Over on the Hoping to Adopt Blog, Faith wrote about adopting a sibling, and how kids can react to the idea of bringing another child into the family.

Sam was all of two-and-a-half when we brought Cj home, too young to form opinions on issues as big and life-altering as becoming a big brother some might think, but he was thrilled to bits and had been all through our waiting process. With every... more

Catherina had her baby today!

It's a boy, as expected, after a very easy labor and delivery ... although she's not into looking at it that way yet ... and mother and baby are doing very, very well. Father has survived the experience.

More details to follow!

Even though this blog is about older adoptive parents, there's no way I can let the story of the 60-year-old woman who gave birth to twins pass without a glance. (Just for the record, Frieda Birnbaum is not the oldest woman to have twins. That title goes to Maria del Carmen Bousada Lara, a Spanish woman who was seven days away from her 67th birthday when she gave birth to two boys in 2006.)

Talk on... more

I've been blogging here on Adoptionblogs.com for well more than a year now ... a bit longer on the International Adoption Blog than this one, but in this community, nonetheless.

For months I've been writing at least 43 posts per month per blog, which is a heck of a lot of words to string together, and I'll admit there are days when the work is as hard as trying to draw water from a dry well.

It's not the writing that has me pacing, pulling out my hair and ferreting through the Internet like ... well, like a hungry ferret out to find a few tasty tidbits that might also provide some nourishment. I can manage... more

A few months have passed, so I've overcome the trauma of Cj's attempt at preschool ... sort of ... and have been thinking of trying it again.

She so loves going to Sam's school, happily running in, meters ahead of me, then waving her way along until she reaches his classroom. With a shout of, "Brother!" she runs into... more

We celebrate many occasions in my house: four birthdays, one Christmas, three days of Cambodian New Year, one love-at-first-glance anniversary, one wedding anniversary, two family days, and even a Thanksgiving when I can get my hands on a turkey. May the 17th is a big day, too. Although it is my niece's birthday, an event worth noting, there's another reason the day gets a big woo hoo! around here: it's my Not Dead Day.

On... more

Another old broad has adopted an infant, and it's making news. Considering how many of us there are doing it these days ... adopting at an older age is what I mean by 'doing it", as I'm sure you know ... you might think this would pass unnoticed, or at least uncommented-upon, but that's not the case. Headlines are shouting the news from the rooftops, and ... more

My husband is a passionate man. Although much of what gets my dander up rolls off him like water off a duck's back, the things he does care about get his whole heart and soul. His kids are the light of his life, and our family is at the center of his world. The only thing that he'll voluntarily ... and enthusiastically, I'll add ... sign up for that puts distance between him and his family is fishing. Although the charm of bobbing around in a tiny boat for hours on end as it fills with wriggling, smelly fish escapes me... more

Today was for Sam. He's on school holidays for three weeks ... year-round schooling here, so it's shorter breaks more often instead of a straight three months once a year ... and he's been SO good and helpful.

A couple of days on the beach at Grandma's with his cousin Emilie had him pretty well pooped and needing some R&R at home last week, but too much of the time he's been patiently waiting for me to stop working, shut... more

Is it harder to be a kid in 2007 than it was in 1987? Is it harder to parent a kid now than it was then? An article out of the UK points out what may be a clue to why today's children might be less likely to connect with life on important levels.

A long-term study conducted by the Institute of... more