[sparkle1908]

I am wondering do you create a scrapbook to give to a child if you are adopting from the state? or if you are just adopting through a private agency?

I am interested in adopting a child 0-5 so would you do a scrapbook for that age range? What about a sibling group? do you do separate books for each so they can have their "own" book?

I'm not big on being in pictures but I do want to have a nice book on hand if needed.....

thanks for any advice!

[rredhead]

There are different types of scrapbooks.

An adoption profile is a scrapbook that the prospective adoptive parents make for the expectant parents, when adopting through a private agency, as a device for the e-parents to get to know more about them.

A lifebook is generally a scrapbook of the adopted child's life, from any point to any other point. For example, my son's lifebook includes a lot of the adoption paperwork we did, up until his birth, and then his baby book starts there. (We adopted him at birth in a private adoption.)

Then there's a book that some people make when they're adopting older kids from foster care. That's the book that introduces the prospective adoptive family so the kids have some idea of who they are, where they're going, etc. I'm not sure that has a formal name.

I think you're talking about the third. If you're targeting a young child, then I'd stick with one to three pictures per page, words in easy-to-read type (though the children don't read now, you can use it to help them read later), and keep it very, very simple.

Does that help?

[sparkle1908]

Originally Posted by rredhead

There are different types of scrapbooks.

An adoption profile is a scrapbook that the prospective adoptive parents make for the expectant parents, when adopting through a private agency, as a device for the e-parents to get to know more about them.

A lifebook is generally a scrapbook of the adopted child's life, from any point to any other point. For example, my son's lifebook includes a lot of the adoption paperwork we did, up until his birth, and then his baby book starts there. (We adopted him at birth in a private adoption.)

Then there's a book that some people make when they're adopting older kids from foster care. That's the book that introduces the prospective adoptive family so the kids have some idea of who they are, where they're going, etc. I'm not sure that has a formal name.

I think you're talking about the third. If you're targeting a young child, then I'd stick with one to three pictures per page, words in easy-to-read type (though the children don't read now, you can use it to help them read later), and keep it very, very simple.

Does that help?

Yes it does help a lot!!!

I still have a ways to go in the adoption process but the more I can start working on now, the better!!