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Our FD was not exposed to anything prenatally, and she, too gets into these screaming fits when we don't get to her soon enough. We call her our little diva, bc sometimes, she just wants to be picked up and carried, and there's nothing wrong. But if you don't know her, you'd think she's in some terrible pain or something, the way she starts squealing!
We let her scream for a bit before coming to her, and I try to have her calm down before I pick her up. I'll stand next to her and talk to her, motioning that I'm about to pick her up, but won't do it while she's screaming. Hopefully, she'll associate hushing up with getting what she wants, instead of the screaming being rewarded.
You can imagine our shock and panic the first couple of weeks we had her - she's our first placement, and we don't have any other kids!
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Karolina
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Hoping to adopt Hispanic or multiracial  or  under age 5
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11/29/1998~met soulmate 
5/8/03~Married DH 
May '08~Start Adoption journey
Oct 22, '08~Homestudy complete
Dec '08-July '09 ~ match w/ 2 bmoms, both fall through 
March 25 - April 25 ~ fost/adopt orientation, PRIDE training
June ~ passed over for 3 & 4 yo bros, M&Ms and for 4 yo M (photolistings) 
July ~ officially licensed foster parents 
Sept 14 ~ foster care orientation at next county over
Sept 28 ~  "V" coming to stay with us for a while!
Dec 11 ~ Baby V's disposition hearing
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Lil Guy
November '08 ~ meet w/ gma but don't pursue
July '09 ~ contact SW but unresponsive
November 5, '09 ~ meet w/ parents, want to place w/ us, GAL thinks it can work, DSS disagrees
November 23, '09 ~ hearing (atty wants to work with bio mom's plan! Waiting on next step...)
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