Many mothers who place children go on to have other children in life. This is probably something you don’t consider in open adoption, that someday you will have to explain to those subsequent children you are raising about the child you placed.

Some people, like Dr. Abby, believe that it’s best to wait and explain it when the child is older and can understand t he consequences of sex. But, this really doesn’t make sense in an open adoption, when your children will be able to have some sort of relationship. Plus, as we all have heard before, keeping things like this as... more

Back in March, Lani (the co-founder of BirthMom Buds) and I were asked to conduct a workshop at the 21st Annual South Carolina Adoption Conference.

We quickly said yes and knew this was an experience we could not pass up. The conference was scheduled for May and was in Myrtle Beach, SC. Lani and I were not only excited about the opportunity but about a girl’s only trip to the beach!

So, we began to prepare for our presentation. We would be presenting information to social workers and adoption professionals.... more

It feels like the national conversation, or buzz, seems to focus on adoption more often now than in previous years. While it could be I notice it more now because I’m an adoptive mom, I feel it’s also because of the celebrity baby boom.

Photos and stories of celebrity parents and their kids are plastered in magazines, web sites and TV shows. Heck, I’ve even caught the fever and busted myself checking out Rebel Dad and Celebrity Baby Blog to see... more

It's that time again, cold and flu season. Just this morning I was up to my elbows in puke and diarrhea diapers. Sometime during the night Craig woke up and vomited all over his bed, Elmo doll, carpet and toys. Jay's been under the weather himself as well.

The washer, dryer and carpet cleaner are getting a workout this morning.

If you're a first time parent, knowing how to take care of your little ones when sick might be new territory.

If you're an adoptive parent in an open adoption relationship - it would be good to talk to your... more

When a fellow birth mom told me that the editors of A Personal Touch On.... Adoption were looking for stories, I submitted my personal story as well as emailed the editors and offered to help in any way I could. I knew a compilation of adoption stories like this would be something I wanted to be a part of.

I began to email with Peter Berlin, one of the editors. Peter and his business partner, Jerry Stone, formed the Personal touch series a year ago. Their first book was A Personal Touch on…Celiac Disease (The #1 Misdiagnosed... more

On Sunday, September 17th at three PM pacific time, fellow birthmom Melanie Mosberg will be featured on the Let’s Talk Adoption Radio Show hosted by Mardie Caldwell.

Let’s Talk Adoption is a half hour, weekly radio show hosted by adoptive Mom and founder of the Lifetime Foundation, Mardie Caldwell. The show features guests from all members of the triad. Through her interviews with guests, listeners are educated and supported no matter what their role in the triad may be. Topics covered on the show range... more

I read an interesting article on open adoption that was in the Contra Times on Friday. Entitled “Rewire Your Thinking on Adoption,” journalist Kelly Corrigan overall did a good job attempting to try and rewire the brains of her readers. She speaks of the old days when adoptions were kept secret, girls sent off to have babies, and records of the adoption forever gone and compares... more

I love this book and think it’s a pretty good book for adopted children whether its an open or closed adoption, it is still appropriate.

"Never Never Never Will She Stop Loving You, the Adoption Love Story of Angel Annie", by Jolene Durrant is a children’s book that explains adoption. The book starts off talking to “Annie’s child” by telling him he is special because he has 2 mothers. The book talks of Annie’s special love for her child, how she took care of him before he was born... more

I found an adoptive mom’s story about her children’s two open adoptions while searching Adoption.com for ‘open adoption’.

The adoptive mom had experienced infertility and she and her husband decided adoption was the path to becoming a family. The day they met the biological parents of their first child was also the day she found out her only sister had been murdered.

This family bond goes from semi-open adoption to full open adoption during their correspondence about the adoptive mom’s sister’s murder and when they exchange last names and addresses at the doctor’s office because the biological mom needed an emergency contact.

It goes on to talk about their second... more

Return to Korea is a blog written by an adopted woman who, like the title suggests, is going back to the country she was born in. She’ll be there for three weeks experiencing the culture and hoping to reunite with her birth family.

This blog does not focus on open adoption, but I found it interesting and thought I’d share.

You can read her daily posts here.