Cinnamon Baby - A Sri Lanka Adoption Blog

If you have ever brushed the idea of maybe one day adopting, you have certainly heard about attachment theory . In fact, Reactive Attachment...

See this book on Amazon Adoption parenting is, in a lot of ways, very similar to biological parenting.  But there are a few very impo...

Adoption means arriving a bit later than usual in the life of your kid. Most parents conceive, carry and give birth to their children. Fo...

Picture from http://aprilmackinnon.wordpress.com/ Pablo and I have decided to use cloth diapers on our Cinnamon Bun. It’s not to say we’...

According to our agency, the youngest our baby could be at the time of referral is 3 months. It will take 2 to 3 months before we have all t...

Have a read at this Mom's post . She has a large family, with some special needs kids and some trans-racially adopted kids too. She cam...

Yesterday, I posted about first names. We're enjoying the perks of expecting just like any other expecting parents would. But there...

Adopting, just like pregnancy, has some fun parts, and some not-so-fun parts. I'm trying to untangle the facts about immigration right...

One unexpected effect of going to that kids items sale on Saturday was that I was for once allowed to behave like a future mom. Each family...

 View this book on Amazon I just finished reading this book. I think as I feel more and more like an expectant mother, I am slowly gett...

Having a baby requires equipment. A whole lot of it! If you have a 4-stories mansion with a backyard as big as a National Park, this is prob...

In the last few days, little T's parents have tried a mix of washable and disposable diapers (they call them nappies, here). She is stil...

Already parents will find this pretty obvious, but I didn't know you had 2 option when feeding a baby: On Schedule feeding, and On Deman...

I've already learned quite a few practical skills, since I got here! I'm a lot more comfortable holding the little gal. I learned h...

I'm posting this from Australia! I'm here for 2 weeks to spend some time with my brand new goddaughter. My mission here is threefo...