Adoption: Toddler
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Adoption
Asked by A.B. from Springfield
on October 8, 2010
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My husband and I are both military and are looking to adopt. We have both always wanted to adopt but we also want to have children. Does anyone know how we can start t...
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- I would say call your local child services office and ask about foster care, many times children in foster care are up for adoption and they really need good homes. O...
- First you need to make some decisions about what type of adoption you want. Do you want an infant or are you open to an older toddler/child. You also need to decide ...
- I do not know much about the adoption process, but I do know that there are a LOT of older children eligible for adoption. If you can, consider this route, they need ...
Adoption
Asked by H.J. from Spokane
on March 11, 2011
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This question is for anyone who has adopted or knows anything about adoption.
I have always wanted to adopt but the cost to adopt is very expensive. We are miltary an...
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- Something to consider is that there is a $10K credit for adoption. It is still not cheap, but it may help. My cousin was adopted internationally. Something my aunt ...
- My very first question on here was about adoption, go to my profile and go waaaaay back, I got a tremendous amount of great advice!! Good luck! This is a wonderful ...
- Hi - our son joined our family through domestic infant adoption. We have an open adoption (we have a relationship w/the birthparents). As far as cost - no, it isn't 'c...
Fost to Adopt
Asked by S.G. from Pittsburgh
on June 26, 2008
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Has anyone ever done the fost to adopt program. If you have I would like to know about your experiance and what agency you went with. Any other information anyone else...
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- I am currently in the adoption stage of the foster to adopt program with Luzerne County Children and Youth. As with any state agency they have their good and bad side...
- Foster to adopt is one of the greatest needs in Pennsylvania. The program costs you ZERO dollars to do. You get support $ to help you pay for the additional cost of ha...
- I briefly looked into foster to adopt a couple of years ago, but as mentioned earlier there is no guarantee that you will be able to adopt the child. I know there are...
Hoping to Adopt
Asked by K.W. from Dallas
on February 9, 2008
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If anyone knows of a possible adoption situation...please help my husband and me out. We have been attempting to adopt for over six years through agencies and foster c...
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- Hello! My name is K.. I have some friends that are tring to adopt also. They have been waiting for quiet sometime. Another friend in Florida, adopted from the church o...
- Well, I was going to suggest the foster care system, but you said you have tried that. My husband and I were relicensed less than three years ago (we've done foster c...
- Hi K., My husband and I have adopted two of our sons through Gladney in Fort Worth. They were domestic adoptions. Sounds like you need to find a good adoption agency...
Adoption or Foster - Adopt
Asked by G.B. from San Diego
on February 26, 2011
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My husband and I have two wonderful bio girls ages 4 and 6. We would like to adopt a boy younger than 4 and are trying to figure out the best way to go about it. We ...
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- This is;not to put you off but, Are you aware that children who have been abused in someway and then rejected (including death of parents) often transfer the bad fe...
- Here foster care is maxed out. So you say you are interested in a boy, well, you may get a call of a brother and his sister because they will not separate the sibling...
- I have had two close friends adopt through the state. The first family stated exactly what they wanted and within two years had two healthy children given to them a ...
Looking to Adopt Again
Asked by E.I. from Dothan
on October 27, 2006
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Hello all!
I have known since the age of 16 that I would never be able to have children due to many health problems I had at a young age. When my husband and I w...
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- Can't give you an information about reputable agencies or progams, but I am an adoptee and think that it's wonderful that you are willing to adopt children. I was ado...
- Would you recommned the agency you worked with? How long did the process take?
- Hi Lee. Six and a half years ago, I placed my daughter for adoption. When I found out that I was pregnant, I was directed to Bethany Christian Services. Through the...
Adoption
Asked by J.D. from Minneapolis
on November 19, 2010
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My husband and I just started researching adoption and could use some help. If you adopted your child(ren) and would recomend the agency please let us know. We are i...
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- My sister and brother-in-law have adopted twice and both times they have used HOLT. As far as I know they had really good experiences with this agency. Both their bo...
- I adopted my gradduaghter thought the county as I have full custody.Just want to make it more offical.I have had dealings with Lutheran Social Services. They are very ...
- My sister and her husband adopted a son from Russia in 2007-08. They created a website www.russianmunchkin.com where they documented their entire journey - it's an am...
Fostering to Adopt
Asked by C.G. from Austin
on July 19, 2009
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Hi to all you wonderful moms, my husband & I are very interested in fostering to adopt and wondering if any of you have any experiences you would share with us. We hav...
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- We have adopted two children by fostering to adopt. We are in the process of adopting our third. If you have any questions feel free to message me. We have been inv...
- I have no advise for you though I did have friends who did this and it was a hard start but turned out to be a blessing. I just wanted to say thank you for having such...
- We also had one bio child, and couldn't have anymore, so we choose to adopted. We adopted the most beautiful little girl almost two years ago and had a great experien...
I Want to Adopt.
Asked by C.J. from New Orleans
on September 1, 2007
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Okay - I am taking the first step; research.
My husband and I have been married for ten years and have tried to have a baby all along. I have a child from my first ...
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- Hi, I have adopted a son who is now 2 and am in the process of adopting his brother who is now 6 months. We went the foster to adopt route. We registered for foster p...
- Hi. My sister is in the process of adopting. The question is, are you adopting a child from America or from a different country? If you are interested, I will give you...
- Good Morning. I am the mom of a beautful 16 month old boy. My husband and I adopted him pretty much at birth. You are doing hte right thing by doing research . I agree...
Praying to Adopt!
Asked by M.C. from Denver
on June 3, 2009
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My husband and I are a financially secure, happy and loving couple hoping to adopt a baby. We have faced infertility and have been unable to have a biological child. W...
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- You might look into some anti-abortion pregnancy centers. When I lived in Tucson, the ones there kept information on people interested in adoption so that if I girl c...
- It's very hard to get caucasian infants in America because (a) they're all too often aborted and (b) the birthmoms renege on the adoptions at the last minute. If this ...
- http://apathoftheheart.blogspot.com/ This website is run by a wonderful woman who is an adoption consultant, and it lists many babies that are currently up for adop...
