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Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Moving with an adopted child
This is a topic I never thought I'd have to touch base on. I never thought adopted children should be treated differently and that we needed to take special precautions with an adopted child, boy I was wrong! I'm sure it's not this way for every adopted child, but ours it is definitely true-moving is a big deal in his little life. Ryker was 13 months old when we adopted him, but was mentally only around 6 months old and everything has been hard for him. This includes the little things that we never thought about, going on trips, meeting someone he's never met before, trying new foods, even sleeping in his own bed(especially a crib!). He's extremely sensitive so it shouldn't have surprised us when he started having mini panic attacks about us moving some of his stuff. He seriously thought we were getting rid of him, so we decided to pack his room last and to unpack it first. It will make our lives hopefully a little less hectic. So far it has helped, but he's still scared about all the boxes around the house. It makes my heart hurt so much that this little guy was hurt in the passed and is now afraid to do normal things that we take for granted. I am so glad he is in our lives and starting to make strides in life, but it's still kind of a slap in the face to see him like this. I hope once we get moved in and he sees all of his stuff is at the new house and so are we he'll be okay and finally relax!
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