Before you start: Read this background post first. And be aware that what I'm writing about here is the adoption of healthy infants. I ...

My sister used to be a moderator on a parenting forum. While she was doing this, she told me that she had learned the First Rule of the Inte...

(Just a miniature post today. I've used up all my computer time sorting through photos). Yesterday was J's first day off work to do ...

Here are some reasons that it's nice to live in England: Reason 1: It's very close to Europe, so we can go on holiday to Barcelon...

Our adoption was finalised on October 27, 2009 . That was the day we went to court , got some stuff stamped and signed, then went out for ...

...and it's taken me until today to switch on the laptop, so ten points to me, yes? Since I'm not posting anything while I'm awa...

The babies and I have been playing pass the parcel with a whole range of viruses for about 8 weeks, now. It's been pretty unpleasant. La...

Before we met the babies, before we knew anything about them, I spoke to a group of friends who had adopted the previous year. I asked the...

A few months ago, I was in Anthropologie. I picked up a book that looked interesting, opened it in the middle and started to read. The autho...

Babies are such a joy. So many things in life are more fun with children in the house. It turns out that renovations are not one of these th...