[SherBear2528]

We just received photos from our kids' foster parents, and they only go back to about 2.5 yrs for one, and 3.5 for the other. There is an earlier one of them with **. They are 6 and 5 now.
I haven't asked my son's therapist's opinion yet, but I was wondering what others thought.
Should we include those photos or not in their photo albums?
After the neglect they suffered, I don't know that they should have to see her face every time they want to see pictures of themselves. But I want them to know that she exists and that they can see where they came from. I could crop the photo, but then that might create more issues down the road.
Opinions please.

[SchmennaLeigh]

Just a note: the letters B and M are astericked out when put together because many birthmothers find it offensive to be labeled the same as a bodily function.

[DianeScraps]

I have included the birthfamily of my adopted daughters in their lifebooks, but not in their regular 'scrapbooks'

We do have limited visits, and my 8 yr old keeps a small book for herself with pictures from those visits.

Diane

[StorkWatcher]

Ours is a slightly different situation, but...

We have one photo of our son's birthmom. We have only a semiopen arrangement, but we've never received communication from her. Because we don't know how she'd feel about it, we have her photo put away for our son. We've shown it to no one else. We talk about her in his scrapbook a little, but no photo of her there.

When he's older, he can decide if we want to do a page and include her in his baby album.

[MamaTo6]

We do not have pics or mention D in our sons regular scrapbook.

D and pics of her and our son are in his adoption life book.

You mentioned that the pics of your kids only go back to when they are toddlers. Can you find out what hospital they were born in? I went back and took pics of the hospital my son was born in so that he had a starting place. We also made hospital beaded wrist bracelets as a craft and included them in his lifebook.

[2manyks]

Diane
thanks for the ideas. i like the idea of a separate book for the other family.

[AmyAnne]

We included birth mom and birth dad photos at my son's request.