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Adoption After Giving Birth
What Makes Couples Decide to Adopt After Having a Baby?
By Teri Brown
Cahill says this may lead to resentment and difficulty accepting the new adopted sibling. It is important to make all of your children feel special during this time of transition.
Cahill gives the following tips for helping your biological child feel special during this time:
- Adoptive parents must remember to include the biological sibling in the adoption planning by giving him specific tasks such as helping with nursery painting, choosing decor or selecting favorite outfits for the baby.
- A big sister or big brother T-shirt would help make the biological child feel included and special.
- This is also a time to share old pictures and videos with the biological child. The pictures should include any baby showers or preparation for his birth, birth photos and any pictures from early childhood. It is also important for the adoptive parents to remember and talk about how excited they were when awaiting the birth of the biological child.
- Another valuable tool would be to read the biological child books that help to explain just how special biological children are and their roles in the family.
Making the decision to adopt a child will have lifelong effects on both you and your biological children, but if you think it is right for your family, don't let anyone else's lack of enthusiasm dim your joy.
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Re: Adoption After Giving Birth by anonymous on 12/01/2009 08:30AM
Interesting and informative article. I am Kenyan and today (Worlds Aids Day) I read in a newspaper that Kenya has about 2.5million children orphaned by AIDS yet only 61 Kenyans & 31 foreigners have adopted children in the last year. As a Kenyan I know that adopting is almost considered taboo even when one does not have a biological child. I would certainly like to adopt a child in the near future & I know I will face a lot of objections but I know it will be worth it for both my family and our adopted child.