Did anyone see 60 minutes last night??

Sorry, can't help!! Just thought I would say hi. I'm in NZ, so I was wondering what 60 Minutes you were talking about! How far along in the adoption process are you? Kat

Hi! On sunday night 60 minutes (a current affairs show I don't usually watch) had a story on a couple from Canberra who had travelled to Ethiopia (I think) and adopted a 4yr old girl and a 2yr old boy. It was a really nice story. They took the kids back to visit their grandma and siblings before they brought them home so that they could say goodbye. Until then I didn't know that you could adopt older kids in Australia and had posted on the board a few times to get info and noone really responded. We haven't started the process yet, we are still trying to decide what is best for us, an Australian infant, overseas infant or older child. I'm a bit hesitant about older children because of all of the possible problems as we live in a little town without any therapists, let alone attachment therapists but that is what I'm leaning towards. How about you? did you get that hiccup sorted out?

Hi there, this is the last time I am trying to reply!! Twice now the internet has cut off as I'm trying to get through to the forum!! We are hoping to adopt a baby girl (kiwi), we're aware many bmums don't like it when people specify gender, but we are hoping someone will see that our daughter will be the only girl in a family of boys, and will be absolutely adored. As for older child adoption, not all kids have major probs, if it were us we would find out everything we possibly could about the child, and then decide as a couple what we could handle. Also, some problems don't surface for a while... Kat

I had forgotten that you were trying for a little girl (I did read your other posts earlier) Do they have a lot of young children for adoption in NZ? Do you have to sit in the pool until someone chooses you or does it work differently in NZ? My main concern for the older children is that aside from living in the little town we also have quite a limited support structure (both of our parents live in QLD and we are in south west NSW) so if there are problems, then I'm not sure how we would go for respite. Anyway, it isn't something that we will be doing next week or even next month, so I will keep on researching and see what I can find. Good luck with your little girl!