News from the birth parents and progress

Miranda has got in touch: Boy H’s social worker has spoken to his parents again. They still are not keen on meeting us but the good news is that they haven’t gone to a solicitor (yet). We think this is good as we (and the social workers) feel that if they were going to go to a solicitor it would probably have been in the heat of the moment straight after being told, so we see the fact that they’ve done nothing as positive. Let’s hope it stays that way. It may seem insensitive to hope the birth parents don’t “interfere” with the process, but the thing is that they are not trying to stop Boy H from being adopted (which I would understand). They are against him being adopted by a gay couple, and that does not endear them to us, as you may appreciate.

In the meantime it’s two weeks to panel! We have now been sent the placement plan with the full introductions schedule, the support plan, and the minutes of the placement meeting. We read it them and all seems fine.

We have managed to write a first draft of the introductions book (we did borrow one from fellow adopter friends as an inspiration) and are planning the DVD, although not really sure what to film. We’re also hoping the weather improves so we can take pictures and film in brighter conditions, otherwise Boy H will think we live in complete gloom!