If you’re here, chances are you’ve already walked through the beauty and complexity of adoption once, and you might be wondering if it’s time to do it again. Maybe you feel that tug on your heart to grow your family. Maybe you’re sensing God stirring something new. Or maybe you’re just curious, ...
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Cocooning and Attachment in Early Placement
Cocooning is another adoption buzz word, which describes a very intensive care season, in which the adoptive parents are not only the primary caregivers, but the only ones to hold, feed, change, touch, rock and play with the baby. In this season, adoptive parents greatly limit introducing new people ...
When the Call to Adoption Means More than Parenting
Most of the families I connect with share that their adoption journey was primarily motivated by their faith in some way. Even if fertility played a factor in their journey to adoption, they felt that the Lord laid adoption on their hearts- sometimes years before- and this is an answer to the call ...
I don’t feel like giving thanks.
Tis’ the season to be thankful, amirite? With Thanksgiving being tomorrow, there’s a part of me that has been eagerly waiting for this day to pass on through, a bit of turkey, a little bit of watching the Viking’s lose, a lot a bit of family and desserts, potentially watching people play games - ...
Embryo Adoption Story: Matthew and Kati
Today I'm thrilled to share a first. This past Spring. Christian Adoption Consultants welcomed our first-ever baby through embryo adoption! I was blessed to work with his parents, Matthew and Kati, as they walked through the process of adopting sweet Josiah as an embryo, going through the frozen ...
National Adoption Month
For those in the adoption community, you are probably aware of National Adoption Month. National Adoption Month was officially established in 1995 as an extension of National Adoption Week, which was founded in 1984. The tradition of drawing a smiley face on your hand to support adoption is part of ...
