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10-14-2007, 05:37 PM
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Adopting an Older Child
I can not believe it, but we are going to go back for number 3. After having 2 very smooth adoptions in Samara, I am not sure what to expect this time, as it will be 3 years after our last adoption in 2005. Our daugher is 3 1/2 and our son is 4 1/2. We are looking to adopt a 6-8 year old.
I am looking for any advice from those of you who have adopted older children, the good and bad. I have read so many posts in the past almost 5 years, but many were not pertinent at the time. We are in the very beginning stages and will not start the process until the start of 2008 (which is not that far away). One option we are considering is a hosting program, found one agency who is still doing that. I will be contacting agencies over the next month, as ours no longer facilitates adoptions in Russia. If you worked w/ a good agency and adopted an older child, please PM me. Thanking you in advance. Cheryl
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10-14-2007, 07:55 PM
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good luck I hope all works out. We also fell in Love with Samara.
Kimberley
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Emery adopted from St. Petersberg @15months old 2003 7 months start to finnish Emma from Samra adopted ara @17month old 2007 34 months start to finnish
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10-14-2007, 08:05 PM
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Don'thave time to chat now but we've done nothing but older child adoptions. 7 total. Ask away. Write me privately as I have a ton of info for you. What are you looking for...boy/girl? I know of many available. Older kids, that is 4 & older are so much harder to place just based on age. So much to say but have some paperwork to do tonight. Write me privately, give me a day or two to get back to you and I'll fill you w/ more info than you want---LOL.
Take care,
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Stephanie 2 from Orenburg, Russia (June 1999) 2 from Stavropol, Russia (May 2004) 1 from Belgrade, Serbia (Feb. 2005) 2 from Murmansk, Russia (Nov. 2006) 3 from Bulgaria (TBA 2010)
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10-15-2007, 07:00 AM
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All the best to you...I have no expereince in an older child adoption but tons of experience with PI issues that can be more common in older children. My biggest suggestion is to research disrupting birth order...especially because you have two much younger children already in the home. There are some other sites that have more info on older child adoptions...I'll pm you those. Plus the general special needs adoption board here is a wealth of information on this subject.
Good luck.
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Proud Mommy to two...who have taught me I can not change their pasts but I can change me and the way I parent them~ *Yaya~My Siberian Sweetie ~born in 2001~Home 2002~Now 8 and a 'Tween', and in 3rd grade. She's all girl!!!  *Bubbs~My Samaran Sunshine~born in 2003~Home 2004~now 6, in Kindy and such a sweet, silly & special boy!  'My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to, your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small, You never need to carry more than you can hold, and while you're out there getting where you're getting to, I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too, Yeah, this, is my wish.' ~"My Wish" by Rascal Flatts
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10-15-2007, 08:51 AM
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no advice here. i think it's always great when people consider an older child.
like karen suggested, i would definitely do research on the birth order thing.
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"As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things." Ecclesiastes 11:5
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