Comments on: Traveling to Japan to Pick up Our Adopted Daughter http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/ Homestay, Japan, Hawaii, Parenting & Computers Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:58:16 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Cech family http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/comment-page-1/#comment-6255 Cech family Sun, 18 May 2008 19:51:08 +0000 http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/#comment-6255 Hi there! You had written to us months ago (when we had come home with our daughter) after we had posted a comment to your wonderful site. I have misplaced your e-mail address and figured I'd just leave you another comment. :-) Miya is now 14 months old and the sweetest, most energetic little girl. Quite the handful but so incredible at the same time. Anyhow, we'll be heading to the islands in a few months to catch up with a fellow Japan-adoptive family and would love for you to join us! Please e-mail me when you get a chance! Hope you're all doing well! -Eryn, Gregor, Emi and Miya Cech in CA Hi there! You had written to us months ago (when we had come home with our daughter) after we had posted a comment to your wonderful site. I have misplaced your e-mail address and figured I’d just leave you another comment. :-)

Miya is now 14 months old and the sweetest, most energetic little girl. Quite the handful but so incredible at the same time. Anyhow, we’ll be heading to the islands in a few months to catch up with a fellow Japan-adoptive family and would love for you to join us!

Please e-mail me when you get a chance! Hope you’re all doing well!

-Eryn, Gregor, Emi and Miya Cech in CA

]]> By: Emelia G. http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/comment-page-1/#comment-4811 Emelia G. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:04:25 +0000 http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/#comment-4811 Hello there! I, like many others, am very curious about how the costs differ in Japanese adoptions vs. Chinese adoptions. I know it likely depends on which agency you were to go through, but I would greatly appreciate a ballpark figure. My husband and I both speak Japanese, but are not of the Japanese heritage. We would love to include Japan as a possible country to adopt from. Your story warmed my heart and I am so excited to hear more about your experiences! Take care, Emelia Orlando FL Hello there! I, like many others, am very curious about how the costs differ in Japanese adoptions vs. Chinese adoptions. I know it likely depends on which agency you were to go through, but I would greatly appreciate a ballpark figure. My husband and I both speak Japanese, but are not of the Japanese heritage. We would love to include Japan as a possible country to adopt from. Your story warmed my heart and I am so excited to hear more about your experiences!

Take care,
Emelia
Orlando FL

]]> By: Lori http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/comment-page-1/#comment-1817 Lori Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:45:32 +0000 http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/#comment-1817 My husband and I are taking the steps to adopt internationally and are hopting to adopt from Japan. We were wondering if you might share which agency you used? I have not found many that offer Japanese adoption so we were very encouraged by your story. Lori in Arizona My husband and I are taking the steps to adopt internationally and are hopting to adopt from Japan. We were wondering if you might share which agency you used? I have not found many that offer Japanese adoption so we were very encouraged by your story.

Lori in Arizona

]]> By: Tara http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/comment-page-1/#comment-1602 Tara Sun, 08 Jul 2007 09:45:30 +0000 http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/#comment-1602 When you say Japanese adoptions are expensive, could you give me an idea of how much? Also, how much of that is for traveling? My husband and I live in Japan, in the Tokyo prefecture, so we could probably do without some of those incurred costs. Thanks for your insights! Your information is invaluable. When you say Japanese adoptions are expensive, could you give me an idea of how much? Also, how much of that is for traveling? My husband and I live in Japan, in the Tokyo prefecture, so we could probably do without some of those incurred costs. Thanks for your insights! Your information is invaluable.

]]> By: The Cech family http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/comment-page-1/#comment-907 The Cech family Sat, 28 Apr 2007 05:44:52 +0000 http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/#comment-907 Hi, I'm attempting to post a comment again (not sure if my first attempt was successful). I discovered your site prior to travelling to Japan to pick up our daughter. We found your tips to be invaluable as we didn't know anyone else who had adopted from Japan. We recently returned with our new 7 week old and found the process to be pretty smooth (much quicker than our Kazakhstan adoption two years ago). Would love to chat with you someday and exchange adoption stories. :-) Congrats on your beautiful little girl!! -Eryn and Greg Cech, and Co. Hi, I’m attempting to post a comment again (not sure if my first attempt was successful). I discovered your site prior to travelling to Japan to pick up our daughter. We found your tips to be invaluable as we didn’t know anyone else who had adopted from Japan. We recently returned with our new 7 week old and found the process to be pretty smooth (much quicker than our Kazakhstan adoption two years ago). Would love to chat with you someday and exchange adoption stories. :-) Congrats on your beautiful little girl!!

