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Jen, I always love hearing your first hand knowledge on orphanages.
I just feel very sad for children of all ages in an orphanage.
I suspect that Alex was favored. We had even been told by one of the caretakers that he was her favorite and she cried when he left.
Alex sat up , crawled, pulled himself up and clapped at 8 months. He also smiled a lot and laughed a lot.
I noticed this with other babies as well, but I also noticed that the children who seemed ill or had special needs were kept separate from the other babies.
There were some that clearly had medical problems and they just sat there or laid there in separate playpens, while Alex and the other healthier babies were in a larger playpen and they were singing to them and playing with toys with the children.
I noticed a baby girl with Downs Syndrome. I mentioned this to the translator and they all looked at me like I was crazy. They said "No that is a drug addicts baby". I said no that she has Down's Syndrome and that she could function in life with proper care and attention. They still argued with me and I just gave up. Clearly they were not going to listen to me.
It's very sad.
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