Why children develop sensory processing disorders is not completely understood. It appears to be related to genetic, prenatal, and early environment.

Sensory processing disorders often affect children who have spent their early years in an orphanage setting. These disorders can impact a child's socialization and learning skills.

Overall, children from China do very well. In one study in looking at children adopted into Canada from China,in which the children on average were 13 months old when they arrived home, they were doing as well as other children in Canada at three years old.(Incidentally, these children arrived home about 10/11 years ago, when […]

Your child's nutritional status while in an orphanage can affect your child's overall growth and development. Learn how the lack of certain nutrients can affect your child and what you can do.

Many noteworthy things happened to Nightlight Christian Adoptions and its extended family during 2010, but one of the most exciting was being mentioned in Decision Points, the recently-released memoir of President George W. Bush. In the book, President Bush recalls the first veto of his Presidency - a decision to overrule the passage of the […]

HAIL Mighty Embryo
by Ron Stoddart

HAIL! HAIL! Mighty Embryo
Floating on a frozen sea of life
Everybody’s talking about you

Happy New Year! Nightlight Christian Adoptions would like to wish you and your family a blessed 2011.

As we begin this new year, we would like to take this opportunity to share with you some of the exciting events that filled the past 12 months.

Many children who are adopted internationally have sensory processing issues, which can affect their eating habits. The problem can arise from an overall lack of stimulation in the orphanage or it may be due specifically to what and how the child was fed. First, many babies are fed formula through nipples with larger holes cut […]

This is the first in a series on nutrition and the adopted child. There has been a growing interest in the nutritional needs of adopted children. There is a webinar  recorded through Adoption Learning Partners and the Spoon Foundation presented by Dr. Dana Johnson called “Food for Thought.”  You can listen to this webinar for […]

First, let me apologize for taking so long to send a new update.  November was a hectic month. I wanted to let everyone know that the gazebo (started by the mission team) has been completed, as well as, more progress made on the playground.  (Please see pictures below.) We still need to add swings but […]