Baby Cakes' Tale (PagePerfect NOOK Book)

Mary Osgood and her husband, Dean, live in a tiny town in rural
Wisconsin with their fi ve children (and fi ve poodles). Three of their
children were adopted through foster care and two were adopted after
â??failedâ? international adoptions from orphanages in Russia and Ethiopia. Their
childrenâ??s struggles through foster care and adoption have inspired them to
gain therapeutic parenting solutions that enable their family to thrive against
many odds. Some of the trainings and techniques that have been instrumental
in their kidsâ?? healing process are working with a Trauma and Attachment
therapist that specializes in foster care and adoption issues, horse therapy,
sensory integration therapy, love and logic techniques, establishing a Reactive
Attachment Disorder support group, and creating their kidsâ?? healing stories.
Creating photo books and reading and rereading their healing stories has
made a tremendous impact on helping their children to process their traumatic
pasts so that they can move forward and truly heal. When they realized
how rare childrenâ??s books on overturned adoptions and other adoption issues
were, they felt compelled to use their kidsâ?? triumphs to help other children
struggling with the healing process.