We’ve had our eighth foster placement since November 2, 2007. Baby E came to us on July 23, 2010, the day after she was born. When the placement agency called, the gal on the phone told us that E would not be staying. She explained that E had a brother in care and she was to eventually be with him. We didn’t bond completely with E because it’s just too hard watching them leave.
We’ve decided that the secret to being able to adopt is to be told from the beginning that the baby isn’t staying. E is going to be ours. We’ll be able to adopt her. We’re going to adopt her on National Adoption Day just like we did with Jessie.
Jessie wouldn’t call E by her name for the longest time. She’d call her Giggles, who was the baby we had from November, 2009 through March, 2010. Giggles was a July 2009 baby. For a long time even after she was gone Jessie would call all babies Giggles.
We need to give E a name. We’re having a very hard time with doing this because we really like the first and middle name that E came with. To make it even harder, Jessie has started calling her by her E Ticket nickname.
I was listening to Dr Laura the other day and the subject of adoption came up. The caller wanted to minimize her toddler’s feelings of sibling rivalry. I think every parent with more than one child wants to know that secret. Dr Laura suggested letting the toddler name the baby. Out of the blue one day Jessie called E Harper. So we’ve been asking her what she wants to name the baby. Her suggestions have been E and Baby. Good thing I bought a baby name book.