My husband and I do foster care and i would like to talk to other foster parents???

Question

we have been in foster care for 2 and 1/2 yrs and we are adopting a sibling set of 2 teenagers. and i want to adopt more but i also want to adopt a baby or a younger sibling group!!!

Answer 1

My husband and I have been foster parents for 3 1/2 years now. In 2006 We got a call for a 5 day old baby & it was love at first sight! We got to adopt him when he was 15months old Praise the LORD! We now have another foster baby who is currently 7months old ( we got him straight from the hospital ) and it looks like we may get to adopt him also. I say go for it if you have the room in your heart to love a child. There are sooo many abused  & neglected children out there who need  love, stability & deserve a forever family! Best of luck!

Answer 2

I'm not a foster parent, but i grew up in foster homes. If oyu ever need a point of view from a foster child, im more than happy to help!

Answer 3

Thats great i wish we had adopted my foster brothers and sisters. Good luck

Answer 4

My hubby and I are foster parents and really wish there was a support group here where we live.  We have been going through a TPR for more than 1 year and are getting really frustrated with the system!  It sucks not having anyone to really talk to!  Good luck to you and hope all works out for the best.

Answer 5

Are you open to take legal risk/foster to adopt?  We have been foster parents for 1 1/2 years and when we started we were asked if we were willing to accept foster and legal risk children.  We said yes to all of it and we ended up getting legal risk newborns right from the hospital twice now.  Congratulations on the adoption and good luck!

Answer 6

We have six children of our own (mostly grown) and now suddenly find ourself fostering a little boy of 12 due to severe family problems.  Actually, he arrived today and is now sound asleep!

Answer 7

We are foster/adoptive parents.  We have been in foster care for almost 2 years now and have adopted one and are working on adopting another.  Honestly it will be difficult for you to adopt a baby through foster care but not completely impossible.  Do you have a foster parents support group in your community?  We are a small community, but we have put together a monthly meeting so we can be connected with other foster parents.  It is really nie because there are many other couples in foster care like us that cannot have their own bio children.  They all understand where we are and the frustrations we have with court...or anything dealing with the foster children process.

I love being a foster mom and love when we get calls.  But sometimes you just need another foster parent there to talk with!

Good Luck

Answer 8

We are also foster parents and would enjoy input on other situations.