| PRODUCT DETAILS | | Our Chosen Child: How You Came To Us And The Growing Up Years |  | |
Our Chosen Child: How You Came To Us And The Growing Up Years
Parents record every milestone-from the first smile to the first day at school-in a child's baby book for posterity. Thanks to best-selling author Judith Levy, adoptive parents can now express their joy and love for a child in a baby book created especially for them. Our Chosen Child omits the traditional space for recording details about the pregnancy, labor, and delivery, highlighting instead the special preparations adoptive parents make and the excitement and anticipation they feel.In Our Chosen Child, adoptive parents can record family history and all the milestones of childhood through high school graduation. Additionally, Our Chosen Child includes the milestones that an adoptive family achieves. A page entitled "Waiting for You" acknowledges the many steps along the journey to becoming an adoptive family, such as completing a home study and getting references. On the page entitled "When We First Saw You" parents can capture the special moment when they first meet their intended child, whether as a newborn or as a five-year-old. The happy memories of the day the adoption is finalized are recorded on the "Adoption Day" page.Each page features original poetry by Judith Levy, such as this loving dedication: "You had a journey to make, A trip to come through, To parents who were praying, And waiting for you." Judy Pelikan's tender illustrations grace every page, making this book a beautiful keepsake.All adoptive parents will want to complete this treasury of memories for their own "chosen child."
Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Price: $7.45
 Our Chosen Child: How You Came To Us And The Growing Up Years
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| User Reviews |  | Archaic Thinking
rating: 1
Just reading the title "Our Chosen Child" shows this book was made for the olden days of adoption. Who chooses a child now? Long gone are the days of selecting a child from an orphanage, at least domestically. Then, the first fill in page is a family tree! Don't most people know that family tree projects are THE WORST, anxiety provoking things for adopted children? Whose tree is it? Bio or Adopted family? I just don't like this at all. Create your own lifebook or scrap album
I received this as a gift, I would never use it. We would never want our daughter to feel like we chose her like a doll or a puppy. We are the luckiest parents in the world to have been chosen to be her parents.
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Great to have a baby book for adoption...
rating: 4
I really like this book. Even though not everything pertains to my child, it is nice being able to have a place to put all of his "Firsts."
I don't mind that it focuses only on us, his adopted family. I have a special "LifeBook" which I created that tells him all about his birth family, including pictures and focuses on them. I think it is great for him to know that he has two families that love him! I also think that it separates everything so that it is not so overwhelming right now, while he is young.
If you want a great way to share your child's birthfamily information, I would highly recommend buying "LifeBooks Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child" by Beth O'Malley, MEd. It is a great help in not only creating a LifeBook, but also gives you ideas on how to explain to your child difficult things about his/her adoption.
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We returned this item
rating: 1
We found this way too 'cute-sy' for our taste.
We much preferred "This is Me", which allowed for much more flexibility, as it's a binder. And it was not so cute-sy.
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A good Baby Book for Adoptions
rating: 5
I was placed with my son when he was 22 months old. While this book is geared more toward infant adoption (wanting a lot of firsts as a baby book does) I am using it for his firsts with us. I have also asked his prior placement if they can fill in the information I don't have. It has pages for a naming Ceremony (I just wrote about them name we chose and why) My favorite pages are the ones where youput pictures of "Others who love you" I would recommend this book to any adoptive mom/dad and you can alter as you need it.
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Not what I'd hoped for...
rating: 2
This book, while obviously well-intentioned, leaves too much unsaid in the life of a child who joins a family through adoption, in my opinion. There's no space for including the child's biological roots or specifics about their birth family, but only a vague "other people who love you" page, for example.
I didn't feel comfortable using it OR giving it as a gift, so it sits in a box. I'll create my own lifebooks.
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