Comments on: This great book http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2002/12/22/this-great-book/ dawn friedman's blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:21:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Zelda http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2002/12/22/this-great-book/comment-page-1/#comment-650 Zelda Thu, 26 Dec 2002 17:52:46 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=346#comment-650 Hi, there was an interesting article in an Iowa newspaper about adopting baby girls from China: <a href="http://www.wcfcourier.com/regional/021225family.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wcfcourier.com/regional/021225family.html</a> Hi, there was an interesting article in an Iowa newspaper about adopting baby girls from China:
http://www.wcfcourier.com/regional/021225family.html

]]> By: Shelley http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2002/12/22/this-great-book/comment-page-1/#comment-649 Shelley Mon, 23 Dec 2002 19:39:05 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=346#comment-649 Hey, Mike G sent me a link to this entry. We're the adopting parents in an open adoption that's very new - Kit's 5 months old - and still sorting out how it's all gonna work. It *does* work, and the good news for those of us on this side of things is that we're in much more control of how it works than the birth parent(s) are. But the amount and kinds of contact are definitely still under discussion for us at this point. Our birth mom was just here visiting us (she lives in rural SE Kansas and we're in rural NE Calif.) for the 4 days ending yesterday - her first visit w/Kit since he was 12 days old. (We were present at his birth and 'had him' from that moment on, but she and her family visited with him every day until we were cleared by both states' agencies to leave for home.) So today my sweetheart and I are decompressing a bit and figuring out what was good and what we want to do differently next visit. The birth mom wants to come again in March, and we're thinking May. It's hard to balance our need to be a quiet family and keep our own routines -- or lack of them ;) -- against her entirely understandable need to see and hold him and be reassured he's well and happy. I'd be glad to email or chat w/you in more detail about our situation... Mike or Dana could give you my email address or YIM ID if you'd like. -Shelley Hey, Mike G sent me a link to this entry. We’re the adopting parents in an open adoption that’s very new - Kit’s 5 months old - and still sorting out how it’s all gonna work. It *does* work, and the good news for those of us on this side of things is that we’re in much more control of how it works than the birth parent(s) are. But the amount and kinds of contact are definitely still under discussion for us at this point.

Our birth mom was just here visiting us (she lives in rural SE Kansas and we’re in rural NE Calif.) for the 4 days ending yesterday - her first visit w/Kit since he was 12 days old. (We were present at his birth and ‘had him’ from that moment on, but she and her family visited with him every day until we were cleared by both states’ agencies to leave for home.) So today my sweetheart and I are decompressing a bit and figuring out what was good and what we want to do differently next visit. The birth mom wants to come again in March, and we’re thinking May.

It’s hard to balance our need to be a quiet family and keep our own routines — or lack of them ;) — against her entirely understandable need to see and hold him and be reassured he’s well and happy.

I’d be glad to email or chat w/you in more detail about our situation… Mike or Dana could give you my email address or YIM ID if you’d like.
-Shelley

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