Miami
- Miami Off to get a bacon egg and cheese bagel to soak up the booze I drank last night. I feel awful and hopefully it will help
- that plus a regular coke usually helps me. good luck!
- Vitamin B6 helps me too. GL
- caffeine and gatorade
- Miami Florida Moms: is it crazy for us to travel form NYC to Captiva Island end of August for vacation?
- Miami No one cares about autism!! Go find a fucking autism board! JESUS
- Miami i hate to be a crazy anti antivax mom but seriously. Fucking vaccinate your kid! That post about the grown woman who has whooping cough just shows that antivax moms are fucking...(more)
- Miami In Hollywood FL for next couple fo weeks with my 7yo and 4yo boys. Can any S. Florida moms recommend some great things to do and places to eat? We have already done Miami Zoo and...(more)
- YES HIDE FROM THE DAMN HURRICANE
- LOL. There is no hurrican in FL, ironically enough. We had rain and wind on Thursday and now it's calm and lovely.
- YES HIDE FROM THE DAMN HURRICANE
- Miami how much does an au pair cost? what are the hours? etc.
- Miami best hospital in midtown? quick
- lenox hill
- Miami Anyone hiring part time marketing pr in palm beach county?
- Miami for those dealing with food allergies...(more)
- Miami Thoughts on Morikami Park Elementary? in Delray...(more)
- it's a great school...gifted or not, they're program is great...where do you live?
- west boca
- it's a great school...gifted or not, they're program is great...where do you live?
- Miami are gifted programs (elem) good in palm beach county?...(more)
- Miami Going to the Miami & West Palm Beach area in late november/ early december. Can I wear white there?
- 2011?
- Miami best diamond brite color for pool?
- florida gem double sky blue
- Miami dr. duarte appt tomorrow. anyone been to her for eczema?
- yes. she was ok.
- Miami is Andy Cohen gay??...(more)
- No, he's a metro-sexual
- Miami ok, give me your best response to people who ask prying questions about birthparents
- what assholes do this?
- all kinds of people. i get this fairly frequently in some form or another, although i don't consider the basic question ("do you know anything about the real/birth/natural parents")...(more)
- wow, just wow
- do i just attract weirdos, lol?
- ^^i mean, i answer the basic question with a "yes, we know some things" that hopefully makes it clear i don't wish to answer anything specific. but sometimes people don't get it
- I guess you just repeat that?
- yeah, i even come out and say that' dc's private information. but i always feel like there must be more elegant (and, for the very obnoxious questions, a more assertive) way to respond
- I guess you just repeat that?
- "I appreciate that you are interested but it's really not a topic for casual discussion. It's dc's story to tell when s/he is old enough to process."
- The first time my grandmother (89 and senile) met db, she kept repeating over and over "how could anyone give up this baby?" It was hard having to repeat over and over that they...(more)
- wow, just wow
- all kinds of people. i get this fairly frequently in some form or another, although i don't consider the basic question ("do you know anything about the real/birth/natural parents")...(more)
- depends on how old your dc is. it depends on what your dc knows/understands too. but in general, using words like she placed sally with us out of love for her. we are lucky she made...(more)
- i think that's a great thing to say, but unfortunately it doesn't apply to my dcs (certainly not the first one - parental rights were terminated in the birth parents' absence). so it...(more)
- we are lucky to have sally. it is sally's story and private to her, please respect that
- short and sweet - i like it
- we are lucky to have sally. it is sally's story and private to her, please respect that
- i think that's a great thing to say, but unfortunately it doesn't apply to my dcs (certainly not the first one - parental rights were terminated in the birth parents' absence). so it...(more)
- I'm only bothered when they say "parents" and I just incorporate "birthparents" into my responses.
- what assholes do this?
- Miami did anyone do a domestic private adoption?
- my cousin and my friend both did semi-privte... met the mother but she doesn't know their full names, no further contact, etc
- Yes - it's open, but birthmother is in mid-west so we've visited once in a 1.5 yrs
- Miami it's a cliche but my kids are growing up too fast, and i think i especially feel that way b/c i didn't have them from birth (though not complaining! they were still pretty young)
- me too! My dd was a baby for such a short time, with me
- I feel exactly the same way. My kids were 9mths and 16 mths when they came home, we are now considering two more children, I miss those younger years so much!!!
- op: this makes me feel so much better. i've said this to other adoptive parents before and they didn't seem to know what i'm talking about. we got a young toddler and an older infant...(more)
- Miami does anyone have an open adoption of any sort, or have strong feelings about it either way?
- sister & bil have for their 2 dcs. they moved from dc area to upstate ny when dcs were 5 & 7 or so; doubt birth parents had input into that decisoinl
- ^^^that decision.
- do they have face-to-face contact or just letter/pics/calls?
