[blankeyquilter]

I am new to this forum section. My dh & I were exploring to adopt internatonally but we are now convinced that the foster/adopt path to increase our family would be better for us. I am smom to two teenage girls and have been married to their father for 3 years. We want more children in our home and we have decided adoption is the best way to do this for several reasons but one main one is that we are both in our 40's. I had attended foster training meetings prior to getting married because I was divorced for over 5 years ands wanted children in my life. Then I met my husband and my life changed like I could never even imagine! We have given our family 3 years to adjust and solidify and now we are ready to increase our family. Our social worker completed her home visit a couple of weeks ago and told us that it would take her approximately a month to get the home study written up and the licensing approved. We are asking for girls, caucasian or ethnic mixed, under the age of three. Some questions were never really brought up in my training and I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on the following questions? How do you introduce your new fchild? Do you tell your family members and friends prior to actual meeting so they understand and not get the child uncomfortable? What do young children, under three, call their fparents? If they have visits with their bmom then they would be confused to have 2 "moms"? Thanks!