Adoptive Families Blog Archives

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...

A name is important because it carries memory and meaning — it holds identity. Hopeful adoptive parents sometimes...

Before open adoption gained popularity in the 1980s, there was another adoption experience known as closed adoption....

When you begin the adoption process, your adoption professional will ask you several questions to determine your...

Adopting and raising special needs children is a big decision. A child who exhibits physical, emotional, or mental...

It's November, which means we're celebrating National Adoption Awareness Month! In recognition of this special month,...

When most people think of adoption, they imagine adoptions of the past when closed adoption was the norm. Society's...

My infertility story was even more tragic because of my childhood. As the eldest of five children, I grew up with...

In an emotional adoption video that's since gone viral, birth mother Hannah explains to her newly-born son that...