Thankyou for all of your replies.
I could use all of the support and advice i can get at this point. We live in Idaho, and had our homestudy completed by the Idaho Youth Ranch adoption services. We had originally planned on doing a trans-racial infant adoption, but soon thereafter decided special needs adoption is what we wanted to do more than anything. Our SW (who is from Idaho Youth Ranch) has just said to look for a child that matches our criteria, and let her know. I am looking, but how often does a person who inquires about a child seen in a photolisting actually get the chance to adopt that child? I have tried and tried to contact the department of health and welfare here in Idaho, but it seems as though if i am not willing to foster, then it isn't a priority to return my phone calls. When I did speak to someone about this matter, she basically said most of the children in Idaho who are up for adoption are 8 and older. Can you see where my frustration lies????
We have a biological son, but due to health difficulties on my part, we are unable to have anymore, so this is my first adoption experience. I feel like I have no idea what to do now, and it seems I am having a really hard time getting anyone around here to help me out. We are looking for a boy or girl under the age of 4 (prefferably younger) or a sibling group of 2 both under 5. We would consider mild to moderate correctable health issues, and would consider a child/children who were drug/alcohol exposed prior to birth depending on the situation. We are trying to be realistic about this, and are aware of some of the issues we will need to deal with, although it isn't always easy. Please feel free to shower me with all of the advice you can. I could really use it!!! Thanks again!!!!!!
