An update on our lives since Baby Kay entered our family. A new baby in our life has brought many new trials and taught us a thing or two about who we are.
Foster & Adoption Parenting Podcast
Join foster parents T and W as they discuss foster care and adoption. With humor, insight and Christian faith, they share their everyday ups and downs as a foster family with hopes of adoption.
Just out of curiosity, what denomination do you belong to? I’m just wondering because you talk about church so much.
Thanks!
we go to a non-denominational church.
Hi Wendy and Tim,
Babies are hard but you can do it! I can tell she brings you so much joy. We have a 12month, and 24 month old in addition to a 3 yr, 5yr and 8yr old. I wipe lots of bottoms every day but it’s the not being able to sleep all night again that gets to me. I’m nott the listener Laura who asked about your going to bedtechniques but when I saw that episode I about fell out of my chair becasue when you posted it we were in the middle of getting our new children to learn how to go to bed and sleep all night. It’s getting better, not perfect, but better!
Thank you for your podcast; it’s my favorite! I look forward to each new episode. I tried to find you on facebook but had no luck. How is your page listed?
Laura (in Ohio).
Laura,
Thanks so much for your encouragement.
To find our Facebook page look over on the side bar on the right. It’s right below the “Subscribe on Zune” link. Click the big Facebook logo and you’ll be taken straight to our page.
It may feel like punishment at times, but aren’t you glad that no good deed goes unnoticed by God! We’re feeling a little punished too, but hang in there!
Thank you for being transparent! I can totally relate to a lot of your frustrations. We are fostering to adopt and our 6 month old was placed with us the week of Christmas. His foster care worker happened to go out on maternity leave that very day! The system in our state is a little disorganized so I kind of feel like we have been thrown to the wolves. We have very little info and a precious baby caught in the middle. As for the attachment discussion, a friend that is a foster parent told me that it is a disservice to the child not to get attached. That short period of time that you have them may be the only love or glimpse of Christ that they get. She urged me to take advantage of it and be prepared to miss them like crazy.
Hi There,
This spring my husband and I decided to do foster care. I specifically asked for special needs children younger than my two and a half year old daughter. We only had one kids bedroom, and we felt it was important to keep our daughter the oldest. I’m not sure if it was the special needs request or that we lived in Alaska were there are lots of foster kids needing placements, but we had our first placement before we were officially licensed. I picked up baby N from the NICU. He’d been born at 1lb 12oz and lived at the hospital for nearly four months. I brought him home at 4lbs. He went back to his parents six months and eight pounds later. Letting him go home was the hardest part of fostering him, harder than the colicy nights, and beeping alarms (he had an apnea alarm), and insane appointment schedual. The part in you’re blog about bottle feeding and bonding hit home with me. Of course I choose to make eye contact, I felt the same way, how could you not? Baby N gave my daughter a chance to be a big sister, and she loved it! He gave me more confidence as a parent. Best of all he gave us his first, and many more after wards, smile, and it was the cutest chubby cheek smile you ever did see! We’ve had some major life changes recently but Baby N affirmed that foster care is something I really want to be involved in as much as I can. I can’t wait until I am ready to do it again!