-Eryn and Greg Cech, and Co.

]]> By: Cech Family http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/comment-page-1/#comment-904 Cech Family Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:22:48 +0000 http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/#comment-904 Hi there!! We discovered your site while waiting to pick up our daughter in Japan. Thanks so much for all of the advice and information you provided here. We just returned after being in Tokyo for two weeks. The process was smooth- much smoother than our first adoption from Kazakhstan- and we now have a beautiful new (7 week old) daughter. We'd love to talk with you someday and excahnge adoption stories. :-) Take care! The Cechs in California Hi there!! We discovered your site while waiting to pick up our daughter in Japan. Thanks so much for all of the advice and information you provided here. We just returned after being in Tokyo for two weeks. The process was smooth- much smoother than our first adoption from Kazakhstan- and we now have a beautiful new (7 week old) daughter. We’d love to talk with you someday and excahnge adoption stories. :-)

Take care!
The Cechs in California

]]> By: Netsato http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/comment-page-1/#comment-879 Netsato Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:18:03 +0000 http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/#comment-879 Steve, good call on the formula. Our agency left us with a can of formula that she had been drinking, and we did exactly as you said...we gradually switched her over to US formula. Our poor kid was stressed out enough without changing her food on her too. Steve, good call on the formula. Our agency left us with a can of formula that she had been drinking, and we did exactly as you said…we gradually switched her over to US formula. Our poor kid was stressed out enough without changing her food on her too.

]]> By: Steve http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/comment-page-1/#comment-863 Steve Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:17:24 +0000 http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/#comment-863 Wow! After eight years living in Japan I have never heard of anyone adopting, especially a non-Japanese family. Good going, I know the number of people within Japan adopting is very low compared to the west. Sounds like a win/win situation. Staying at a hotel in near the embassy is very wise, commuter trains are jammed morning and night. No place for a couple and their new child. No place for anyone really. You can get everything for the child in Japan, when thinking of baby formula, the child is now on a certain brand and to disrupt the feeding with a new western formula would be unwise. Use whatever the Japanese have been feeding the child, slowly move to a new formula once back in your home country. Please do post your experience, there are others wanting to do the same. Cheers, Steve www.eslspider.com www.healthyexpat.com Wow! After eight years living in Japan I have never heard of anyone adopting, especially a non-Japanese family. Good going, I know the number of people within Japan adopting is very low compared to the west. Sounds like a win/win situation. Staying at a hotel in near the embassy is very wise, commuter trains are jammed morning and night. No place for a couple and their new child. No place for anyone really. You can get everything for the child in Japan, when thinking of baby formula, the child is now on a certain brand and to disrupt the feeding with a new western formula would be unwise. Use whatever the Japanese have been feeding the child, slowly move to a new formula once back in your home country.

Please do post your experience, there are others wanting to do the same.

Cheers, Steve

http://www.eslspider.com
http://www.healthyexpat.com

]]> By: Joe DiDonato http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/comment-page-1/#comment-844 Joe DiDonato Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:11:28 +0000 http://www.netsato.com/2007/04/15/travelling-to-japan-to-pick-up-our-adopted-daughter/#comment-844 Perhaps you'll share your whole experience in a story that we can post on our website. Better yet, take a camera and record it. You will see that we have many visits recorded to orphanages, by many different types of groups. It would be nice to add yours... Just post it on the internet where we can get at the embed code, and we'll put it on our site. About 3-5 minutes, edited, usually is sufficient. (Not that you won't have a few other things to do...) :) Best of Luck! Thanks for opening your home to an orphan. Joe & Tatiana DiDonato Perhaps you’ll share your whole experience in a story that we can post on our website. Better yet, take a camera and record it. You will see that we have many visits recorded to orphanages, by many different types of groups. It would be nice to add yours… Just post it on the internet where we can get at the embed code, and we’ll put it on our site. About 3-5 minutes, edited, usually is sufficient. (Not that you won’t have a few other things to do…) :)

Best of Luck! Thanks for opening your home to an orphan.

Joe & Tatiana DiDonato

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