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Barb,
I also applaud you for putting your children first. We spent a while before pursing another adoption being sure our kids could deal with a new child at all. We talk a lot about ages and risks with our caseworker. So far we feel that our biggest issue is the constant reminder that children under 9 are harder to come by. Seems odd given how horrrific some of the scenarios are. Maybe some should be removed a lot sooner!!!! We went to committee on a boy in Idaho, but knew ahead of time that the caseworker was going to recommend he stay with his current placement.
SF baymom-
We were licensed late July, but looked out of state when we were discouraged by our caseworker here. The boy we matched with in our state was available, but they did not present our homestudy to his worker because he is out of county and no one bothered to look!!! We were licensed in Illinois ten years ago and adopted our son there. I think we have a strong-ish homestudy because of our experiences with him and ten years of parenting foibles. We also have an eight year old birth daughter. We hope to know more soon about whether he is a good match for us. We also were told we were the only family being presented for his "best interest" staffing. His two younger sibs have been adopted already. The whole process is filled with waiting and frustration, but the kids are worth it.
Karen
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