Lighthouse Thoughts

   As a new parent, trying to determine whether your child is sick (or sick enough) and whether you should contact the pediatrician can be tricky. Always follow the physicians advise and when in doubt seek help. Reasons to call the pediatrician or other health-care resources may include: ·         Your child looks and acts sick. […]

Choosing a pediatrician is an important step in your child’s healthcare plan. A pediatrician will be your child’s primary physician. Select a pediatrician in advance of your baby’s arrival and schedule an initial consultation. You will want to schedule a well-baby visit for within 48 hours of arriving home with your n baby. Your pediatrician […]

A child’s feelings about adoption are complex. They effect every part of his self: personal identity, self-confidence, and their understanding of who they are, and where they came form. Understanding these thoughts, feelings, and responses can be challenging for both adoptees and adoptive parents.  Being adopted can create many feelings of being different. Children need to […]

We’ve all heard them……..

Regardless of what type of adoption you are in: international or domestic, as adoptive mother’s our lives are forever entangled with our children’s birthmothers. Your child’s birthmother made a difficult choice that has given you a child to love forever. Without her, many of us would not be mothers.  I am humbled and at the strength of […]

Beacon House Team Tennis Challenge – September 25, 3015 to September 27, 2015 Tournament Details Exciting! The Beacon House Annual Team Tennis Challenge is coming early this year! September is the month, with great weather for tennis. We invite any local businesses to be a part of this event by being a sponsor. Beacon House […]

Most Women choose adoption because they want, what they believe is the best option for their child. For most, this is a heart wrenching decision. At Beacon House we respect the choices made by birth families and work diligently to support these choices throughout the adoption process. BHAS’s Domestic Adoption Program is a full service […]

Our commitment to our Domestic Adoption program includes a higher level of interaction between client and staff, streamlining document processing, birthmother assistance, and more personalized services to our adoptive families. BHAS’s Domestic Adoption Program is a full service process that takes a family from the start of adoption to its completion, including finalization services, emotional […]

We at Beacon House know that sometimes life does not happen just the way we plan it. If you are now experiencing a pregnancy that you did not plan for, you know that you have options. One of those options is adoption certainly a difficult choice, a brave and unselfish act that gives life to […]

As your baby is growing and learning, the ways in which you can communicate with each other are rapidly increasing. This makes understanding one another so much easier.  “Babies don’t always understand words. But you can still communicate with your baby using tone of voice, touch and body language.” Here are a couple of ideas […]