adopt a baby website *may be distressing*

I was googling foetal alcohol syndrome just now (it's on a TV medical show) and stumbled across a website with heaps of little babies and children with various medical conditions who need adopting. The all have a syndrome or illness of some sort - my heart is breaking!! I wish I could take them all! I know in my heart I am not the sort of person who would actually adopt a high needs child but how I wish I was. There are so many children who need someone to love them. Their sweet little faces and their stories are just too much!

Sorry don't know the purpose of this post. Just sad for them :(

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Life is cruel to so many people. Orphaned children, children in poverty, children in need...

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What country?? I wish it was easy to adopt. I would in a flash. A baby doesn't have to grow in your tummy to grow in your heart..

One can only hope that there is always someone waiting to love and care for each special needs child in our world, eternally and safely. If its not yourself, then someone else.
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A baby doesn't have to grow in your tummy to grow in your heart..

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What a lovely saying. xx

I am watching Amazing medical stories its so sad to see some womans attitudes to drinking while pregnancy.

Sad about stories on website you found,

If you really want to help, you can check out Reece's Rainbow. They work with adoptions of special needs kids, and even if you can't adopt one yourself, you can donate to make it easier for another family to take that baby home.
Google it. :)

Australia is extremely reluctant (read it's just about impossible) to allow international adoptions of special needs children. Pretty much the only exception to this rule is if you adopt overseas as an ex-pat, meaning you live overseas for at least 12 months and adopt the child whilst you are over there, in accordance with the law of that particular country.

Wow I'm gob smacked... :(
I'm a weak one for babies that are left in this position...
It's horrible and what these kids have to endure their whole lives kills me
I'm the same I would want to take them all home and nurture them and love them with every inch of my being but I know I physically couldn't do it with the 4 I have..
One question though what website is it? And is there somewhere here in Sydney you can go and volunteer to help these children?
I would do it for sure but I think I would become attached for sure..

It is so sad that these children are left because of their short comings :(
I would love to give them a loving home.

Cricket it was Reece's Rainbow I found...

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Australia is extremely reluctant (read it's just about impossible) to allow international adoptions of special needs children. Pretty much the only exception to this rule is if you adopt overseas as an ex-pat, meaning you live overseas for at least 12 months and adopt the child whilst you are over there, in accordance with the law of that particular country.

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So sad :( I would adopt a special needs child in a heartbeat.

Australia really needs to update it's laws on adoption. I think we are the only country that makes it nearly impossible to adopt at all. The current laws are so out of date and you can only start the adoption process through DOCS (in NSW) and we are limited to certain countries as well. Besides being so exxie they place other restrictions on couples as well. DF and I looked into adopting but all the countries Australia have an agreement with said that DF was to old. We are now having our 6th baby. Would have loved to have helped a child from overseas

It so sad, some of those kids have been waiting 3+ years to be adopted.

Why are the laws so strict here for adoption.. does anyone know what is required to be able to adopt off hand.. it is so so sad. I would do it in a heartbeat

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Cricket it was Reece's Rainbow I found...

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Small world - even in cyberspace. :) I also found their pictures heart breaking. I've been following a mom-blogger (MckMama) who has done some fundraising for them to help get babies adopted into families that want them, but are having trouble gathering the funds to take them home. (It costs $10,000+ from what I understand). It's nice to be able to do SOMETHING for these babies, even if you can't actually adopt one yourself.

ICA (Inter Country Adoption) have HUGE wait times (and these is after a couple of years of seminars, assessments, panel & finally formal approval). You would be looking at anything from 5 - 10 years before placement.

We were placed with a local baby adoption after 7 months of waiting (2 years of process before that) and we feel extremely blessed to have been chosen so soon.

In Australia there are many special needs children waiting to be placed under Permanent Care Orders. I suggest anyone seriously wanting to bring a special needs child into their home & heart to look into this. There is a stcky thread in this section with the links to the different departments in all states that I put together awhile ago. If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask.

I dont know why i look at these things... i wish i could do something i really do.. it is so sad

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In Australia there are many special needs children waiting to be placed under Permanent Care Orders. I suggest anyone seriously wanting to bring a special needs child into their home & heart to look into this. There is a stcky thread in this section with the links to the different departments in all states that I put together awhile ago. If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask.

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I am currently pregnant with our third child and sadly I think it will be our last due to having to have a 3rd CS. My two daughters were born with special needs, my 2 year old has semi-significant needs however my 1 year olds needs are low, she was born with a heart defect that was repaired at birth and now it is just monitoring. In a few years time once our kids have grown a bit and we are sure with our decision to have no more of our own we will definatley be looking into permanent care. It has always been close to my heart.

Absolutly heartbreaking, I cant stop crying.. and so many little cleft bubbas, I want to take them all in.... :cry::cry

Why, damn it, does it have to be hard and expensive to adopt????? :shakehead:

Oh how aweful! :( I wish my DH would let me adopt, its something I have wanted to do my whole life, adopt after I have my own children, ut I too admit I don't think I could take on a high need child unless God gave me one.

:-( Why is it so hard.

So far I've had NO luck having a baby of my own and I know if I could, I would take any one of these beautiful angels and love them until the end of time...

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Why, damn it, does it have to be hard and expensive to adopt????? :shakehead:

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In Australia it costs very little take on a child under a Permanent Care order which is what most special needs children in this country will come under.

What I find so heart breaking is many oversea's children who have DS will leave what they refer to as the "Baby House" into a mental institution at around the age 6 where they have their head shaved and be tied to their cot, no toys and very limited physical contact. Many will simply just refuse to eat and die.

Reece's Rainbow is a wonderful site and I highly recommend people to have a look at the wonderful work they are doing to get these beautiful babies/children a loving family.

Tied to their cot? Are you kidding?? How is that legal?

I saw a documentary about orphanages in China and this is what they did over there. Also they were tied to chairs with potties underneath so catch any waste. It broke my heart to see this and we did look at adopting from there as I was so upset but DF was to old. He is not to old to have his own bio children but to old to adopt :shakeshead: and they went on his age and not mine (which is nearly 10 years younger). There was a lack of carers in the orphanages so this is what they did to the children so they knew where they were. Horrendous

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Tied to their cot? Are you kidding?? How is that legal?

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Women who give birth to babies with DS are encouraged to give their children up, these countries do not give financial support in regards to raising a beautiful DS child and they have very limited resources available. The mental insitutions are over crowded / under staffed and they can not look after the children so they are resorted to restraining them to their cots. It is heartbreaking.

I know it can be difficult to look at these tiny children tied up but the more the world becomes aware of this one day I hope it will end.

Having a special needs brother, this is something close to my heart too.. Those poor darlings :(
I spent most of my childhood bringing up my brother. If only I could, I'd take one :(


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Wow! I just saw this. I really wish I had the money to help one of these beautiful children.