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Mumsnet Discussions: Adoptions : Can you get adoption cards? (16 messages)

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By itati on Sat 05-Jul-08 19:03:32

Like new baby but welcome to the family to the child and congratulations? (other word maybe) to the parents?

By Yorkiegirl on Sat 05-Jul-08 19:05:08

you probably can in the big card shops
not seen them in smaller ones
the other option is to have one handmade. Lots of us on MN make cards.

By bran on Sat 05-Jul-08 19:06:36

You can buy them from Adoption UK but I don't think it's necessary really. We got lots of 'Congratulations' cards and a few 'it's a boy/baby boy' cards when we got ds and we were thrilled to get them.

By Niecie on Sat 05-Jul-08 19:09:22

I got one for my BIL and his wife from the local card shop.

Difficulty is knowing when to send it for me - when the children arrive or when the adoption is finalised which could be many months down the line.

By lucicle on Sat 05-Jul-08 19:13:37

Make your own! I bet the family would be delighted.

By bran on Sat 05-Jul-08 19:15:58

Niecie, if you're only sending one then do it when the children arrive. Otherwise send a card for both stages, it could be up to a year between the children being placed and the adoption being finalised and that would be a long time to wait to congratulate them.

By Califrau on Sat 05-Jul-08 19:22:24

My parents bought a fab one for our friends' kids. She said she just got it in town and it wasn't hard to find. I had to make one cos I couldn't find any over here.

By itati on Sat 05-Jul-08 19:23:41

Thanks everyone. I will look in the bigger card shops.

By greenelizabeth on Sat 05-Jul-08 19:24:50

I sent a blacnk card to my cousin when she got her baby, and I just wrote my own message. But the card I got had a baby with a telephone on it. I'd seen others that would have been nice too. not impossible to find a suitable card.

By Niecie on Sat 05-Jul-08 19:25:39

Thats what we did in the end - I think we sent a congratulations one after court, which was 18mths down the line in their case. We couldn't send a new baby one as the children were 2 and 5yrs so sent the adoption one then as it was more appropriate.

By StealthPolarBear on Sat 05-Jul-08 19:26:54

i've seen them, yes, in places like clinton's, don't think there's a great deal of choice tho

By PertweeAndLemon on Sat 05-Jul-08 19:30:33

You could adapt a standard new baby card at www.moonpig.com <<thinks: I should be on commission, the number of times I've recommended them>>

By Kewcumber on Sat 05-Jul-08 21:35:06

I too would say congratulations cards are just fine.

By ilovemydog on Mon 07-Jul-08 20:00:34

or what about a 'welcome home' under the house warming category?

By Dynamicnanny on Sun 20-Jul-08 16:12:05

I like the welcome home idea

By drspouse on Sun 20-Jul-08 16:31:56

I got one for a friend that said "Brand New Mummy and Daddy" (which wouldn't be any good for a second adopted child!). I know it takes ages before adoptions are finalised so have actually given it to them now they have a date for bringing him home (he's overseas).

Even though he'll be under 1, all the baby boy cards had prams or rattles and he's not that small!

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