Foster kids room

For many of us, an 1100 square-foot home is on the small side. Ideal, perhaps, for a family of three or four, but what we'd consider too tight of a squeeze…

Now that I’m getting up in the night with baby, I’ve been getting my house show fix on at 3 in the morning. It’s kind of the perfect time to watch television all by myself (well,…

Since, we have been waiting for 9 months on the adoption side of things, 2 months ago Hart and I decided to become Foster Parents. We are...

Prep for the Home Study and Review this list of Foster Care Home Study Questions to know what to expect and find other Tips for Foster Parents.

Use a worry board to decorate a foster care bedroom with something fun and functional for both the foster child and the foster parents.

Still Orphans is excited to announce we are partnering with Mattress Firm to get the word out about a new mattress program for foster families! Mattress Firm has done a lot of work for fo…

Kids: Unknown; foster kids expected any day, one or sibling pair ages newborn – 5 yearsLocation: Nashville, TNRoom Size: 10′ x 11′ Martina and her husband Jason were in a unique position when designing the kids’ room for their house. They still don’t know how many, what gender, and what ages the children they foster will be.

Last year, our 2011 "Foster Friday" panel wrote about always being prepared as a foster parent . I never got around to adding my tidbits ...

Some kids share a room or don’t want the standard gender colors, so we have put together a list of 6 inspiring gender-neutral bedrooms! #LifeAsMama #genderneutralbedroom #kidsroom #kidsspaces

We are so close to be licensed for foster care! We started the process in January but when we moved, we decided that we wanted to go with a more local agency so that we didn't have to deal with the added annoyance of a 2 hour drive between us and our case manager. We absolutely ADORE our new agency. The licensing process has taken longer with this one than it would have with our previous agency but it's because they are so careful about vetting families and really educating them on the…

One of the challenges of foster care is that you can't really pick and choose the kind of child that fits best in your home. Yes you fill out a checklist, but at the end of the day, you must say yes or no to every child that needs a home.

A friend got a call today that she’s getting her first placement as a foster parent: a newborn baby boy. Her questions made me want to put together a list of suggestions to ask if you’re picking up a newborn. These are different than the questions you might ask for the placement of an older child.

Are you afraid you do not have room for a foster child? Use the tips to maximize your foster care bedroom space, even in a small home or apartment.

Gender neutral foster bedroom

We live in a 3 bedroom house. When we first decided to do fostering we were going to keep one room as an office, put a crib in our room and bunk beds in the other room. And so we did. Two months later we made the decision to some how find places for/ get rid of our whole office, split the bunk beds (they are the kind that separate into two twins) and move the crib. So NOW we have TWO foster rooms! One is a girly room with one twin bed, the other has a neutral jungle theme with a crib and a…

Foster Children's Room : )

Some amazing friends of ours are going through the process of approval as foster parents at the moment. One of the things they were saying they’d been advised to create was a welcome book. As…

Getting ready for kids is difficult for new foster parents. It's not like biokids where you know the ETA of your bundle for about 9mo, you k...