Blog About Adoption
Welcome to Lifetime Adoption’s blog about adoption. Lifetime Adoption is a domestic adoption agency with over 35 years of experience creating families through infant adoption. We specialize in domestic adoption, which generally involves adopting a newborn or child up to six. As one of the top adoption agencies in America, we’ve made the dreams of parenthood come true for thousands of couples across the nation.
Our founder, Mardie Caldwell, established Lifetime after experiencing the joy of parenthood through adoption. Caldwell designed Lifetime’s successful adoption program to be what she needed when adopting her son. Over 35 years later, her adoption program guides families through each step of the way, educating and preparing hopeful adoptive parents for their Lifetime Adoption. Caldwell is also an adoption author; she has written six books and created this blog about adoption.
Open adoption is the most common type of domestic adoption today. In a modern open adoption, the birth parents select the adoptive parents for their baby. They view profiles and talk with adoptive couples before making their choice. After the adoption placement, there is usually some form of contact, from sharing pictures and supplying updates on the child to in-person visits once a year. Both the birth parents and the adoptive parents come to an agreement about what the post-adoption contact will be. You can learn much more about what open adoption looks like by reading this blog about adoption.
After deciding that they’d like to expand their family through adoption, most hopeful adoptive parents start prioritizing financial planning, researching adoption agencies, and reading up on open adoption. Lifetime’s blog about adoption covers articles on the adoption process, open adoption, parenting, financial, transracial adoption, and more.
Adoption can give you the family you’ve been praying for. It can be the most incredible journey and give you the greatest of blessings: a child of your own. As a hopeful adoptive parent, you’re able to provide a child with a happy, loving home. Read our adoptive families blog about adoption and get info on birth parents, what to expect in open adoption, adoption costs, and how to enjoy your adoption journey.
Lifetime can help you successfully adopt a baby or child, completing an Adoption for a Lifetime! To start with domestic adoption, you can complete our free application today. If you have questions, give us a call at 727-493-0933 and speak with one of Lifetime’s adoption professionals.
How Long Does the Adoption Process Take?
As you begin your adoption journey, it's normal to wonder how long it will take to adopt a baby. The wait can be frustrating when you are eager to grow your family. How long does the adoption process take? Since every adoption is unique, the details of the birth...
Financial Assistance for Adoption
After they begin considering adoption, many hopeful parents are left facing the same question: How are we going to afford this? Can we get financial assistance for our adoption? Cost can be a roadblock for many families pursuing adoption. Fortunately, there are...
10 Tips for Your First Conversation with a Birth Mother
Once a birth mother decides she’d like to chat with you for the first time, you might be both ecstatic and terrified. What do you say? What should you ask? How much is too much? You want to make a good first impression, but will your nerves get the better of...
Newborn Care: What to Expect With Your Adopted Baby
Many new adoptive parents are surprised at the adjustment to having a newborn baby. Those first few months of newborn care could be challenging, but knowing what to expect can make it easier. While it’s necessary to prepare for the details required to adopt...
Ethical Adoption: How Lifetime Ensures Your Adoption is Safe, Legal, and Successful
Advocating for children is the heart and soul of what we do as adoption professionals at Lifetime Adoption. Our educated, knowledgeable, and compassionate adoption professionals provide a strong foundation for successful adoptions that benefit all in the adoption...
The ICPC Wait in Adoption: What to Expect
Since most hopeful parents work with a national agency to make their dreams of adoption come true, they adopt a baby from another state after being chosen by a birth mother. Besides traveling to the birth mother's state and the two state's laws involved, another...
