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Here are some more tips…

-Let the holidays be a distraction…The “wait” in adoption stinks, there are no two ways around it…let the holidays be a pleasant and fun distraction and break from "adoption stress". The time flies during the holidays, and that is a good thing when you are waiting.

-Let yourself have a good cry once and while, but don’t let yourself be “down”. Celebrate with the children you already have (if any), and if not, enjoy your spouse or friends or siblings or parents or whoever else you enjoy in your... more

I have already written about tips for handling the holidays with a newly adopted child, so today I thought I would write a little about handling the holidays while you are still waiting for your child to come home.

We have been in this situation three times, and while it is not one I enjoyed, there are ways to make it a little easier.

For one, you probably should just accept the fact that you are going to be a bit more emotional than usual (if you listen closely you can hear the sound of my husband laughing…). The holidays are an emotional... more

Waiting…yuck. Waiting is an inevitable aspect of adoption, and one that is usually fairly stressful for adoptive parents. You wait on agencies to get things done, you wait on education and preparation classes, you wait on paperwork, you wait on government offices, you wait on medical tests, you wait for a referral, you wait for more information, you wait to be united with your child, you wait and wait and wait some more.

Even when everything goes smoothly, you are bound to run into some level of waiting with your adoption, because adoption is a process, which by nature, is... more