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Recent Adoption Blog | Adoption Process Posts

The International Adoption Wait - Preparing Your Home

by Shoshanna Grey

28 Mar 2006 09:18 PM

One of the ways to spend all of that waiting time is by getting ready for your child. There are so many things that need to be done and if you take the time to enjoy them, they will also help to fill up those months until your child comes home.

Steps in International Adoption - Part 3

by Shoshanna Grey

25 Mar 2006 05:38 PM

Your last group of steps! In-Country Process Now comes more waiting - at least for you. Your agency and their staff in your country will be working hard to complete the legal process required to bring your child home.

Steps in International Adoption - Part 2

by Shoshanna Grey

25 Mar 2006 05:35 PM

Picking up where the last entry left off . . . Agency or Facilitator Now is when you really need to have an agency or facilitator.

Steps in International Adoption - Part 1

by Shoshanna Grey

25 Mar 2006 05:33 PM

When you take the plunge and decide that you want to adopt, it can be pretty overwhelming to know where to go first. You probably have already talked to a few people who have adopted in the past and you may have made calls to a few agencies, and that is a good start.

Adoption Transitions #5 When Travel is Required.

by Anna Glendenning

09 Feb 2006 04:42 PM

Traveling with a newly placed adoptive child who has never been away from his or her neighborhood, or been outside of the orphanage--let alone the state or country--is stressful for any child or person.

Adoption Transitions #4 Planning For Transition.

by Anna Glendenning

09 Feb 2006 01:59 PM

Whenever possible, plan an easy and gradual transition for your baby or child. Moving slow during the transition from one life and becoming part of a new family helps children resolve grief. A slow and systematic transition allows for transference of attachment with the adoptive parents.

Adoption Transitions #3 Starting Your Child's Lifebook

by Anna Glendenning

09 Feb 2006 07:56 AM

Mothers often spend hours creating baby books or scrapbooks for our children. A Lifebook is a special kind of baby--scrap book for adopted children.

Adoption Transitions #2 All About the Baby or Child.

by Anna Glendenning

08 Feb 2006 04:35 PM

Questions, questions, and more questions. Adoptive parents need to focus during the transition process and get all the information they possibly can. It doesn't matter how old your baby or child is when you become the parent, there are some basic things you want to know.

Adoption Transitions #1: Adoptive Parents Wait

by Anna Glendenning

08 Feb 2006 01:56 PM

From the moment a waiting adoptive family is matched with a potential birthmother, child in foster care, or internationally the transition begins.

Getting Ready For Your Child's Arrival

by Anna Glendenning

08 Feb 2006 07:55 AM

The match has been made and you have received the great news that you will soon become adoptive parents. Anticipating the arrival and addition of your new family member is exciting.



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