http://www.laurachristianson.com/laura/can-i-love-my-adopted-child-as-much-as-my-birth-children/ Adoption Information and Inspiration Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.laurachristianson.com/laura/can-i-love-my-adopted-child-as-much-as-my-birth-children/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Nicole Sat, 01 May 2010 11:44:50 +0000 http://www.laurachristianson.com/laura/can-i-love-my-adopted-child-as-much-as-my-birth-children/#comment-1055 Thank you for your honesty...I needed to hear that this morning. Thank you for your honesty…I needed to hear that this morning.

]]> http://www.laurachristianson.com/laura/can-i-love-my-adopted-child-as-much-as-my-birth-children/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Mom of Two Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:35:18 +0000 http://www.laurachristianson.com/laura/can-i-love-my-adopted-child-as-much-as-my-birth-children/#comment-69 I'm a mom with two children, one adopted and one biological. And it must be said that at least for some people the love is NOT the same. However, I'm not saying I love one of my children more than the other. There is no way to measure love. I simply love them both as much as I can. What I mean is that the FEELING of love, and the way your relationship grows and changes, is different. Basically for my adopted child, it's more complicated. Its very hard to describe. I think I feel more protective of this child, who has already had alot of hardships. Its like I feel like together we will conquer, this child and me. For my biological child, its more like awww how cute. Its remembering the times when I was pregnant and how we bonded way back then. Maybe some moms who have children both ways feel exactly the same way about them all, but not me. I just want to be honest so other moms can know that this is also normal. I’m a mom with two children, one adopted and one biological. And it must be said that at least for some people the love is NOT the same.
However, I’m not saying I love one of my children more than the other. There is no way to measure love. I simply love them both as much as I can.
What I mean is that the FEELING of love, and the way your relationship grows and changes, is different. Basically for my adopted child, it’s more complicated. Its very hard to describe. I think I feel more protective of this child, who has already had alot of hardships. Its like I feel like together we will conquer, this child and me. For my biological child, its more like awww how cute. Its remembering the times when I was pregnant and how we bonded way back then.
Maybe some moms who have children both ways feel exactly the same way about them all, but not me. I just want to be honest so other moms can know that this is also normal.

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