It’s Worse Than Being Pregnant
Now that I have made the decision to have children again, the waiting is killing me. It’s only been a little over a month and I am already champing at the bit. I think that the reason I started this blog was to give myself something productive to do while I finish training, homestudy, etc.
So many questions are going through my mind. Will it be a girl or a boy? I don’t really have a preference as I had 2 of each of my own. How old will they be? Should I start getting toys for younger children or stocking up on games for an older child? At least when you are pregnant, you know it is going to be a BABY!
I have started collecting furniture for the kids rooms. I have to go pick up 2 beds that someone gave me from the Freecycle list. Then I just need dressers for one room and I will be set. I don’t want to go too crazy as I am sure that my son or daughter will want to have some say over their room decorations but at the same time, I want it to be welcoming and cozy.
When you are pregnant, you may question whether you will be a good parent but you don’t usually have to worry about whether the baby will like you. Do the children realize that we worry as much about whether they will like us and our home as they do? Do other foster parents worry about whether the kids will like you or is it just me?
Yes, I am all a twitter today. I am not good at waiting, I want to DO SOMETHING! I have been searching out foster care and adoption blogs and I thought I would share some of them. I post these with a word of warning, if you are the least bit interested, you cannot read just one post. I find myself reading for HOURS.
Never A Dull Moment — With 12 kids in the house, I can easily believe that there is never a dull moment. This will give you some insight into being a foster parent.
Adopting Through Foster Care a wonderful, sad, happy blog that tells the story of two moms and their foster daughter Niblet. This one will break your heart but it also gives you a good idea of what it’s like to work “in the system.”
I am going to close with that as I just spent over an hour reading. I need sleep…
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hi, i think that foster parenting is a noble vocation. it’s admirable that one can be a parent without really being a biological parent. it takes a loving heart to do such a thing.