Foster baby

A friend got a call today that she’s getting her first placement as a foster parent: a newborn baby boy. Her questions made me want to put together a list of suggestions to ask if you’re picking up a newborn. These are different than the questions you might ask for the placement of an older child.

Fostering Babies - Must Haves - 12 Things to have on hand before fostering newborns and infants, plus 12 things you may not have thought of to have...

Do you want to start fostering? We're sharing the practical items that every practical items every foster parent should have on hand.

In our state, all perspective foster and adoptive families are required to complete a checklist of characteristics as part of the home study. Couples and individuals must determine the “type…

With the possibility (let’s be honest, probability) of the children leaving, I’ve had this inner desire to make them more real to the outside world as if that would somehow prove they w…

On Friday, my friends and family gathered around me, gave me gifts, words, and encouragement. They gave me their support and rejoiced with me (and Luke) for walking in faith to the unknown of foste…

Before you bristle too hard at the title, stick with me. Back when Milkman and I started our journey to welcome non-biological children into our home, it was with one goal in mind: adoption. We kne…

Finding purposeful ways to bond with an adopted infant will decrease or eliminate the impact of reactive attachment disorder after the adoption process.

I remember receiving what must have been a dozen phone calls over the course of a week… just waiting for a placement. We waited… and waited… and waited. I thought, “Surely, there is a child out there for us. During training classes, we heard nonstop about the great need for willing families.”

Check out our Fostering First Placement Experience! We give you a take on our experience as foster parents! Are you planning to adopt through fostercare?