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Hello, This Thursday K's birthmother and I are hoping to meet. Though we speak on the phone and we send pictures, we have not seen her since K was 6 weeks old. Twice this summer we were hoping to get together, and both times things came up and could not. Now we are hoping Thursday is the day! Well, up until recently, K was very social and not shy, not worried if I was out of sight (which worried me!). Now this past month K is fairly shy especially when people approach her. She usually warms up after a while. I know this is typical. But today K and I were at a meeting and K would not let go of me for a long time. I'm a little worried about Thursday. I don't know if worried is the right word, but I wonder if K will be shy around her birthmother and clingy to me. I don't want her birthmother to feel bad if it happens. I have been showing K her birthmother's picture and playing her voice from the answering machine, hoping it may possibly help! Should I let her know K is in this phase now, so she might be prepared?
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I completely understand about you hoping that she is not shy and clinging to you during the visit with her birthmother. I have felt that way in the past too when we have visited our daughters birthmother. However, one thing to remember is that your daughter truly does not know who she is, she is a stranger right now. Hopefully her birthmother realizes that it is a phase that she is going thru and that she will grow out of it.
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