Blog About Adoption
Welcome to Lifetime Adoption’s blog about adoption. Lifetime Adoption is a domestic adoption agency with almost 40 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. Almost 40 years later, her successful adoption program guides families through each step of the adoption process, 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 browsing our adoption website.
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 all aspects of open adoption.
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.
To start with domestic adoption, you can complete our free application on our adoption website today. If you have questions, give us a call at 727-493-0933 and speak with one of Lifetime’s adoption professionals.
Adoption Preferences
When the topic of adoption preferences comes up, one of the most common questions we hear is: Question: "We've already bought a lot of things for a girl, but we’d be open to a boy or girl. Is it OK to hope we adopt a girl?" Answer: Lifetime Adoption advises waiting...
How to Choose the Best Adoption Crowdfunding Platform
With their explosive growth and effectiveness, crowdfunding sites have changed how we finance many things. Expanding a family in any way is beautiful, and adoption touches so many people around the world. However, adopting a child can be expensive. The expenses that...
The Ultimate Infant Care How-to Guide for Dads-to-Be
Fathers play an essential role in adoption. In recognition of Father’s Day coming up this weekend, I'm sharing basic infant care and baby safety tips for adoptive dads-to-be. From the Lifetime Adoption family to yours, Happy Father’s Day to all the men who make a...
A Glimpse Behind the Scenes – How Birth Mothers Pick You
Many hopeful adoptive parents wonder why a birth mother chooses the parents she does. In modern adoptions, birth mothers have a variety of reasons for selecting a particular adoptive family. At Lifetime, we've witnessed families being selected because they...
Lifetime Adoptive Couple’s Story on Love What Matters
Over here at Lifetime, we love to read (and share!) heartwarming adoption stories. So we were thrilled to see one of our adoptive families featured on the website Love What Matters! Florida adoptive couple Stephen and Shasta's adoption story is certainly a...
Domestic vs International Adoption: Which is Best for You?
If you're interested in adopting a child, you need to decide if you want to adopt internationally or domestically. There are significant differences between these two types of adoptions. So read on for some basics you should know about domestic vs international...










