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We'll done and congratulations 👍
Sounds very like what me and my wife went through 6 years ago.
Slow process to start off with, then got approved at panel, and straight after our SW sat us down and told us about a little baby girl....
She's currently downstairs crafting a unicorn horn out of toilet rolls like her life depends on it.
Best decision we ever made.
Thank you so much for your messages, some wondedful comments amd offer which have really made me smile, and raise a tear.
It really is the first time I've felt proud of what we're doing.
She's a 2 and a half year old whirlwind Jekkyl and I can't blumming wait!
Bloody brilliant news LeeW. Wife and I foster and have had a couple of kids go on to be adopted, so very pleased it went so smoothly for you. We've two siblings who are staying with us long term for now. Our eldest (15) is due to land in New York any minute on a week long school trip which he's been super excited about. I've been showing his 6 year old sister where he is using Flight Radar tracker.
Made my day reading this.👍
Really need some like buttons on this forum.
Time for the STW post adoption group ride?
Time for the STW post adoption group ride?
That'd be a cracking idea! Can we bring the squirrels too?
And let him show me up??? 😁
Time for the STW post adoption group ride?
Like the sound of that.
I think there’s something about people who ride bikes that makes for a good adoptive parent. Willingness to put in the effort, suffer a bit and then get up the next day and do it all over again!
Bit overdue for an update on this, my daughter moved in 8 and a bit weeks ago. Bit difficult going through the introductions during lockdown, got stopped by police a few times asking where we were off to - they were genuinely brilliant. Unfortunately we couldn't do the usual things we're supposed to do during introductions, visits to parks, playgrounds etc. so we ended up living in the foster parents house a bit more than usual.
She'd lived with the foster parents for over two and half years, it had got to a point where called them mum and dad. difficult times as we tried to introduce ourselves as mum, dad and (the other half's 8 yo) big sister. Lots of early mornings getting to their house at silly o'clock for the morning routine then staying right through for the bed time routine. But we did it! 9am on the 3rd May we turned up, 30minutes later we were driving her home!
Being in lockdown and me being furloughed has helped hugely, being at home and not allowing anyone in the house meant the bonding process has worked beyond everyone's expectations. Couple of weeks of rocky bedtimes at first trying to break their routine but she's always asleep within 15min and always sleeps through to at least 6:30am! She eats and farts like a trooper - cool as we've got her potty training at the moment and those turtle breath clues are a wiffy god send! She loves dinosaurs, ducks and horses - is afraid of nothing! Loves the water, her scooter and balance bike!
We had a video call with the foster parents who clearly adore her, their only request was that we treat them like honorary aunt and uncle! (she was their first placement). We met them yesterday as advised by the Social workers and it was a blast! Feeding the swans in Stratford, she ran around with their other placements then waved them off, held my hand back to the car and asked if we could see the horses. That was the moment I knew she was mine. No real mention of foster parents since!
CBeebies is mostly great, got back in to Hey Duggie, Sarah and Duck is still brilliant. Kiri and Lou is genius, Justin Fletcher is still a cock and the Mum from Waffle the wonder dog is very cute, well worth putting up with the god awful show!
Down sides are I've spent a fortune on FB market place on stuff for both of them - found some absolute gems though, including £300 worth of Schleich for £50, and a massive box of Britains metal farm tractors for a tenner!
Two more weeks of this then we can apply for the adoption order.
Got very dusty in here
You & your partner are legends
Excellent update, and great that it's all going well 😎
We had a video call with the foster parents who clearly adore her, their only request was that we treat them like honorary aunt and uncle! (
We ended up getting really close to our daughter's foster parents, and in the end we asked them to be god parents to her.
They're like a 3rd set of grandparents, and we're so glad they're still in her/our lives.
That is brilliant OP - for you both and the child!
Brilliant news, and I’m really pleased it’s going so well. Those first few weeks are amazing.
Wonderful news - after 27 years in child protection, MrsMC has just moved to an adoption team, and the different kind of work and outcomes means she's a changed woman.
People like you are amazing. It's a hard road to go down, but well worth the journey.
Dusty. Well done.
Wonderful news – after 27 years in child protection, MrsMC has just moved to an adoption team, and the different kind of work and outcomes means she’s a changed woman.
I get this completely - and hats off to MrsMC as it's a bloody tough job - I believe all social workers have to do a minimum of two years in CP before they can move to the Adoption side which is a lot more heart warming. Our social worker is lovely, but a little bit dippy. Our daughter's Social Worker moved back in to CP over a year ago, and she's the complete opposite. Lovely but scary as ****! (she kept our daughter's case for continuity)
Jesus, the hayfever is bad this morning, eyes are terribly watery.
Awesome work OP, brilliant.
Nice!
Brilliant OP. Glad to hear things are going well.
Great work - well done to you both and all those doing similar wonderful things!
all the best and happy times for the LeeW family 😀 must have stubbed a toe!