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some great advice i'll be taking has been suggested. we too have had photo albums of the time from birth until she came to live with me at 6months. it has pics of her with her foster mother, who she calls foster betty.
there are photos with me and her at a visit trip to Guatemala at age 3 months and with families also on their visit trip.
i have a lifebook developed for her age level, that we keep in the living room so she can look at it whenever she wants.
this past summer, before she turned 3, she told me a classmate's mom had a baby in her tummy. i took the opportunity - and it was scarey- to tell her she grew in blanca's tummy (her birthmom's name). she looked up at me and asked "did I tickle her?" i said, "yes you did". she giggled at that.
i realize that it's hard for me to say, "when i adopted you" or "you are adopted". i'm really focusing on starting to use that word, because someone is going to say it to her really soon. i want her to be ready.
our fears usually far outweigh reality. in this as in most of life, i've found.
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