I am thinking about it. My child is 8. Our family feels too small and I would love another child. However I worry about whether I could manage the challenges it may bring and the disruption to our life as it is now. Also how it might feel to adopted child to have their sibling going to stay with their Dad, when the adopted child would not have a Dad as I would adopt as a single parent.
Would love to hear from anyone who has done this or from coupled
adopters who have adopted when already have a birth child. Do you think this would be too hard without a partner? My concern is that I have a very close relationship with my child after 8 1/2 years and it might rock my child's world having to share with a sibling, likely with problems due to what they have been through.
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catintheworld · 01/06/2018 22:31
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