 2009 and January 2010

Here are some photos of Maya in mid December 2009 in the baby room at the Vung Tau 3 orphanage at the approximate age of 9.5 months. She is with one of her nounous in two of the photos and playing with an older child in another. We were especially happy to receive these photos as we had had no photos of her since August 2009 and it was a relief to see that she still looked happy and healthy.

Here's Maya in her crib in January 2010 at the estimated age of 10 months. In the first photo you can see her eczema. The second is a good shot of what her crib was like - no mattress - only a body pillow, small pillow under her head, a folded sheet, and a reed mat. I'm told the folded sheet was generally intended to be under her bottom to soak up any urine as she didn't wear a diaper. The crib is a rocking crib. I have been told the nounous attach ropes to the cribs and then rock several at once. The rocking is no doubt part of Maya's sleeping troubles as she has a hard time falling asleep without some kind of crutch (me, bottle, stroller, car etc.). These photos were taken by our agency director or representative.