Last week we had our third Stage Two meeting. We had to do our family trees again because our last SW lost them, cue a mind blank on everyones ages again! We also just had another general chat, which was good but it never feels like we're 'tackling' anything important, so this, as well as the very repetitive homework is making it all feel a bit tedious at the moment. We did establish that Mr K needs to do some more reading, SW said if you only read one book then it should be 'What Every Parent Needs To Know'. This is one we already have on the shelf so thats good. Ive read a few, and done a bit of brief research about therapeutic parenting etc but could do with another recommendation or two if anyone has any?
During this meeting we also got to see some real profiles for the first time which was really interesting, SW was so surprised we hadn't seen any before now. She said its not long now and we could start seriously looking next month, but obviously when we're approved will be when it all kicks off! Looking at the profiles and some questions from our SW made us think more about wether we were swaying towards adopting one child or two siblings, I feel that essentially we're leaving this up to fate, we can't rule out either if we get 'that' feeling. Although day to day I do feel differently as to which would work best and which I would prefer, and obviously each individual situation is different. Sometimes the idea of going from no children to two straight away really scares me and sometimes I feel it could have benefits of its own as well as saving us from the added complications of going through the process again. One thing I do know is that I picture our family being big!
During this meeting we also got to see some real profiles for the first time which was really interesting, SW was so surprised we hadn't seen any before now. She said its not long now and we could start seriously looking next month, but obviously when we're approved will be when it all kicks off! Looking at the profiles and some questions from our SW made us think more about wether we were swaying towards adopting one child or two siblings, I feel that essentially we're leaving this up to fate, we can't rule out either if we get 'that' feeling. Although day to day I do feel differently as to which would work best and which I would prefer, and obviously each individual situation is different. Sometimes the idea of going from no children to two straight away really scares me and sometimes I feel it could have benefits of its own as well as saving us from the added complications of going through the process again. One thing I do know is that I picture our family being big!