Adoption & Fostering Round-Up: Fostering Fortnight

You know, this round-up is never easy. There are so many bloggers writing about adoption particularly (fewer on fostering), and some newer bloggers are coming through with some great posts.

This month has been a good month for adoption bloggers with 3 of us being shortlisted for Brilliance in Blogging Awards – The One Hand Man, The Puffin Diaries and The Boy’s Behaviour. And although none of us made it through to the finals, it’s great that we’ve been recognised as part of the mainstream parenting blogging network. Not only that, but the site that I run with your other adoption and fostering editor Sarah – The Adoption Social, has been announced as a finalist in the ‘social’ category of the Bibs. We’re super proud and hope that this will mean further support, recognition and readers for adoption and fostering bloggers. On that note, I’m going to give you a selection of some great adoption and fostering blogs, some of which have been linked to #WASO on The Adoption Social, and others that haven’t, hope you enjoy them.

First up, a post that really touched me and made me think on a personal level because Frogotter, like me, conceived and had a baby after adopting her older children. She talks openly and honestly about how her love for her children is different.

It’s good to see some prospective adopters sharing their journeys – and this post from A Child of Our Own is all about a particular part of the journey that many worry about – the medical… Here Little Kindred writes about the second session in stage 2, and near the other end of the process, Montyla shares the last stage 2 social worker visit.

Stickleberry talks chaos – something that lots of adoptive families contend with.

We’ve recently come to the end of Fostering Fortnight, and several blogs hosted guest posts from fostering organisations; here’s one from Dear Daughter: Our Adoption Journey, also The Family of Five and another from The Adoption Social. Suddenly Mummy who is both an adoptive mum and foster carer, talks about adoption and fostering and the differences between the two. And on the subject of fostering, do have a look at the blog on UK Fostering. Here Tim talks about the perfect foster carer in an imperfect world.

Now this one made me cry – so that’s your warning. It’s always hard to hear your children’s criticisms as they can be so brutally honest, and in this post from 4 Relative Strangers you’ll read about not only a child’s criticisms, but also the reasons behind them.

Many adoption blogs are about the challenging times – after all it’s a way to vent, share, get advice for those difficult times. But it’s always heart warming to read about the good days too. Here 2 Out Of 3 shares a proud mummy moment. And Last Mother celebrates two adult daughters.

So that’s it for this month. There are too many to list them all, but I hope you find these ones interesting and insightful. If you know of any other fostering or adoption blogs, please do let us know and we’ll do our best to include them next time.

About Vicki The Boy's Behaviour

Vicki is mum of two - 9 year old adoptive son Mini, and 5 year old birth daughter Dollop. Vicki writes The Boy's Behaviour, which chronicles the life of a family seeking support for a traumatised child, and shares some crafts, recipes and daily goings-on too. Vicki also co-founded The Adoption Social, a website that encourages the use of social media for support and provides a platform for both bloggers and non-bloggers to connect about all things adoption. Through The Adoption Social, Vicki was also invited to be a Trustee for The Open Nest charity, and hopes to provide support, both practically and emotionally, plus an understanding ear to others in the adoption and fostering community.