Hello wise adopters, can I ask your opinions on something?
Much as we'd like one of us to be at home, DH and I just don't have the financial flexibility for me to have any longer than a year off work when/if a little one is placed with us.
I'm getting the impression that we wouldn't be likely to have a young child (under 2) placed with us, that a stay at home parent would always be the preferred option.
I do understand that many adopted children wouldn't cope with full time nursery - I'd only be going back part time and hope that relatives would be able to help with childcare.
I think I'm asking, in a very roundabout way - is there anyone out there whose plan was to go back to work, who did have a younger child placed with them?
Just to clarify ... It's not that we have our hearts set on a baby, we're trying to keep an open mind, but I guess I don't want to feel we'd be automatically passed over by children's SWs.
Thankyou ... sorry for the ramble!
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