{"id":53259,"date":"2018-12-02T05:01:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/my-experience-adopting-older-kids\/"},"modified":"2018-12-02T05:01:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-02T05:01:00","slug":"my-experience-adopting-older-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/de\/my-experience-adopting-older-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"My Experience Adopting Older Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"babyh-3405162133\" class=\"babyh-topleft babyh-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interserver.net\/r\/411851\" aria-label=\"EBIKES\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EBIKES.webp\" alt=\"EBIKES\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EBIKES.webp 748w, https:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EBIKES-300x201.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EBIKES-110x75.webp 110w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Over the years I\u2019d considered adopting. It was something that I had considered doing from the time I began imagining starting a family. However, every time I thought about it, there was always a reason not to go through with it. We didn\u2019t have the space. We didn\u2019t make enough money to support another kid. On top of all that, I had no idea where to begin. I never thought about it seriously enough to even talk it over with my husband. I\u2019d just tuck the thought away somewhere and forget about it until the next time it would pop up in my mind. Then things changed. Maybe it was because we had bought a bigger house. Maybe it was because our biological son was reaching an age where parenting didn\u2019t feel so overwhelming anymore. Maybe it was because we needed to feel like we were doing some good in the world at a time when things seemed really bleak. Whatever the reason, we jumped in head first and never looked back.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-my-experience-adopting-an-older-kid-4-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"daily mom parent portal my experience adopting an older kid 4\" class=\"wp-image-148303\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-my-experience-adopting-an-older-kid-4-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-my-experience-adopting-an-older-kid-4-960x640.jpg 960w, http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-my-experience-adopting-an-older-kid-4-696x464.jpg 696w, http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-my-experience-adopting-an-older-kid-4-630x420.jpg 630w, http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-my-experience-adopting-an-older-kid-4.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Having an older kid already, we didn\u2019t want to start over. Neither my husband nor I wanted to go back to the days of changing diapers and being up all night. So we decided the best way to grow our family was to look into adopting older kids. We did some research to see if adopting was actually realistic for us and we had a discussion with our then 10-year-old son. We talked with him about what adopting older kids would mean and how things would change for our family. He\u2019d always wanted a sibling and was over the moon excited about the idea, so we found an agency to help us navigate the process and get our foster care license. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">In order to adopt a child who is in foster care, you have to be a licensed foster home. The reason being that until an adoption is finalized, that child is still in the foster care system. The process to get licensed isn\u2019t complicated, but it is time consuming. There is a ton of paperwork, background checks, questionnaires, mandatory training classes, and a home study where a social worker inspects your house and basically asks your life story. For us, it took just shy of a year from when we initially contacted the agency until we became licensed. <\/p><div id=\"babyh-4024222698\" class=\"babyh-test-placement-from-wizard-678377226 babyh-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interserver.net\/r\/411851\" aria-label=\"USA NUTRITION IMPROVEMENTS\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8523136-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"USA NUTRITION IMPROVEMENTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8523136-scaled.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8523136-scaled-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8523136-scaled-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8523136-scaled-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8523136-scaled-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"babyh-1774085394\" class=\"babyh-test-placement-from-wizard-3612799500 babyh-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interserver.net\/r\/411851\" aria-label=\"USA NUTRITION IMPROVEMENTS\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8523136-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"USA NUTRITION IMPROVEMENTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8523136-scaled.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8523136-scaled-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8523136-scaled-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8523136-scaled-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.babyhealthandcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8523136-scaled-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Waiting to be licensed was hard. There were times when it felt like we would never be matched with a child. It was a frustrating year. A year of telling family and friends who didn\u2019t fully understand the process or why it was taking so long, \u201cNo, we aren\u2019t to the point of being matched,\u201d and, \u201cNo, we don\u2019t know how much longer it\u2019s going to take.\u201c It required a year of patience. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Unfortunately, there was more waiting after we got licensed. Because we wanted to adopt and not foster, we only considered children who the court considered \u201clegally free\u201d \u2013 children whose parents have had their rights terminated and need adoptive homes. I don\u2019t know how many profiles we read. For the children who seemed like they would be a good fit for our family, our case worker would reach out to their social worker and share our family\u2019s profile. There were a few times when we really got our hopes up, but each time we weren\u2019t the family chosen. No one really tells you to be prepared for the rejection on top of the waiting. It\u2019s rough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">There is a reason things take so long. These kids have already been through so much in their lives. The last thing they need is a quick decision being made about an adoptive family. It took a lot of patience and a lot of reminding ourselves that things have a tendency of working out the way they\u2019re supposed to in the end. And that\u2019s exactly what happened \u2013 eventually. