Recent Adoption Blog Posts

Still Need Information

by Tammy Woolard

07 Mar 2012 07:53 AM

As you may know I have tried to reach out to my kids' biological mother to get information from her regarding their births and their biological dads.

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Medical Information Needed

by Tammy Woolard

18 Feb 2012 03:59 PM

When you have adopted children there are certain things you do not know such as the biological medical history. This is especially true when you adopt a child from child protective services like we did.

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Open, Semi-Open or Closed Adoption part 4

by Tammy Woolard

11 Feb 2012 09:18 AM

I realize that some biological or adoptive parents want to keep the personal contact information private. Some fear the bond being too close between the biological parents that it may affect the bond between the adoptive family and the child.

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Open, Semi-Open or Closed Adoption part 3

by Tammy Woolard

10 Feb 2012 07:59 AM

With open adoption both the biological family and the adoptive families know the names, addresses and contact information for each other. In our situation and the fact the biological mother did not seem to me to have the ability to make great decisions so we did not want her to know our information.

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Open, Semi-Open or Closed Adoption part 2

by Tammy Woolard

08 Feb 2012 04:28 PM

If you are considering placing your unborn child up for adoption or you're considering adoption I hope that you read my last entry. If you did you will realize that both the adoptive and birth families have decisions to consider.

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Open, Semi-Open or Closed Adoption

by Tammy Woolard

07 Feb 2012 11:11 AM

There are many women out there facing an unplanned pregnancy and if you are considering placing your unborn child up for adoption GOOD FOR YOU. As I am sure you know there are thousands of potential parents just waiting for a child to call their own.

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We Are So Different

by Tammy Woolard

26 Jan 2012 10:33 AM

If you read my last entry you would know that I found my kids biological mother on face book and attempted to see if she wanted to restart updates and pictures. If she did want it I wanted something from her. I want medical history forms for her and all three of the kid's biological fathers.

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What Should We Tell?

by Tammy Woolard

25 Jan 2012 03:53 PM

If you have adopted children one thing you think about is how you will explain to the kids what their life story is. Of course our kids all know they are adopted we have never kept that a secret we actually speak of it with great pride. We tell them that they were chosen by us in specific.

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How Many Times?

by Tammy Woolard

25 Jan 2012 10:02 AM

So I have a dilemma that I thought I would share. As I have shared previously when we were trying to get Rebecca's biological mother to relinquish her parental rights so that we could adopt her we went to mediation.

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India Adoption

by Tammy Woolard

23 Jan 2012 05:33 PM

I learned something the other day that I did not know. There are an overwhelming number of baby girls placed in orphanages in India. The situation is much like that of the baby girls in China little girls born in India are quite often given up for adoption and placed in orphanages.

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