Before placement, we discussed with our birthparents that we would like to change our son’s first name to his middle name. We weren’t too fond of his birth first name, although we didn’t say that to them. As he was 9 months old at the time, we weren’t worried that it might be traumatic for [...]
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How to tell her not to call herself “mommy?”
well i received a call from my sons bmother. she asked me..when i come down next weekend, can I take a picture with K? I said sure,,she wants to go to sears. She said..i never took a picture just mommy and son! Well, now, I am going to allow the picture BUT wondering how Im [...]
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