Archive for the 'Adoption' Category
Domestic Open Adoption
Yazan: CanCan | 19 January 2009 | 6 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Guest posts
Shelby Barone is an adoptive mom, blogger, and mompreneur behind Glitterful Felt Stories.
Shelby has adopted two children in the U.S., and has a “homegrown” or biological child as well.
Shelby wanted to share about her experience in adopting domestically!
There are so many misconceptions about domestic adoption. My husband and I were able to adopt two [...]
Adopting A Daughter From Jiangxi
Yazan: CanCan | 18 January 2009 | 3 Comments
Categories: Adoption, China, Guest posts
Today, Diana of Diana Rambles blogging fame shares with us some of her experience adopting her cutie-pie daughter from China!
Back in 2005 we decided to add to our family via adoption. We explored our options and ultimately decided to adopt from China. There are 2 adoption options with China. One is the traditional program [...]
Answers in Abundance
Yazan: CanCan | 17 January 2009 | 52 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Giveaways, Reviews
Elliott Anderson and his wife, Angie, struggled with infertility for 9 years before deciding to pursue adoption.
Elliott has written Answers in Abundance: A Miraculous Adoption Journey as Told from a Father’s Heart, a unique memoir of the infertility journey and adoption process from a man’s perspective.
Elliott and Angie’s story is a veritable roller coaster [...]
Thank you, MAM!
Yazan: CanCan | 16 January 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Baby care, Links
The MAM Ultivent Bottle delivers less gas, less air, less colic and easy transition from breast feeding due to the remarkable bottom vent and silky soft naturally shaped nipple.
I have never seen bottles like these! The MAM Ultivent Bottle is designed to mimic a mother’s breast. This reduces the dreaded “nipple confusion” if [...]
BeBe Au Lait from My Precious Kid
Yazan: CanCan | 14 January 2009 | 81 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Baby care, Giveaways, Reviews, Traveling baby
Many people, including adoptive parents and even medical nurses, are surprised to learn that it is possible to nurse an adopted child.
Each adoptive mother who has nursed their child has their own unique story.
I have personally known two adoptive mothers who have successfully nursed their children. In these cases each had had children biologically [...]
Baby Bath Luve
Yazan: CanCan | 13 January 2009 | 123 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Baby care, Giveaways, Reviews
I was so excited to give Jojo his first bath when he was a newborn. I waited expectantly for the shriveled, purple umbilical cord stump to fall off, which the pediatrician had told me was the symbolic “green light” for being allowed to submerge is tiny, red, flaky, squirmy body into a delicious bath.
The [...]
Roasting
Yazan: CanCan | 12 January 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: Adoption, China, Guest posts
This is a final guest post from Christine “Cissy” White; she shared with us last week about her experiences waiting to adopt, and finally adopting a daughter from China.
She squatted on the sidewalk. She was wearing a dress. It was brown. So were the warm peanuts roasting over the fire in front of her. [...]
Shooshoos Giveaway!
Yazan: CanCan | 11 January 2009 | 146 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Baby care, Children's fashion, Giveaways, Reviews
I am excited that one of my favorite makers of soft soled baby shoes, Shooshoos, is participating in the adoption celebration at Mom Most Traveled!
Shooshoos donated a pair of their baby shoes to an adoptive family, and they are giving away a pair of baby shoes to a Mom Most Traveled reader!
ShooShoos is a [...]
Boudreaux’s Butt Paste
Yazan: CanCan | 10 January 2009 | 146 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Baby care, Giveaways, Reviews, Traveling baby
Boudreaux’s Butt Paste is a serious diaper rash ointment and skin protectant with a southern-grit-type name that I just can’t say without cracking a smile.
Boudreaux’s Butt Paste is made with Peruvian balsam, zinc oxide, and other key ingredients that help heal broken skin and give relief from diaper rash irritation.
Boudreaux’s Butt Paste has also [...]
Creating a Lifebook For Your Adopted Child
Yazan: CanCan | 10 January 2009 | 50 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Giveaways, Mom stuff, Reviews
If there is one thing that’s almost guaranteed, it’s the fact that someday adopted children will have questions. And rightfully so. Every child deserves to know where s/he came from.
The traditional baby book just doesn’t have space for so much of what is important for the adoptee and family.
LifeBooks : Creating a [...]
