Hey Adoption Board!

[redandblue]

Hey there Adoption board!  I had intro'd recently over on TB bump, but I was not too active.  I am hoping to feel welcome to be more active over here!  I wanted to give a bit update on us.  DH and I submitted our application to adopt/foster to adopt through our local CAS in December.  We started our training last week, and have the second class tomorrow.  I am so excited to get this process going to meet our future LO!  We have spent the past couple of weeks ogranizing our house and preparing for home study, as well as completing some paper etc.  We are in Canada so our process involves 11 weeks of classes, then home study and approval.  I am really hoping to be approved by the fall, if not sooner!  I have been preparing the bedroom, which we are finding a little difficult.  It is hard not knowing anything about our LO, so hard to know how to set up the room.  We have recently pulled out all the baby things and children's toys we currently have in storage.  I am so excited, but also realistic that it won't be fast or easy, but I have no doubt it will be worth it!  

Thanks for listening!  

[akafred]

Hey there! Hooray for progress, huh? Preparing the room is SO HARD when you have a wide range of ages. What a 10 year old boy wants probably doesn't match what you'd do for an infant. What some people do is paint neutral and get several of those vinyl wall things and let the child pick the one to put up when they arrive.

[packerfan4life]

Welcome over here! That sounds really stressful trying to get everything together. But good luck moving forward!

[roxy]

Welcome!! So glad there are more Adoption people starting to come over here. What is your age range for Fos/Adopt?

[redandblue]

Jan 21, 2015 8:04:52 GMT -5 roxy said:

Welcome!! So glad there are more Adoption people starting to come over here. What is your age range for Fos/Adopt?

Hey roxy I am excited to see more people over here too! We haven't fully decided on age range yet. I often go back and forth with this question. I work in early childhood education, specifically with children with special needs. I do worry about high levels of special needs (which makes me feel guilty saying but I know the amount of time and support required for high levels of needs, and we are both working full time). Anyways we are leaning towards under 6, perhaps even under 3 yr. With that being said, we also know that there are older children who need loving homes. Definitely under 13 years is probably where we are comfortable. I still feel all over the place (clearly) . Ha. I am not opposed to a sibling group of 2 also. Sigh. We are still naive in thinking it will feel right when we are at the stage of matching.

[jwinct]

Hi there! We're in the process of getting licensed through Connecticut DCF and are the middle of taking classes right now, too, and getting the room prepared. There is no guarantee that we'll ever get a placement, so we're only doing what's necessary to get licensed. Thankfully, my boss is giving us his crib and car seats, etc.

Good luck!

[irismorning]

I will echo the PP who said to paint the room neutral and add accents that the child(ren) can pick out on their own. It will feel more like their space that way. Good luck with everything!