Update on the baby

Sunday, April 2, 2006, 1:23 p.m.
One day until we get Cao Ai Hua

By Terry R. Cassreino

BEIJING - We just received more information about Cao Ai Hua and thought we'd share it with everyone reading our blog.
A narrative provided today by Holt International Children's Services says that Ai Hua feels close to her caregiver and the children in the same room at her orphanage. Ai Hua eats formula with rice cereal seven times a day.
The narrative says that Ai Hua also eats noodles, vegetable soup, snacks and small biscuits. She is fed by her caregiver by spoon or bottle and sleeps alone on her back from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. with a small wall lamp and quiet environment.
In the afternoon, Ai Hua takes a nap from 12 noon to 1 p.m.; she hasn't been toilet trained and is still in diapers. She likes bathing and "splashes happily when bathed."
The narrative says Ai Hua plays with all kinds of toys, likes to be held and is nervous around strangers. She also doesn't like staying in the dark.
Her pet name is Yun Er.
She had no note attached to her when authorities found her.
That's about it. Now, Pam and I are off to tour the Forbidden City.