The looooooong wait

[RoomForMore]

Just need a little vent, i know IABU. We've been approved for a couple of months now and are waiting to be matched. It feels like everything is going at snail's pace. SW isn't very communicative. Feeling pretty down about it all. We don't have access to linkmaker because they want to match us in house but there aren't any children in our age band with an adoption order.

I know I need to be patient, I know SW's are working for the children and not us. I know it all. Just feel a bit sad. Everyone in rl is constantly asking what's happening about it and I've got nothing to tell them. And they just say 'oh the right child will be there at the right time.' Well...Yes... I know. It doesn't make the wait any easier does it. Ah well. Thanks for reading and for anyone else in the waiting game.

Our spare room is all ready, bed made etc, just desperate for a little person to be in it

Congratulations.

Huge Congratulations!! How exciting for you all... I hope it all goes smoothly and every settles in well.

How long was the whole process in the end?

@BlessingsToYou from initial phone call to placement, around 15 months.

Massive congratulations. Completely 100% understand that feeling from when LO first moves in with you. For the first few weeks, you will feel like you’re babysitting someone else’s child, but for us there was a weekend a few weeks in where everything just felt like it clicked and that bond became so much stronger. Hang in there - it’s tough but so worth it! Our boy has been with us for about 7 weeks now (I think!) so we’re also looking forward to our first Christmas with a LO!