Today marks the 3rd anniversary of when our dossier (mountain of adoption paperwork) was officially logged in with the China Center of Adoption Affairs. That means that we have now been home with Lily longer than we "officially" waited for her. That seems impossible!
Think of a log in date (LID) like the number you receive when waiting in line at the deli counter. I don't want to sound crass but that is the best comparison I can come up with. Each person that submits a dossier to the China Center of Adoption Affairs is assigned an LID. Everything hinges on that date. Your dossier is reviewed and matched based on the order of your LID. Needless to say, I will never forget 10/18/05!
Our actual dossier was sent to China in September 2005 but was not logged in until October. That was the first indication that things were changing (read slowing down). When we first submitted our dossier our adoption agency told us to anticipate a 6 month wait before we received Lily's referral. That 6 month wait grew into 17 months. As hard as that wait was for us my heart absolutely breaks for the children and the families who are still waiting.
In the 18 months that we have been home the wait times have grown exponentially. Families who will receive the referral for their child in the next batch (projected to arrive in late October or early November) will have waited a minimum of 33 months since their paperwork was logged in. I can't imagine what they are going through. Unfortunately, each month the wait times just keep growing!
I would like to believe the reason that the wait has increased so dramatically is because the rate of child abandonment in China has decreased that dramatically. Meaning that there are less children available for domestic and international adoption. It all just seems too sudden...too drastic...too contrived.
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