Its here again; the weekly round-up of adoption blogs from single adopters.
We’ve tracked down all the single adopter bloggers we can find, and we always welcome newcomers so please do get in contact.
MeandMiniMees: The chat – the vulnerabilities of our teen children are gut wrenchingly exemplified in this post.
AdoptiveBlackMom: My 4th Mother’s Day – a post about how complicated this day is for both mum and daughter.
It’s here again! SiABlo week 9 kicks off today.
At the start of the long Easter weekend, what have all the single adopters been writing about this week? What were our challenges, and what stories do we have to share? What can we learn from each other, and what insights do our experiences have for couples and prospective adopters?
Message me to add the link for your blog to the round up below.
SuddenlyMummy: Sensory processing: after the assessment part 2 – a post that looks at the physical implications for our children; a topic not often talked about.
Starfish and Me: Dear church family – a heartfelt plea from a single adopter to her church family on why her life is different, and how she needs their support.
AnotherMountain: The darkness – about the darkness that comes from waiting for a child to come into your family from a single adopter in the process for the second time.
My Little Lady and I: Dear mummy; remember this letter – a reminder of what it’s like to be a toddler written from a toddler’s perspective.
Sarah Fisher: Refusing to give in - The 4th pillar of Non-Violent Resistance.
mumdrah: Hot smoked mackerel – this adopter’s feelings about what self care is, and how it helps restore a sense of who she is.
SiABLo Week 8 – our single adopter blog round up is open for the eighth consecutive week! A few new ones this edition.
Much love and patience to you all over the Easter holidays.
Adoptive Mum Battling: A battle too many – all those cracks in the services and support our families need that our kids can fall into, from a single adopter of teens.
BlackAdoptiveMum: My Triggers Pt2 – the frustrations of academic learning, school, and grades.
MeandMiniMees: Hide and seek – this post explores and unpicks a fascinating insightful theme for our kids. It’s a must read!
Sarah Fisher Coaching: Understanding de-escalation – a look at some NVR techniques around de-escalation from this single adopter and coach.
mumdrah: Hemmed in – when all attempts at finding solutions to the root causes of conflict fail. Because there is no immediate solution to trauma.
Shall we add a weekly ‘important single adopter other news’ slot? Why not!
Feel free to suggest entries for this in future.
Here is the final report on CPV published this week, via the wonderful Al Coates’ blog ‘Misadventures of an adoptive dad’. Great work!
SiABlo week 7 is open!
Our little single adopter community is becoming stronger week by week. The support we have for each other is something I cherish deeply. How many more of us are there out there that we don’t know about? Find our list of single adopter accounts on twitter here.
And now, here are the blogs for this week. Find the thumbnail code to put onto your page below:
MeandMiniMees: Through the fog – this blog written after a night of searching the streets for his missing son captures the internal tension of keeping our teen kids safe.
ImperfectlyPerfectMother: Pre-adoption me versus Postadoption Me – explores life and the changes she has seen with a post that looks at things through two sets of eyes.
Angie via Caritas: Dear Adopter, Love Angie – a single adopter reflects on becoming a mum.
Befuddled Mum: Testing boundaries and planning to contain – how setting limits and following them through worked for this single adopter of a teen.
Suddenly Mummy: Sensory processing; after the assessment – explores the insights and impacts of a sensory assessment completed by an occupational therapist.
mumdrah: Three legged stool – exploring the three main pillars of being a mum in an adoptive family.
It’s SiABlo Week 6 already!
Here’s hoping we have a good line up of blogs for you to read through. Here’s hoping that couple adopters realise that the trials and tribulations of single adopters have a lot of helpful advice and insight that is deeply relevant for their families.
I’m wondering – shall we have a theme week for #SiABlo week 7? Message me or leave a comment here if you have any suggestions.
ImperfectlyPerfectMum: The single adopter’s guide to birthday survival - birthdays aren’t easy in adoptive families. Here are some great observations on helping the day along.
MeandMiniMees: Saturated - dedicated to all those who are trying their best with their children.
SuddenlyMummy: Fists of fire - “if you could have a superpower, what would it be?”. SuddenlyMummy explores her son’s response to that question.
AdoptiveBlackMom: An anxious life – this single adoptive mom has been learning to live with anxiety since her daughter arrived.
Another Mountain: A thank you – matching is hard. Failed matches are a rollercoaster, and even harder when you go through them alone. Support is vital.
mumdrah: Bin Bags – it’s eleven years since cht arrived at my door with bin bags full of her things; and it still happens today.
The weeks fly by! SiABlo Week 5 is open for business.
Here we try and collate all the blogs from single adopters under one roof for easy reading. If you are a single adopter or an adoptee to a single parent and want to contribute, please message me with your blog post URL to be added; no technical link tools here yet – but we do have a thumbnail button to add to your post; grab the html code below.
Old posts or new; we don’t mind! Maybe next week we could even set a theme (suggestions welcome).
ImperfectlyPerfectMother: Too many words means the well runs dry - sometimes as a single adopter there is so much to express that you can’t find the words to say it all.
AdoptiveBlackMom: Hope and worry - a self reflection on this single adopter mum’s first 1,140 days of being a parent.
Befuddled Mum: 2 steps forward and 1 step back – on stepping back, picking up the pieces, and supporting our older kids to move forward in their lives.
Another Mountain: I imagined you - a deeply intimate description of how the matching process takes us on imagined emotional journeys with children we will never meet.
mumdrah: Fake news – exploring how life is when your inner voice is a high alert saboteur. On amygdalas, guard dogs and the size owl.
Here is the weekly round up of Single Adopter Blogs for #SiABlo Week 4
To link up, message me with the URL of your post, and grab the button code below to add the thumbnail.
ImperfectlyPerfectMother: The fortress of solitude - when managing your own internal reactions takes over the managing of external events.
MeandMiniMees: I’m sorry – an honest list f the things adopters find themselves saying sorry for to those people that don’t understand their kids.
Another Mountain: Matching - on the wall of silence one single adopter experienced between the process of approval and matching.
Suddenly Mummy: It’s all gone quiet over here – about the peace that has descended on the house of a ‘dual role’ adopter and foster carer between placements.
Sarah Fisher: De-escalation: will it solve all our problems? on how de-escalation is just a part of the jigsaw of NVR
AdoptiveBlackMom: My triggers - on snapping, and digging deep into a situation to understand what is really going on for us.
My Single Adoption: Joy that comes from letting go - about recognising that you are ‘carrying more than you can handle’, and stripping it down.
mumdrah: Holes - a post describing the holes we can all so easily fall into every day while dealing with trauma.
Welcome to #SiABlo: Week 2 of our new Single adopter round up!
Message or DM the links to your single adopter blogs via twitter, and grab the code below to add a #SiABlo: Week 2 button to the post on your site!
meandminimees: ’The next day‘ – tells the story of Day Two in a situation that lasted a whole weekend.
Imperfectly Perfect Mum: The sea of uncertainty and collateral damage – on the dichotomy between rational understanding of our children, and our emotional & physical response.
Starfish and Me: ‘Please see my trauma … but please also see me.‘ – a heartrending letter from little one to the teachers and professionals.
Suddenly Mummy: ’After the adoption order: the medical stuff‘ – on the complications, confusions, missing info and mix ups that come with the legal changes.
mumdrah: ’Single adopter truths‘ - the lowdown on where the buck stops as a single adopter.
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