Irina

Irina is a beautiful girl with dark hair and big dark eyes.  She has a cleft palate.  She is cognitively delayed, likely as a result of FAS.  She is a precious and happy little girl, and will do great in a family.  She can be *assertive* at times, but responds very well to individual attention and will really thrive as the “baby”.  She is facing the institution soon, and she needs a family quickly!

If you are unfamiliar with FAS, please spend some time researching this condition.  Just as with Down syndrome, FAS and FAE have a wide variation of effects on each child, both medically, physically, and cognitively.   This is typically dependent on how long during the pregnancy the mother consumed alcohol, and of course, how much.   There is no way to know this ahead of time.

Irina has been transferred to the older child internat now.