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Adoptation | Adapting to the process of adopting | Page 2
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February 3, 2010. 8212; adoptation @ 10:10 pm. Today, my wife and I visited our week-old son and continued our now-standard three visits. Tomorrow, we will visit once, to check him out of the hospital, sign the adoption papers, and take him with us. First, though, we hop into the hotel, and dive headfirst into keeping him healthy, happy and safe. I’ll have to apologize to the hotel staff in advance for the condition of the towels once we start our short stint in residence! February 1, 2010. 8212; adoptat...
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Rookie Season | Adoptation
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February 6, 2010. 8212; adoptation @ 3:22 pm. That said, we’ve made our first official rookie mistake. Because our baby is a preemie, keeping his temperature up is even more important than usual. He’s to be in at least one (often two) layers of clothes, and swaddled in one (sometime two) blankets, plus a hat and 70-something room temps. Not hard to remember, even easier to do. Feeling kind of stupid and very sorry, we put him into all cottons, wrapped him accordingly…and the sweating. 3 Comments ». We fi...
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We Three | Adoptation
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February 14, 2010. 8212; adoptation @ 5:19 pm. While we were out of state waiting for our adoption paperwork to move forward, the guest list was rock steady: my son, my wife, and me. The nearest friend or family member was at least a time zone away, and seemed to be sated by my daily uploads of digital photos and videos. Once we made it home, however, all bets were off everyone wanted to see the baby, in person,. But there were two sets of people who would simply not wait: the grandparents. My wife a...
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Not Quite Ours | Adoptation
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February 12, 2010. 8212; adoptation @ 9:48 pm. Among all the elation and contented feelings of sudden/at-long-last parenthood comes the occasional reminder that we are not quite done with the adoption process, and the baby is not quite ours. Luckily, there is too much joy radiating off of this kid to get too down on it. But the pile of paperwork still to be done continues to be in sharp focus, even if it’s seen only out of the corner of my eye. He. 3 Comments ». 8212; February 13, 2010 @ 1:59 pm. Letters...
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Snowed In | Adoptation
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February 11, 2010. 8212; adoptation @ 10:19 pm. So we looked out the window at the storm during the few moments when were weren’t staring at the baby. I did a little shoveling, but it didn’t bother me quite like it did last winter (or even earlier this season). A general feeling of contentedness ruled the day, and the way the storm slowed the overall pace of things was right on the money. 3 Comments ». 8212; February 12, 2010 @ 12:40 am. It’s all pretty amazing. 8212; February 12, 2010 @ 9:14 am. You are...
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24 | Adoptation
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February 5, 2010. 8212; adoptation @ 9:49 pm. For the first time in his young life (and our somewhat older ones), my wife and I got to spend 24 hours straight with our son. We had to wake up every 3 hours for sessions that included taking his temperature, changing his diaper, and feeding him (approx. 30 min. total), followed by swaddling and a bit of holding/rocking him before he and we went back to sleep. But we were and are happy. We are and continue to be grateful to have this baby in our life....
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Baby, I’m Yours | Adoptation
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February 4, 2010. Baby, I’m Yours. 8212; adoptation @ 5:13 pm. To my son,. Today your mom and I signed the papers that make you officially ours but they’re really a formality, because we’d both become yours already. I’m not going to pretend that we don’t all have some challenges ahead. You’re adopted, which means there are even. 4 Comments ». Your words on this blog are very moving. It’s amazing what many of us have to go through to become a family. 8212; February 4, 2010 @ 9:48 pm. You are commenting us...
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One More Time, With Feeling: June 2011
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Sunday, June 26, 2011. Today, I think Cate woke up on the wrong side of the bed. She had a rough day. She didn't want to eat, she didn't want her pacifier, she didn't want her thumb. She didn't want to sit in her bouncy chair, sit in her swing, lay on her play mat, or take a nap. She wanted to be held. All. Day. In other news, I decided to stop pumping, then changed my mind, then changed it again, then changed it again. So I'm still pumping. For now. :). I have a whole post coming (when I find time!
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Scene Change | Adoptation
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February 9, 2010. 8212; adoptation @ 11:35 pm. On Monday morning, we were woken up around 9:30am not by a crying baby, but by a ringing phone. 8220;You’re cleared to go home. Congratulations! But no, we could go. I shook my wife awake, explained that there were no more steps this was. 8230;we were home. Really home. All three of us. As a family. Boarding pass just for our baby. Just a little more than half a day after the call that we were free to go, and we were in our house, with our baby. Real It was ...
