Sadie's gotcha

[@ellenweisberger3020]

She's so beautiful! If they only knew how loved they are and happy they will be. Adoption is a wonderful thing for all involved. My "baby" is now 26!

[@judithryle2113]

Those babies are making each other cry. Sweet children

[@fredwilson8326]

sad to see the little ones crying in their terror at being handed to strange looking people you cant help feeling sorry for them as they have no way of knowing how lucky they are.

[@marcmoreau9411]

Quelle superbe baby girl !!! quelles émotions , c'est superbe , ses regards furtifs entre les pleurs et enfin son relachement final.

[@judyr.2398]

We cannot even begin to imagine the terror and confusion these poor babies were put through. There should have been a better way.

[@marilynwade9448]

How terrifying

[@judithryle2113]

They don’t have a clue what a wonderful new life they are going to have. She is really cute

[@y.lelivelt2619]

I hope she is now a happy child.

[@kjbigsful]

I'm curious if these kids all shared a room before that day. Maybe she recognizes their cries.🤷

[@user-fx1pv7ph2q]

e duro é traumático al princípio. ver tantos ninos abandonados. muito triste a criança fica perdida não entende nada sua defesa e 😭 🤔😔💔😭😭😭😭😭

[@moseskitty7930]

mass confusion

[@rhondakaminsky4837]

Why do they dress those kids like Nanook of the North? You can see how some of them are sweating profusely.

[@chasx7062]

Very inquisitive Young Lady, is the a PhD guy her father? Are there any other video of little Kate?

[@silvialiesegangpuyol36]

Debería de haber llevado algún juguete,algo para distraerla!!Me duele su llanto, traumático!!

[@joselynengaling6932]

How is she now in 2022?

[@leonormachado9225]

What a cutie!

[@FranAsaro-jk3ih]

How about a toy or cheerios yo fistact it usually helps adorable mommy and daddy!,

[@judyr.2398]

Just HORRIBLE and traumatizing for the poor babies.

[@jillmosley1740]

They are very cute and loveable❤

[@FranAsaro-jk3ih]

Take rheir coats iff,besides vrying they are in a sweat?!

[@pamlong6876]

They need to put the kids in a big room and let them play with each other and let the parents play with them not just hand them over to someone they not know 😢

[@paulat6622]

How is she doing today

[@DougDarbroPhD]

She's doing great! She's a freshman at The University of Chicago.

[@mayrafernandez7303]

Congrats, Doug!

[@Lulu-zb3ck]

Меня просто бесит, позирование на камеру, с плачущим ребенком. Ребёнок не знает этих людей, поэтому ему страшно.

[@pamlong6876]

Maybe not so many in a one room

[@silvialiesegangpuyol36]

Pobres niños!!Entregados todos juntos ,con tantos gritos,llantos de los otros niños !!Nada de intimidad!!

[@gwenhafford3401]

They are both beautiful! Thank you for sharing the videos of your special day. Are Sadie & Bailey from the same province? Was the time frame very different for the adoption of one vs the other (orphanage vs foster home)? Would you mind telling me if they were on the waiting child / special needs list or regular list?

[@DougDarbroPhD]

Sadie is from Jiangxi and was adopted in 2005. Bailey is from Hubei and was adopted in 2006. After adopting Sadie we knew we'd return for a second adoption but didn't realize it would be so soon (15 months later). Bailey was on a special needs list when we first saw her. She had an angioma under her armpit, which has since gone away. Sadie was in an orphanage in TaiHe (3 hours from Nanchang) and Bailey was with a foster family in Xiaogan City (about an hour from Wuhan). They are both amazing little girls!

[@barbibutton9619]

Distraction with toys or bubbles or a picture book helps. Children relate to play

[@DougDarbroPhD]

I agree, but when we left the airport in Beijing that morning we were told we would meet our daughters the next morning. When we arrived in Nanchang airport, as we boarded transfers we were told that "our babies are on the way to the hotel." Our bags were taken to our rooms and we never had access to them until later, so we only had with us what we'd carried on. We would've been much more prepared otherwise.

[@judithryle2113]

So precious

[@michellecollins290]

Sadies so in tune with the other crying babies, I wonder if she's still sympathetic to other people's emotions?

[@loriadams1588]

Her cry is just so cute!! What a beautiful baby girl. I hope you are all doing well.

[@mariaisabelfretesortiz852]

porq no le dieron algun juguete para consolarle

[@michellecollins290]

The transition is awful but the confidence these babies/children get within 6 months is amazing

[@barbibutton9619]

Poor dad looks tense. This must be so hard unless the child just falls into your arms happy which is only about 30%

[@margaretlathammorris3859]

She's scared

[@carlafa3]

Just horrible - that poor child I hurt for it.

[@DougDarbroPhD]

For "it?" Seriously?

[@doctordoctor7813]

@@DougDarbroPhD exactly!! And “poor child”?? She is going to have a wonderful life with a family out of a orphanage !! She’s scared of the new people, but she is about to have a wonderful life ❤