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">About six months after our license was approved, we were finally chosen along with one other family to come in for what can be best described as an interview. We went in for the interview, and were asked numerous questions about ourselves, our family, and why we were interested in adoption. They told us more about the boy we would potentially be adopting and gave us a chance to ask questions. It went really well and we left feeling optimistic. It seemed like we would be a perfect match. So we were gutted when we received an email a few days later that they had chosen the other family. It was so disappointing. It was hard to come to terms with the fact that we weren\u2019t chosen. But we tried to think about how these kids waiting to be adopted must feel. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-my-experience-adopting-an-older-kid-5-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"daily mom parent portal my experience adopting an older kid 5\" class=\"wp-image-148304\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-my-experience-adopting-an-older-kid-5-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-my-experience-adopting-an-older-kid-5-960x640.jpg 960w, http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-my-experience-adopting-an-older-kid-5-696x464.jpg 696w, http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-my-experience-adopting-an-older-kid-5-630x420.jpg 630w, http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-my-experience-adopting-an-older-kid-5.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Fortunately for us, that\u2019s not the end of this story. Out of nowhere our case worker called a little over a week later and told us that the other family had backed out. They decided they weren\u2019t ready to pursue an adoption because of some personal issues. The boy\u2019s social worker had called her and asked if we would be interested in meeting him. Apparently, the adoption team had really liked both families, but had to pick one. When the other family backed out, we were their first thought. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">What ensued after that now seems like a whirlwind. There were day visits to the park and to get ice cream. Then visits at our house so he could see everything and get used to it a little bit before we had an overnight visit, and then entire weekend visits. At the start, the adoption team anticipated a slow transition from his current foster home to our home to give him time to adjust and feel comfortable. We weren\u2019t sure what that would mean in terms of an actual timeline. They hesitated to set dates for anything and make anyone feel pressure to meet those dates. The upside is that it left a lot of flexibility. The downside is that for about a month and a half we were in constant limbo. They would only schedule our visits with him about a week at a time, so for that month and a half we only knew our plans one week at a time. We couldn\u2019t commit to plans for anything else because we were never sure if we\u2019d be having a visit or not. And for most of that time we didn\u2019t have a set move in date. My husband and I both planned on taking some time off from work once he moved in, so we both had to tell our employers that at some point in the coming months we would need some time off work, but we had no idea when exactly that would be. For a planner like me, it was a high stress month and I\u2019m pretty sure my anxiety was at an 11 on a scale of 1 to 10. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Luckily things went really well and he moved in with us quicker than we anticipated. He was ready before anyone thought he would be and we were lucky to have a team that recognized that. He hasn\u2019t been with us that long, but he\u2019s already fitting right in. He and our biological son have a lot in common and love to play together. He loves to play Mario Kart with my husband. He loves hanging out with my parents, who he calls grandma and grandpa. And he loves to hop in the car and go just about anywhere, so he often hangs with me when I\u2019m out shopping. He\u2019s absolutely adorable. Everyone who meets him can\u2019t help but love him. I don\u2019t think he could be more perfect for our family. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-adopting-older-kids-5-768x960.jpg\" alt=\"daily mom parent portal adopting older kids 5\" class=\"wp-image-148305\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-adopting-older-kids-5-768x960.jpg 768w, http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-adopting-older-kids-5-960x1200.jpg 960w, http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-adopting-older-kids-5-1200x1500.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-adopting-older-kids-5-696x870.jpg 696w, http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-adopting-older-kids-5-1068x1335.jpg 1068w, http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/daily-mom-parent-portal-adopting-older-kids-5-336x420.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Even though we\u2019ve been lucky in a lot of ways, that doesn\u2019t mean this whole process hasn\u2019t been stressful and exhausting. We are mentally worn out from working to maintain connections with his former foster placement (who were friends of his biological family); shuttling him to therapy and doctor\u2019s appointments; managing social worker, case worker, and guardian ad litem visits; making sure he and our biological son both feel included and loved; and making him feel welcome and like he belongs in our family. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">This is the world of adopting older kids. It demands a lot of patience and a level of commitment that some days you feel like you don\u2019t have. But in the short time he\u2019s been with us he\u2019s blossomed. He\u2019s come out of his shell and is comfortable at home with us. He\u2019s doing better in school. He\u2019s laughing and happy. That\u2019s all because he\u2019s part of a family that absolutely loves him. Because of all that, when I lie down in bed at night and can\u2019t sleep because I feel overwhelmed, I wouldn\u2019t trade it for anything. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\"><strong>WANT TO READ MORE?<\/strong><br \/><strong>You might also like: 4 Signs You\u2019re Ready to Turn to Adoption<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><strong>GET MORE FROM DAILY MOM, PARENTS PORTAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Newsletter:&nbsp; Daily Mom delivered to you<br \/>\u2022 Facebook:&nbsp; &nbsp;@DailyMomOfficial<br \/>\u2022 <strong>Instagram<\/strong>: @DailyMomOfficial | @DailyMomTravel | @DailyMomFinds&nbsp;<br \/>\u2022 <strong>YouTube:<\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; @DailyMomVideos<br \/>\u2022 <strong>Pinterest<\/strong>:&nbsp; &nbsp;@DailyMomOfficial<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/my-experience-adopting.jpg\" alt=\"my experience adopting\" class=\"wp-image-148413\" width=\"368\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/my-experience-adopting.jpg 735w, http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/my-experience-adopting-696x1044.jpg 696w, http:\/\/dailymom.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/my-experience-adopting-280x420.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Photo Credit: &nbsp;Unsplash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years I\u2019d considered adopting. It was something that I had considered doing from the time I began imagining starting a family. However, every time I thought about it, there was always a reason not to go through with it. We didn\u2019t have the space. 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