Monday, 27 June 2011
How to Welcome an Adopted Baby into the Family
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Babies are great blessing of God whether they are  born to you or adopted. You can give a warm atmosphere to adopted baby  by welcoming him and introducing to everyone in family.
Babies are like the greatest blessing of God. They  make the world around you shine and sparkle in all the best possible  ways. May you have an adopted baby or he/she is born to you, the joy of  having a baby at home  is just unexplainable. But there are a few things which normally come  up with the fact of having an adopted baby. It might occur that you and  your spouse are perfectly comfortable with the idea of having an adopted  baby but maybe your other family members like your other kids, parents  or siblings might be apprehensive about the idea of having an adopted  baby. Giving same love to your adopted baby is truly a heavenly act. Be  smart when you take decision of telling the baby about his adoption.
Here are a few things that you can do to create a warm atmosphere in family for welcoming an adopted baby:
- The Introduction
 
Once your adopted baby arrives at the house,  introduce him/her to everyone whom you think he/she is going to meet the  most. Make the other family members familiar to your adopted baby by  establishing a communication process between the newly adopted baby and  the other family members. Give some time and space to your family members in order to get acquainted with the adopted baby. Make them hold the baby, feed and play with the baby so that positive relationships with the adopted baby can be established. Most of all, ask your family  members to baby sit the newly adopted baby, this surely leads to better  connection between the adopted baby and your family members.
- Adopted Baby is your own baby
 
Remember always that the idea of having an adopted baby  was long discussed between you and your spouse and you were fully ready  to welcome the adopted baby at home .Therefore, once the adopted baby  is at home, it’s time for your real test and that is to make your  adopted baby feel just like your own and treat him/her in all those ways  through which you have raised your other children or you would have  raised children of your own. Make the baby feel special  and cared about especially if your adopted baby is a toddler. Toddlers  can understand feelings really well and they require lots of love and  attention. This situation gets more influencing for an adopted baby.
- Equal Treatment
 
It is of prime importance that you treat your adopted  baby just like your other children or other family members. You need to  make an extra effort to show your adopted baby that how much you love  and care for him/her. Treat them normally and be interactive towards  them just the way you are towards all the other family members. An  adopted baby feels left out more than anyone else as they think that  they are not a part of your blood relationships. You have to tell your  adopted baby that a baby born from heart is more precious than a baby  born from tummy.
- Family Activities
 
There’s nothing more perfect than including your  adopted baby in different family activities and having family fun  together. Make your adopted baby a part of all important family matters  and look for his/her interests carefully. Don’t be careless about  his/her feelings and pay special attention to your adopted baby when it  comes to different family activities like picnics etc.
- Some tips and Tricks
 
If you plan to tell your adopted baby  about the adoption soon then prepare yourself and your spouse well  before the actual drama. You and your spouse need to make sure that you  act smartly and you are ready to take up any of the worst situations  from your adopted baby.
Give proper reasoning and justify well to your  adopted baby that why did you adopt him/her and why are you telling  him/her now about him/her being an adopted baby rather than sometime  later or earlier.
Last but not the least, enjoy a great family time  with your adopted baby and make golden memories for your family as a  whole. Hopefully everything will fall perfectly into place by setting up  everything well between you and your adopted baby.

This post was written by: Franklin Manuel
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