Welcoming Home A Newborn

Welcoming Home A Newborn

Post Adoption

Are you preparing to welcome a newborn child into your home soon? Perhaps it is your first child? If that is the case, it can feel incredibly overwhelming as you consider childproofing everything form cabinets to electrical sockets. Not to mention diapers, cribs, and...
Gifts for Adoptive Parents

Gifts for Adoptive Parents

Adoptive Families

Many people are familiar with buying presents for weddings and baby showers or even anniversary parties. There’s usually a registry, premade gift baskets, or obvious choices that we know from many years of attending similar events. But what about celebrations for...
Exploring Concerns of Birth Parents, Part 1

Exploring Concerns of Birth Parents, Part 1

Birth Families

There are many questions and concerns that birth parents face when embarking on the journey to understand the options surrounding adoption. These decisions are based around not just information but also emotions and intuition. At Adoption & Beyond, we want you to...

Quotes from Adoptees

Post Adoption

Adoption is a beautiful and challenging adventure, that affects birth parents, adoptive parents, and adoptees in different and profound ways. Adopted children who are now grown have incredibly varied experiences and reflect on their lives as adoptees in different...

What Countries Do People Adopt From?

Adoption 101

Check out the video on my YouTube channel HERE! What Countries Do People Adopt From? Adoption & Beyond supports families looking to adopt locally and we recommend international agencies to help families adopt abroad. The reasons people choose one or the other...

Why Do Adoptions Cost Money?

Adoption 101

As a nonprofit adoption agency, we do our best to explain why private adoptions cost what they do, while adopting from the State is often much cheaper. Some parents choose to adopt a child from foster care. These children are often older and are in foster care because...

What It Feels Like to Adopt a Child

Adoptive Families

Families who are considering adoption have so many questions about the adoption process. Most of the logistics–while complex in action–are relatively simple to communicate. One of the more nuanced questions that families face is what does it feel like to...

Traveling with Toddlers

Post Adoption

The holidays are sneaking up on us quickly. For parents of toddlers, this time of year can be terrifying for one major reason: Traveling. With Kids. Especially in the era of overcrowded flights and delays, the task of keeping a toddler (or two!) entertained can be...

Adoption Announcement Ideas

Post Adoption

We’ve seen so many cute adoption announcements lately, and they’re often incredibly creative. Here are a three of our favorite ideas. Share with us any you’ve seen lately, or if you’ve created your own please let us know on Facebook!

Adoption and Debt?

Adoption 101

So you’ve decided to adopt. Maybe you’ve already spent tens of thousands of dollars on infertility treatments. Maybe you aren’t a big planner and haven’t socked away 30 grand to pay for an adoption. Maybe you and your spouse are just starting out and haven’t had a...