July 2010 Archives

Adoption Blogs

My Paperwork Pregnancies

Are Adopted Siblings Who Look Alike “Blessed”?

The other week I was at my local pool with my three children, holding my two-year-old son, when a familiar female voice behind me asked, "Is this Keith’s little brother?"…
- Posted by Danielle Pennel to My Paperwork Pregnancies 2 years, 9 months ago | 2 Comments | Post a reply
Social Media and Adoption

Within a few short years, social media has changed almost every aspect of adoption. Facebook and other social networking sites, like AdoptiveFamiliesCircle, are now being used by hopeful parents, to…
- Posted by AFC Editors to Talk to AF 2 years, 9 months ago | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Start Talking

You’ve attended workshops, read all of the expert advice, rehearsed the story, and you plan to tell your young child about his adoption...any day now. Except that your mother questions…
- Posted by Adam Berger to Talk to AF 2 years, 9 months ago | 0 Comments | Post a reply
12 Essential Feeding Facts Parents Should Know

1. Silicone nipples (not latex), are preferred. They are dishwasher safe, allergy-free, and less porous than latex. (But many newborns prefer latex.) 2. Choose a bottle that minimizes the extra…
- Posted by Adam Berger to Talk to AF 2 years, 9 months ago | 0 Comments | Post a reply
My New Life as a Return-to-Work Mom

I’m Back in the Saddle Again! I apologize for the length of time between my blogs, but I hope you will understand when you see how busy the past few…
- Posted by Renee Hoyt to Painting the Nursery 2 years, 10 months ago | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Another Adoption Tragedy, Remembering an Open Adoption Crusader, and More: This Week in Adoption

This Week in Adoption is a weekly roundup of the news concerning the families, kids, and laws we in the adoption community are most passionate about! Check out these stories,…
- Posted by AFC Editors to Adoption News Blog 2 years, 10 months ago | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Kazakhstan Adoptions Suspended, Adoptees Use Social Networking Sites to Find Birth Parents, and More

This Week in Adoption is a weekly round-up of the news concerning the families, kids, and laws we in the adoption community are most passionate about! Check out these stories,…
- Posted by AFC Editors to Adoption News Blog 2 years, 10 months ago | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Looking Back: The International Adoption Journey Begins

The Beginning Stages of an International Adoption Include Hope, Love, and Paperwork With Hanna traipsing through the kitchen trailing crayons, flip flops, and joy, it’s hard to imagine she has…
- Posted by Stacy Clark to The Yin and the Yang 2 years, 10 months ago | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Is This an Open Adoption Divorce?

Currently, my husband, Paul, and I don’t have much, if any, contact from our children’s birth parents. This is not at all how we pictured our “open” adoptions. We thought…
- Posted by Danielle Pennel to My Paperwork Pregnancies 2 years, 10 months ago | 1 Comment | Post a reply
Moving On From an Adoption Loss

We have a globe at our house with five thumbtacks sticking out of it: one protruding from Phoenix, another jabbed into the middle of Ohio, two stuck side by side…
- Posted by Sharon Van Epps to Be Bold or Go Home 2 years, 10 months ago | 0 Comments | Post a reply

Meet the Author

Adam Berger

Maine

I have recently adopted or am adopting from...
Bulgaria, Brazil

View Profile »

Monthly Archives

{paginate}

{/paginate}