We finally finished our online parenting classes that are required for our adoption. I was dreading it at first, but both of us really enjoyed it. It was a class on international adoption, of which we have already been through one, so I thought it would be boring. We actually had a good time taking it. Although a lot of it was things that we already knew, it was a great refresher course for us on things like attachment, bonding, sleeping and eating habits, adjusting to a new home, and separation from previous caregivers. We also learned some things. It talked about siblings issues which is new to us since Olivia is an only child. We also learned about issues with adopting more than one child at a time, which is something we are considering. We got some new tips on helping our new child deal with attachment issues. I wish we had gone through something like this with our last adoption. We would have been more prepared for issues we faced with Olivia rather than having to learn them the hard way. Anyway, we are glad to have this next step completed so that we can move on.
Next Monday is our final homestudy visit with our social worker. After the visit, she will write up our homestudy and send it to the state for approval. Then it is off to US immigration. I will post again Monday night to let everyone know how the homestudy visit went.
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