Monday, January 15, 2007 - Development Report

We received an updated development report from Yiyang CWI on Yi Ru Ge. It states the following:
Name: Yi Ruge Sex: Female DOB: 01/26/2006 Date of Placement: 02/06/2006 Personality: quiet
Interest: Listening to music Height: 65 cm Weight: 6.5 Kg Head circumference: 41 cm
Head circumference: 41 cm Chest circumference: 40.5 cm Feet: 10 cm Teeth: None

Yi Ruge was abandoned near Jinhua Lake Community, Ziyang District, Yiyang city. A resident, Xiaochan Wu picked her up and sent her to our institute. there was a nursing bottle, two outfits and some diaper with her. She has a slim face, wore a pink hat and wrapped in a pink sleeping bag. They estimated her birthday based on her development status to be 01/26/2006, and named her "Yi, Ruge". They named her "Ruge" hoping that she could fly freely in the sky like a bird.

She was raised in the Yiyang institute and well cared for by their caretakers.

2 months--can open her hands; plays with her hands; smiles if you tickle her.
3 months--turns her head around in her cradle; looks around; doesn't always make a fist; touches her clothes and face.
4 months--can locate sounds; she is happy when the caretaker takes a musical toy to play with her.
5 months--can hold a toy; knows her name; sounds "Ou, Ah".
6 months--can hold a toy in each of her hands; can roll over her body; can sit well with leaning on the support.
7 months--understands adult's facial expression; can distinguish familiar people or strangers; can sit alone very well; bangs the table with a toy.

At the time of this report, she was 8 months old. Her fingers are agile and can feed herself cookies and pick up small stuff. She can stand with her hands holding onto support, transfer a toy from one hand to another and bags two blocks together. She smiles when she feels happy. She enjoys listening to the music. Ruge is a lovely baby, according to the report.

Her daily routine is as follows: wakes up at 5:30 am, takes naps at 7:00 am-8:30 am and 11:30 am-2:00 pm, and goes to bed at 7:30 pm. Feeding time: 5:30 am, 9:30 am, 2:30 pm and 6:30 pm - milk mixed with rice powder; 10:00 pm - milk; 11:00 - fruits, soymilk, steamed egg; 3:00 pm - fish, ground meat and vegetable soup.