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Hiya, congratulations on your match :) What age is the child you are adopting, you say your going to panel shortly, does this mean you know the age of the child in question? I would carry on with the routine you already have now, but i'm sure you will find that sticking to that routine once your new son/daughter has come home may be a bit more difficult. We adopted a sibling group and although we didn't have any young children at home already, our lives were literally thrown upside down and inside out! Any routine that we had hoped to have went out the window and we just went with the flow. Your routine will settle down again as your little one settles in with your new family. Does your new son/daughter already go to school yet? Will you be keeping them off school for a while. Our son started his new playgroup/school a week after coming home with us, although it was quick, he had settled in so well that we thought it was best to get him in as soon as we could and while there was still room at the class. I hope someone can come along real soon and help you, im afraid I haven't been much help but want to wish you well on your new journey :) Good Luck xx

Hi congratulations on your match. My eldest AS has complex needs so a number of routines were in place. Over the months before placement of number 2 I realised some of them would be difficult with 2 AS so I changed them before so eldest AS was happy with the change before number 2 arrived. When number 2 arrived the routines evolved to meet all our needs over a period of time and now we are very lucky (though lots of hard work has gone into it) in that both AS can be fairly flexible.

Worth bearing in mind that your SW and panel will expect you to say you will take LOs routine on board and follow it to start with. Make sure you say yes even if you know it won't be practical in reality!