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HelpRe: SlytherClaw's Adoption Agency
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Parent #1
Full Name: Lucie Barbara {Parker} Leighton
Age: 37
Occupation: Author
Bio: Lucie is very caring, loving and maternal though unfortunately she can't carry babies to full term herself. She is trained as a primary school teacher but gave that up to become a full-time mum to baby Parker and since then has rekindled her passion for writing that she has had since a teenager. Lucie now works from home as an author and has had two books published in the past three years while she works on a third. Other hobbies Lucie loves include cooking, picnicking, reading, cinema visits (or watching movies in general), boxing and yoga.
Parent #2
Full Name: Henry Joseph Leighton
Age: 40
Occupation: Senior Lecturer - Oxford University
Bio: Henry is passionate about research and moving practices forward in his specialist field of occupational psychology. He tries to be as hand-on a dad as possible but his job means he is often away research in other areas of the country or even giving seminars abroad. When he is around he enjoys watching football with Parker on the television and hopes to take him to live matches and get him into a junior team. Henry loves taking his family to the cinema and treating them to meals and days out spent together.
Children
Full Name: Parker Henry Elliot Leighton
Age: 4
Bio: Parker was born four years ago to Lucie's sister Ellie who acted as a surrogate with Lucie's egg and Henry's sperm. Parker understands he is special but doesn't quite yet know how special he is. He is going to start school soon but for now enjoys playing both at home and nursery, he especially enjoys colouring and drawing, reading and making a mess in the sand and water boxes.
Family language(s): English
Family nationality (or nationalities): British
Family religion(s): None
Family location: Oxfordshire, England
ADOPTION
Number preference (maximum 4): 2-4
Age preference: 2yrs+
Gender preference: either
Nationality preference: British
Language preference: English
Religion preference: no preference
Would you accept/prefer:
-siblings? Yes
-multiples? Yes
-children with disabilities or illnesses? The family are accepting of children with learning delays or behavioural, social and emotional needs due to their past. The family would also consider children with impairments (Lucie knows some sign language and is teaching Parker). The family feel they are not right for a terminally ill child.
-pregnant teenagers? No
-children with teenage parents? Yes
-an open adoption (communication with birth parents) or closed adoption (parents are not involved because of death, prison, lack of interest, etc.)? no preference
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/117870?sort=rank&pop=ew
^Top 2 = Alice, James / Henry ~~ Bottom 2 = Courage and Indiana (m)
Full Name: Lucie Barbara {Parker} Leighton
Age: 37
Occupation: Author
Bio: Lucie is very caring, loving and maternal though unfortunately she can't carry babies to full term herself. She is trained as a primary school teacher but gave that up to become a full-time mum to baby Parker and since then has rekindled her passion for writing that she has had since a teenager. Lucie now works from home as an author and has had two books published in the past three years while she works on a third. Other hobbies Lucie loves include cooking, picnicking, reading, cinema visits (or watching movies in general), boxing and yoga.
Parent #2
Full Name: Henry Joseph Leighton
Age: 40
Occupation: Senior Lecturer - Oxford University
Bio: Henry is passionate about research and moving practices forward in his specialist field of occupational psychology. He tries to be as hand-on a dad as possible but his job means he is often away research in other areas of the country or even giving seminars abroad. When he is around he enjoys watching football with Parker on the television and hopes to take him to live matches and get him into a junior team. Henry loves taking his family to the cinema and treating them to meals and days out spent together.
Children
Full Name: Parker Henry Elliot Leighton
Age: 4
Bio: Parker was born four years ago to Lucie's sister Ellie who acted as a surrogate with Lucie's egg and Henry's sperm. Parker understands he is special but doesn't quite yet know how special he is. He is going to start school soon but for now enjoys playing both at home and nursery, he especially enjoys colouring and drawing, reading and making a mess in the sand and water boxes.
Family language(s): English
Family nationality (or nationalities): British
Family religion(s): None
Family location: Oxfordshire, England
ADOPTION
Number preference (maximum 4): 2-4
Age preference: 2yrs+
Gender preference: either
Nationality preference: British
Language preference: English
Religion preference: no preference
Would you accept/prefer:
-siblings? Yes
-multiples? Yes
-children with disabilities or illnesses? The family are accepting of children with learning delays or behavioural, social and emotional needs due to their past. The family would also consider children with impairments (Lucie knows some sign language and is teaching Parker). The family feel they are not right for a terminally ill child.
-pregnant teenagers? No
-children with teenage parents? Yes
-an open adoption (communication with birth parents) or closed adoption (parents are not involved because of death, prison, lack of interest, etc.)? no preference
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/117870?sort=rank&pop=ew
^Top 2 = Alice, James / Henry ~~ Bottom 2 = Courage and Indiana (m)
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Meet Antonia Minna, Tabitha Iona, Huxley Lachlan, and Lowen Ivor, quadruplet four-year-olds from Britain. Their mother had them when she was 17 and was unable to raise four children on her own and couldn't bring herself to pick one and separate them. They are all twice-exceptional, meaning that in their case, they are all profoundly gifted with some sort of disability. Antonia has dyspraxia, Tabitha has dyslexia, Huxley has dysgraphia, and Lowen has Asperger's syndrome. They are all very curious and analytical, although that plays about in very different ways. Antonia loves to read and write, whereas Tabitha loves science, while Huxley and Lowen have very mathematical minds. They have not been raised in any religions, and speak English.
