Adopting in a large family

[poopstermomma]

Originally Posted by lmommy25 Wwe have six bio and one adopted. They range from 30 to 3. Three of the children are still living at home and one is in college, the rest are married and have or are starting families of their own. We are not finished yet and still would like to adopt more.We still do foster care also and at the moment have 9 children in the house. It is awesome!!!!!!

9 kids- three bios and 6 foster children? May I ask where you live? My state will only allow 5 kids in the house (under 18) at a time, max.

All of you guys are so amazing! I wish I could get DH on board for a larger family- we are at three, and he is cringing at the thought of #4.

[newmommy13]

Stupid NC! I think they are the lowest. Its ridiculous! I shouldnt say stupid nc because i love it and hope to move there one day. But thats a little ridiculous. I think 8 is usually the top so maybe pp got an exception for a sibling group.

[PamPurrsDiapers]

We have 6 bio children. I want to adopt and/or do foster care. But not for another 10 years minimum.

[poopstermomma]

Originally Posted by newmommy13 Stupid NC! I think they are the lowest. Its ridiculous! I shouldnt say stupid nc because i love it and hope to move there one day. But thats a little ridiculous. I think 8 is usually the top so maybe pp got an exception for a sibling group.

Gah!! Stupid NC!!! All I want is a house chock full of kids! LOL Honestly, it is really tough to figure out what we are going to do. We know we want more bio kids, but since we can only foster/adopt with less than 5 kids, we think we'll add to the family through adoption 2 more times and THEN get preggo again. (if we live to tell the tale...)

It's crazy how the rule is literally dictating our life choices. Can't get preggo or we won't get to foster.

[redbirdlady]

We have three bio (2 from my previous marriage) age 6 and younger and are currently in the process of international adoption. We are approved for two more children (sibling or unrelated.) And actually, the social worker who did our home study (our agency is out of state, so we had to have an in-state social worker for our homestudy report) told us at one point that she wouldn't be surprised if our one year post-placement visit with her turns into signing a contract for another homestudy to adopt again. We tend to agree.

[newmommy13]

Lucky mama! I tend to romanticize larger families because i am an only child i think. But in reality i dont think im cut out for more than four. Thats my personal "big enough to be fun but not too big to put me in the nuthouse" number. but i dont think less than 6is really a large family. Its a lot but not a real lot.

[scrapandsewon]

Originally Posted by myall4him2 Glad this was posted! We are about to have our 5th child but would like to adopt at least one child if not more in the future. Curious to see the responses!

Same here. Baby #5 is due next month.
The exception for me is that hubby has totally not been on board for adoption, but in the last week or so, he seems to be warming up to the idea! I am so thrilled watching him coming around to seeing that our family could benefit from adopting. Yay! We won't be ready for beginning that journey for a couple years. But I have(off and on) read up on adoption for at least 15 years.
Good luck to all!