86 - We've adopted a second pair of siblings this week!
Adam and Brian adopted a pair of siblings seven years ago and another pair this week. Their children are now 13, 10, 6 and 3. Just days into their life as a family of six, they talk about their hopes and fears and how they're drawing on their experience as parents to support their new children.
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85 - Early permanence and neurodivergence
Eddie and his husband had a child place through early permanence who was returned to their birth family. They went on to adopt two neurodivergent children and Eddie came to realise he also has ADHD.
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84 - Grandparents speak: "They're all really loved".
Fiona and Margaret's sons are married to each other and have adopted three children. They talk about their delight at becoming grandparents by adoption, about supporting children with additional needs and about how much they love their grandchildren.
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83 - A third little monster!
Tom and Arjay return to the podcast, just a year after adopting twin girls, to tell us they have a new baby. Their previous podcast was "Tenacious little monsters!" https://newfamilysocial.podbean.com/e/tenacious-little-monsters/ . Just two weeks after their baby arrived, they're tired but delighted.
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82 - "Allow yourself to dream..."
Leanne talks about building attachment with her two young children who were adopted together when they were one and two.
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