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When or do we even have to tell bio parents new names??

Hi all, We are in the last steps to adopt our 3 babies from foster care. (Adoption date is July 22) We are trying to have a some what open…
- Posted by Amber to Open Adoption Families on May 22, 2013 at 2:56pm | 6 Comments | Post a reply
BM wants to attend birthday party

Hi there, we have an open adoption and our BP live about 6 hours away. We get together over holidays, summers, and have even had them over to our house…
- Posted by Gabesmom to Open Adoption Families on May 15, 2013 at 4:46pm | 9 Comments | Post a reply
How to Make an Adoption Storybook

Hi, I would like to make an adoption storybook for my 4 year old to help her understand more about being adopted and her own special adoption story. She knows…
- Posted by twicethelove to Open Adoption Families on May 14, 2013 at 6:16am | 11 Comments | Post a reply
Gift for birthmother? Need your advice.

My son’s birthmother called this week and wants to get together to celebrate his birthday and Mother’s Day. She said she has a gift for me! What a sweet young…
- Posted by Jody Cantrell Dyer to Open Adoption Families on May 10, 2013 at 1:25pm | 9 Comments | Post a reply
What to do with an hour visit? (with Bioparents)

Hello AF friends, My husband and I have just adopted our son last week (open adoption) and we need to make plans for visits with the bio parents, only…
- Posted by Basjay to Open Adoption Families on May 10, 2013 at 3:13am | 9 Comments | Post a reply
Update - "Tremendous Guilt"

I posted earlier this week about our son’s sibling that we were not able to adopt. We spent the last 24 hours talking and exchanging emails and photos with the…
- Posted by Jameszdad to Open Adoption Families on May 09, 2013 at 1:24pm | 5 Comments | Post a reply
Tremendous Guilt

Please help me cope with this decision. We adopted our son when he was a day old. He is the sweetest smartest most loving little boy in the world. He…
- Posted by Jameszdad to Open Adoption Families on May 07, 2013 at 8:58pm | 11 Comments | Post a reply
Postponing Yearly Visits

My husband and I adopted 2 siblings 3 years ago-they are now 4 and 5- through foster care. Our son was taken from the bioparents at 4 months old and…
- Posted by Julianna Sunshine to Open Adoption Families on May 06, 2013 at 8:16pm | 5 Comments | Post a reply