We had spoken to her about the mixed feelings she may have and that it would be ok to not always feel happy about having a new brother. Our daughter was present during many of the phone calls we had over adopting our baby and she was very excited about meeting him. We had been approached to Foster to Adopt our baby, which sped up the process immensely. From the initial contact to bringing our baby home was only a matter of weeks. After a few weeks, our Social Worker rang us about a baby on the site and we were able to put in an expression of interest for him. For us this felt great as up until now we felt very passive in the adoptive process. Once we were approved we were able to join LinkMaker and actively look for a child. The day of our approval was nervewracking but luckily it was over within minutes, we were told the same day we had been approved. The whole adoption process was very quick and with our Social Worker meeting us at flexible times both at home and work, it did not seem taxing at all. Our Social Worker then met with her and thankfully she also felt that our daughter overall felt positive about gaining a sibling. We always told her she would be involved and could always have a say in who we adopted. We found ‘dripfeeding’ little conversations about having a sibling and letting her discuss her anxieties as they came, helped her come to terms with the idea. We did not let her know of our decision to adopt until we were at the later stages. One of our biggest concerns was how our daughter (then aged 7) would take to a new sibling. It was a huge relief that someone would proactively look for a child to match us. This sounded perfect for us as we knew locally we would probably not find a match. On meeting our Social Worker we realised that Nugent Adoption looks nationally for children and do not have children at their agency. We then saw the details of Nugent Adoption and, from our first phone call, the feedback was positive. We discovered there were many mixed-race children finding it difficult to find their forever families. We were determined that this would not be the end of our journey, so we joined Adoption UK in the hope of finding more information. ![]() We were not directed to any other agencies or given any information about other places we could get support. However, as we are a mixed-race couple they advised us that the process would be futile, as there had never been any children that would match our ethnicity. We at first approached our Local Authority to start the process. My husband has an adopted sister and we have other family members who have adopted, so we felt we knew the many positives and few negatives adoption would involve. My husband and I decided to adopt as although we had a birth child, we felt our family was not complete. Home / Our experience with Nugent Our experience with Nugent
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