Do you have to have a separate bedroom for your baby in order to adopt in Texas?

Question

I've always wanted to have my baby sleep in my room until they can sleep through the night. Do we need to have a separate bedroom for our baby in order to pass our homestudy?

We are planning to move in a year and we haven't started the adoption paperwork yet, so the baby would be less than a year old when we move. I'm just hoping to be able to adopt in our current apartment instead of having to wait until we move.

Answer 1

If you are adopting through the state, no, you do not need a seperate room for the baby, although you will need to show that the baby will have a safe and stimulating environment. In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics recently revised its standing and now suggests that the safest place for infants to sleep for the first 6 monhts is in the parents' room. You might think about mentioning that to your caseworker if he/she asks about sleeping arrangements. See more on their reasoning at
http://www.parentmap.com/bm_ss2006/ss06_2.htm

I am not sure about if you are adopting through a private agency...they should be able to tell you more though.
Good luck to you and God bless you for considering adoption!

Answer 2

You may have to have a 2nd bedroom in order to adopt. A child should not sleep in the same room as the parents after a certain age. Go to www.ask.com and type in "adoption laws in the state of TX"

Answer 3

first question: why not have a child of your own? that way you'll be the only parents the child has, rather than the child having a set of natural parents out there too that they might return to one day.

don't believe adoption agencies. they're out to make big money from people who are desperate to believe the "As if born to" myth. I have a friend who is getting her adoption annulled. Great adoptive parents and family, but she never felt like she fit and she grew up happy but felt like an "alien." she feels that her real parents are her natural parents. She's 38 and she knows others too that are being "adopted back" or changing their names. she wrote an article for the site below:

Answer 4

You have to have one available. One of the requirements for adopting is to prove that you have the financial means to take care of the child, and once it's no longer a baby (as they do tend to grow up) a room becomes part of that.

You can have the baby sleep in the room, no one will object to that, but make it clear you want the baby in the room for safety and bonding reasons, and that you have every intention and the financial ability required for it to have it's own room as it grows older.

Answer 5

It would probably look better if you had a room set up with a crib and everything and then maybe have a bassinet in your room.