Catholic Family Center

Back in April we were able to attend an informational meeting at Catholic Family Center. We went into that meeting just looking for information. The first of many meetings we thought. We received a lot of information there that was very helpful. Some of it so helpful, that we realized we may be needing to research other avenues.

We thought we would like to eventually adopt a ~1 year old from the U.S. At this meeting we found out that it's basically not possible to do that. If we were going to adopt a toddler, that child would most likely be part of a sibling group in foster care. Not what I expected...

So why a 1 year old? Well, we realized that all the babies put up for adoption in the U.S. (domestic infant adoption) will be adopted. A birth mom who wants to put her pre-born child up for adoption has many couples she can choose from. There are more couples waiting to be parents, than babies being born and put up for adoption. That isn't really a need in terms of the baby. So, that's why the domestic infant track isn't what we think we should really pursue. We don't mind having an older child. We do prefer the child to be younger than Liam, hence a ~1 year old.

Why the U.S.? Not very strong reasons either way. We just thought if there's a need here we can help fill it. Turns out that need is different than we expected and we don't think that need is for us to fill right now.

So, what do we do? Pursue adopting an international child.