- yes, we have a fairly open adoption with ds's extended birthfamily, including his birthmom. So far so good for ds.
- how old is ds?
- he's 6
- mine is 5, and i'm sort of in touch with his birthmom (we first met about 8 months after placement, when dc was 20 months old). it has been a strange and rocky thing, with no real...(more)
- he's 6
- how old is ds?
- Yes, I was nervous about it at first, but we found the right birthmother and it's very smooth. We talk on the phone maybe 5 times a year and we've visited them once. I send lots of pictu...(more)
- I gave my first born away 16 years ago (OMG-he will be driving soon) and it was the best things I ever did. I missed him...but his parents were really great about visits, pics and...(more)
- sister & bil have for their 2 dcs. they moved from dc area to upstate ny when dcs were 5 & 7 or so; doubt birth parents had input into that decisoinl
- Miami Adoption people, honk if you're here and then check back for more posts. If the Cleveland (affair) board could get going successfully, so can we, right?
- honk! (and i replied below)
- I'm here. We're in the process of adopting from Ethiopia. Nervous about recent stories about international adoption being harder than people think, etc.
- ethiopia seems to be a relatively safe bet from what i hear. i know sb who came back with a db last month, and another woman in our adoptive parents group randomly knew someone else who...(more)
- my friend just adopted a beautiful DS from Ethophia and it went very smoothly
- We are thinking about adopting again
- how old is dc, and what kind of adoption are you considering?
- honk honk. adoptive mom of 2 year old. domestic, at birth, wish I could afford to do it a second time!
- would you consider adopting a toddler from foster care maybe?
- honk adoptive mom of 3yo, vietnam
- what's the status on vietnam adoptions these days? when did you bring dc home?
- US adoptions are closed...brought him home in 2007
- wow, in the nic of time, huh? so he was a baby when you got him?
- US adoptions are closed...brought him home in 2007
- what's the status on vietnam adoptions these days? when did you bring dc home?
- HONK!!
- ^^Mom of 2.5 yr old adopted from Guatemala
- thanks for joining. are you in touch with other parents with kids from guatemala?
- yes - and i meet them in odd places but it's great
- thanks for joining. are you in touch with other parents with kids from guatemala?
- ^^Mom of 2.5 yr old adopted from Guatemala
- Here -- CA mom through foster/adopt. My kids are 3 and 6.
- i would love to know more about fost/adopt. what was your experience?
- adopted both kids as infants. both are african-american. despite having had difficult starts in life, both are perfect.
- i adopted from state care in another country and i always try to recommend adoption from us foster care to people here, but i feel unequipped to answer questions. i guess my and other...(more)
- no, not obnoxious. I'm a big fost/adopt advocate. I do talk about legal risk and ways to minimize -- think carefully about profile of birthparents-- so sad to say, but long term durg...(more)
- i adopted from state care in another country and i always try to recommend adoption from us foster care to people here, but i feel unequipped to answer questions. i guess my and other...(more)
- adopted both kids as infants. both are african-american. despite having had difficult starts in life, both are perfect.
- i would love to know more about fost/adopt. what was your experience?
- A late honk from me. Im a single mom with a 4yo from China
- it's not late (i hope there will be many more). and welcome! how long ago did you adopt your little girl?
- honk...not sure if this counts, but I am about to become a foster mom with hopes of adopting
- of course that counts!! please keep us posted on all the details (i.e., however many you want to share)
- I'm here! Domestic adoption of our ds and waiting for our dd from the same birthmother! Can hardly believe it!
- that's pretty awesome
- Miami I am declaring this the ybm Adoption Board as of today. Welcome, and let's get this slowly rolling.
- hey there! my DD is five, adopted from China when she was 10 months old. She's an only. How about your family?
- i have a ds, 5, placed/adopted at 1 year, and a dd, 3, placed with us at 6 months. they're not biologically related but everyone thinks they're twins :-)
- np - mine, too! in K this year, going to 1st in September
- sounds like we should have a playdate :-)
- i love this!!
- :-)
- hey there! my DD is five, adopted from China when she was 10 months old. She's an only. How about your family?
- Miami how much do you guys pay for a house cleaning service per week? size of house, bedrooms?
- ^^it's ok to answer whenever...i know not that many people come here.
- Miami WOHM needs your help !...(more)
- Miami Hey Miami.....Where are you???
- i'm here, but don't think you're talking to me
- why do you say that...just logged on
- you seem to be looking for someone specific that you've conversed with before. i just live in miami.
- Nah...just wanted to know if anyone from MIA was logged on.....never seem to get anyone...glad to know ur out there....
- you seem to be looking for someone specific that you've conversed with before. i just live in miami.
- why do you say that...just logged on
- i'm here, but don't think you're talking to me
- Miami who is carmen eletra engaged to?
- - no subject -...(more)
- who is she enlarged to?