Scared...Need Some Encouragement!
Hi Everyone,
Over the weekend my husband finally said YES to adopting from China after discussing it for months and now I'm getting cold feet. I'm worried about the homestudy...I'm not thrilled with the idea of someone coming in and judging the way we live. Not that there's anything wrong with how we live; I'm just the type of mom who hates hearing any kind of criticism, like when my mother-in-law says I should have my son potty-trained by 18 months. Am I crazy to be worried? Are the social workers really picky and overly critical?
I'm also worried about the paperchase. Is the work completely overwhelming? I'm stressing over it more than I stressed about my master's thesis. I can't start the process until August at the earliest (6 months before both dh and I are 30), but I'm already getting headaches thinking about the paperwork. Again, am I fretting over nothing?
Maybe I'm just suffering from sleep deprivation...I've got a 2 year old and a 4 month old.
-Mary in Ohio :-)
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