Please keep us informed about how they are doing as it is hard to raise quadruplets, but even harder to raise profoundly gifted quadruplets.
(Sorry for the delay, by the way!)
Meet Antonia Minna, Tabitha Iona, Huxley Lachlan, and Lowen Ivor, quadruplet four-year-olds from Britain. Their mother had them when she was 17 and was unable to raise four children on her own and couldn't bring herself to pick one and separate them. They are all twice-exceptional, meaning that in their case, they are all profoundly gifted with some sort of disability. Antonia has dyspraxia, Tabitha has dyslexia, Huxley has dysgraphia, and Lowen has Asperger's syndrome. They are all very curious and analytical, although that plays about in very different ways. Antonia loves to read and write, whereas Tabitha loves science, while Huxley and Lowen have very mathematical minds. They have not been raised in any religions, and speak English.
Please keep us informed about how they are doing as it is hard to raise quadruplets, but even harder to raise profoundly gifted quadruplets.
(Sorry for the delay, by the way!)
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Lucie, Henry and Parker all welcomed the quads with open arms into their family. Parker was initially very unsettled by the sudden influx of children into his home but carefully, and with sensitivity, Lucie and Henry have brought together Parker and his new siblings.
It has now been a year since Antonia, Tabitha, Huxley and Lowen came to their forever home and the children are doing very, very well. Alongside Parker, the children have started primary school and have all been put into the same class. The school are very welcoming of the children's unusual circumstances and are aware of their individual needs, putting into place everything the children need to flourish. For Antonia this means a having special "nipple-pad" for her to sit on to help her understand where her body is; she also takes part in physical interventions where she is supported to cross the midline of her body and keep control of her limbs. Tabitha meanwhile has been given tinted glasses to help her read and make sense of words on paper, she doesn't understand phonics very well but the school are supporting her to read and write through whole-word recognise and cursive lettering. For Huxley his dysgraphia is supported through the use of chunky pencils and special-grips he can slide onto his tool of choice - like Antonia, he struggles with fine manipulative skills and the school have brought in many specialist equipment for the two children to use so that they can cut, draw, paint, mould and join with the same accuracy as their peers. Lastly, Lowen has made astounding progress since starting school. Initially, both Lucie and Henry, and the school had concerns as to how much support Lowen was going to need and they queried whether they were doing the right thing putting him in a mainstream establishment. But in the end Lucie and Henry couldn't bear to separate him after everything they had done to keep him with his siblings and so the school have employed somebody to be with Lowen throughout the school day, supporting him during transitions and social conflicts.
All five children are enrolled onto swimming lessons but Lucie and Henry wanted to give their children the option to explore their individual talents too, therefore, in the last year every child has taken up another extracurricular club. Parker is playing football, Antonia karate, Tabitha gymnastics, Huxley rugby and Lowen horse riding.
It has now been a year since Antonia, Tabitha, Huxley and Lowen came to their forever home and the children are doing very, very well. Alongside Parker, the children have started primary school and have all been put into the same class. The school are very welcoming of the children's unusual circumstances and are aware of their individual needs, putting into place everything the children need to flourish. For Antonia this means a having special "nipple-pad" for her to sit on to help her understand where her body is; she also takes part in physical interventions where she is supported to cross the midline of her body and keep control of her limbs. Tabitha meanwhile has been given tinted glasses to help her read and make sense of words on paper, she doesn't understand phonics very well but the school are supporting her to read and write through whole-word recognise and cursive lettering. For Huxley his dysgraphia is supported through the use of chunky pencils and special-grips he can slide onto his tool of choice - like Antonia, he struggles with fine manipulative skills and the school have brought in many specialist equipment for the two children to use so that they can cut, draw, paint, mould and join with the same accuracy as their peers. Lastly, Lowen has made astounding progress since starting school. Initially, both Lucie and Henry, and the school had concerns as to how much support Lowen was going to need and they queried whether they were doing the right thing putting him in a mainstream establishment. But in the end Lucie and Henry couldn't bear to separate him after everything they had done to keep him with his siblings and so the school have employed somebody to be with Lowen throughout the school day, supporting him during transitions and social conflicts.
All five children are enrolled onto swimming lessons but Lucie and Henry wanted to give their children the option to explore their individual talents too, therefore, in the last year every child has taken up another extracurricular club. Parker is playing football, Antonia karate, Tabitha gymnastics, Huxley rugby and Lowen horse riding.
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I'm glad everyone is getting along so well! I'm so glad their school has been accommodating of their disabilities. Have they also made adjustments for their giftedness? Higher level work, et cetera? I'm so glad Loren was able to stay with his siblings during the school day.
Thanks for giving the quadruplets their forever home!
Thanks for giving the quadruplets their forever home!
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Sorry for the delay! I can't do yours right now but I'll edit this message later to give you your children and I'll put ETA in the subject so you'll know!
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