Goodbye Social Workers - What Happens After Adoption

Goodbye Social Workers - What Happens After Adoption

From Daddies Overnight by Matthew and Ryan

February 24, 2026 · 43 min

About this episode

Matthew and Ryan discuss their experiences and challenges after the adoption of their son, reflecting on the emotional journey and adjustments they faced.

The social workers are officially out of our lives. After hundreds of check-ins, forms, visits, and assessments, this chapter of our adoption journey has finally closed. And wow… it feels big. In this episode, we talk about what really happened after we brought our son home, the emotional rollercoaster we didn’t fully share at the time. The exhaustion. The overwhelm. The quiet doubts. The pressure to look like we were coping. We were often “faking it till we made it,” trying to hold everything together while adjusting to becoming daddies overnight. If you’re in the adoption process, thinking about it, or in that blurry 'just becoming parents' phase, wondering if everyone else is finding it easier than you, then this one’s for you. This is what happens after adoption - our experience. New episodes to watch and listen to EVERY Tuesday. WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN DUMMY CONFESSIONS? 📩 Send us your most embarrassing or funny confession in a DM to our Instagram or send your voice note to daddiesovernight@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/daddiesovernight/ 📲 Or find us at @daddiesovernight on socials, and don't forget you can WATCH the episode on YouTube…

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Hosts: Matthew, Ryan

Topics covered

  • adoption
  • parenting
  • emotional journey
  • family dynamics
  • social workers
  • fatherhood

Keywords

  • adoption
  • social workers
  • parenting challenges
  • fatherhood
  • emotional rollercoaster
  • family
  • parenting journey

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