What they DON'T tell you on prep groups!

This is a blog of the things we have learned as a new adoptive Mum and Dad to three children under the age of five. For 'Mum' you can read 'Dad' and 'parent'. It is also a record of some of the things no-one told us on the prep groups. Some of it is what children get up to in general and some of it is adoption-specific. Regardless, it should be an interesting read for any parent, prospective and adoptive. Feel free to add your comments, which I shall publish.

4 Jan 2011

Being an adoptive Mum is...

...speaking to other adoptive mums about this blog and about how it makes them feel normal.  It is something we don't feel very often.  I think that we all feel most of the things I have posted, but we don't talk about them too often as we don't want to admit the weakness that we / society perceive comes with the feelings.  But we DO have the feelings, they are NOT weaknesses and they ARE normal given the circumstances
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2 comments:

  1. Lucy4 January 2011 at 11:48

    I think one of the things one has to learn as an adoptive mama, in my experience, is how to try and live in a bubble - not worrying how things should be, what is normal, what is abnormal, what other people can do - and just work on accepting the children and the life one has together with them. My life is so much better now I just accept us (our feelings, our way of life, our strengths and weaknesses) as we truly are.

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  2. MaryAndMungo4 January 2011 at 19:10

    Lucy, well done on getting to that point, good for you and your family. I am struggling to get there and I will one day!

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