When making the decision to adopt, many prospective parents will push to adopt a newborn as quickly as possible in order to ensure that they will be able to provide a great life very early on in their development.
In this guide, we are going to be taking a closer look at what you’ll need to do in order to prepare for the adoption of your newborn or young baby.
As well as share some tips on how you might be able to potentially speed up the application process. Just keep on reading to learn more.
How Do You Adopt A Newborn Baby Quickly?
Unfortunately, when it comes to adoption – there’s no clear cut answer for adopting a newborn child or young baby quickly.
While we wish that we could give you a definitive answer for quick adoption, the truth is that there are many different factors involved in the waiting period of the application process.
\Which means that it can take anywhere from a few weeks to several months.
Given the unpredictable nature of adoption, it’s very important that you are making sure to mentally prepare yourself for the journey prior to beginning the adoption process.
Even though it is common to be required to wait long periods of time before getting to bring your baby or child home, it’s important to be aware that, on rare occasions, adoption can be extremely quick.
For that reason, you’re going to need to make sure that you are emotionally prepared to welcome your new addition at any moment.
More specifically, as you are wanting to adopt a newborn (or young baby) there is a higher chance that you will be adopting the newborn the same day that it is born.
This type of adoption is called a “drop in the lap” adoption and typically takes place when the natural birth mother makes the decision to allow the baby to be adopted the very same day that the newborn baby has been welcomed into the world.
In this instance, you might be required to, quite literally, drop everything to go and get your adopted baby.
Of course, given how unpredictable adoption is, there is also a chance that you could be waiting for months on end before being given your adopted baby.
Perhaps you might be required to undergo more vetting, or maybe the birth mother might not want to let the baby go straight away. Ultimately, it all comes down to your unique adoption experience.
All that being said, now that you have a better understanding of why the adoption process can be so lengthy and long-winded, as well as the unique aspects of a newborn or young baby adoption.
We are now going to be sharing with you some of the best practices that you can take to ensure that the adoption process is as streamlined and smooth as possible.
This will, in turn, help to potentially speed up the adoption process so that you can bring your new baby home faster (see also “Can A White Couple Adopt A Black Baby?“). Lets go ahead and move onto the next section.
How To Speed Up The Newborn Adoption Process
Now that you’ve learned a little bit more about the adoption process for a newborn or young baby, we are now going to be sharing with you some tips on how to streamline the process as much as possible to hopefully speed up the adoption process.
Let’s take a look at what you can do below:
Make sure that you have all of your documents in order: There’s no denying that the adoption process can be a long and lengthy one – regardless of whether you’re adopting a toddler or a newborn. For that reason, it’s very important that you are making sure you have all of your required documents in order, including any personal statements, essays or autobiographies required by the adoption agency.
Keep yourself fit and healthy: As we’re sure you might very well be aware, you’re going to need to make sure that you are on a clean bill of health if you want to be able to get your adoption approved. That being said, even though the process can often be a long one, making sure that you are fit and healthy will help to prevent you from encountering any unwanted obstacles or delays along the way.
Ask your attorney or adoption agency what you can do to speed up the process: Last but certainly not least, the final way that you can help to make sure that you have optimized your application to adopt a newborn is to make sure that you are asking your attorney or adoption agency for guidance. We highly recommend that you do this because they will be familiar with your personal situation and will be able to help offer guidance that will be tailored to your unique adoption journey.
As a side note, please keep in mind that the amount of time that it will take to adopt is unique to each individual adoption process.
There are many different variables that can contribute to the amount of time it takes to adopt, especially if you are interested in adopting a newborn or a young baby.
That being said, the tips that we have shared above are not a guarantee, but they can help to streamline the process as much as possible
Final Thoughts
All in all? When it comes down to adoption of a child, it’s important to always remember that there is no sure way to adopt quickly simply because there are so many variables that come into the adoption process.
Still, now that you have taken the time to read through our guide, we are hoping that you now have a much better understanding of the application process for new born adoption.
As well as gained a clearer idea of some of the things you can do to help potentially speed the adoption process up.
Thank you for taking the time to read through this guide, and we wish you luck with your adoption journey.
Hi, I’m Joan Crassel, and I started my firm in 2006, with the goal to help and represent clients in a range of adoption-related matters.
Since then, the firm has gone on to aid hundreds of clients in adoption proceedings, and in other areas of family law.
With this site, I hope that you can find all of the answers that you are looking for, with in depth guides and informative articles from lawyers, not bloggers or social media influencers. We have actual first-hand knowledge of the adoption process, and can provide you with insight that no one else can.
