I’m glad this kid was born lucky and actually got adopted. Thousands of kids are either dropped off or surrendered every year and most just end up turning eighteen and winding up in the streets
@@tobaby375 No they’re not. Ma’am, I’ve been doing this job for seventeen years. In that time, I’ve only watched 20 newborns find homes immediately, and all but two of them were to very well off families. The other two were arranged in private adoptions by the mothers who knew them personally. Most newborns wind up straight in the foster system, and because adoption is EXTREMELY expensive and most foster families are already overburdened with either their own kids, foster kids, or both, they can’t always take in newborns. And because they grow so fast and the adoption process takes so long, adoptions often fall through as well. Sometimes the couple changes their mind, sometimes their finances aren’t in good shape, sometimes they even learn there’s something genetically wrong with the baby, etc. I literally had a couple find out this particular two month old boy had Down’s Syndrome and they ghosted me. Never heard from them again. The baby passed for foster home to foster home until he was seven. Unfortunately, he was killed by his foster mother. Don’t tell me the statistics when these statistics are my very life and career. I could tell you some real horror stories of what my coworkers and I have encountered with unwanted children and it’s not all sunshine and rainbows. By the way, of those older children you hand wave away so casually? 83% were unwanted newborns. Think about that.
@@emmawieson2121and are you saying the statistics are actually false? Or just don’t line up with your experience? Because I’ve seen statistics from very reliable sources that there is no shortage of families looking to adopt newborns.
@@juliabuonincontro8617 I feel like seventeen years working in twenty-six different states with dozens upon dozens of different regulations and thousands upon thousands of foster families Kinda sorta speaks volumes
@hdb80 I hear you, but the baby could have wound up dead in a dumpster! She has loving parents now. Hopefully, they will raise her right. My heart goes out to them all.
@hdb80 I'm so sorry for you. Life is unfair. My husband is adopted, we know nothing, and I truly get it. I know it's going to suck for her when the baby girl grows up and learns the truth. I'm sending you hugs and blessings. You are beautiful, never feel otherwise. You are loved. ❤️
@hdb80 My birth mother didn't want children. My father only wanted a son. I was the third born daughter and third disappointment. Finally, my little brother was born two years after me. They finally got their son. He was born bad to the bone and caused them and my sisters and I unbelievable grief from the time he was three! He was killed in Brooklyn two years ago today, on the morning of the 4th of July, his favorite holiday. I don't know what happened, I probably never will. I found out from my cousin who saw it posted on Instagram by his daughter. I took care of his final expenses, even though I hadn't spoken to him since 2020. No one else cared, I was told he would be incinerated and thrown in the trash if he went unclaimed. He had three children, each by a different woman. They all hated him and would have preferred he was tossed out like garbage. I loved my little brother. We were raised like twins because our birthdays are two years apart in the same month. He spent a lot of time incarcerated from age eight through adulthood. He had drugs and alcohol issues, he did bad things and didn't care who he hurt. He was a sociopath and never really had a chance in life. Nothing I did to help him made much of a difference. Still, I miss him, but I don't miss the torture he put us through in life. I've told my husband that he's better off not knowing anything. We have no clue, and neither did his late adopted parents. He says he's never had any desire to know, but I think he just says that because he feels abandoned by his birth mom. I told him that he is my baby now, and I will always love and care for him. He's 65, and I have two sons from a past marriage to a man who didn't do right by my boys and I. So, 30 years ago, he embraced my sons as our sons, and we are a happy family. The boys are 41 and 43 now. They have always had two fathers since I remarried and two families because I raised them to understand that love is a choice and that we are all human and make mistakes. It is for the sake of my sons that I never put down their birth father and encouraged them to forgive him in order for them not to suffer the sadness life dumps on us. I hope you have a wonderful life, I truly feel you. 💗
I agree with you all! Life's not fair. Only Jesus could heal my broken heart and renew my crushed spirit. John 3:16 ; Psalm 23. Allow Jesus to be your good shepherd. We're born into a fallen world. Forgive and cast your burdens into the Cross because He cares for you. Carrying burdens makes us prisoners. Jesus is the key that sets us free. God bless, 🙏❤
nah she did not want the child, The child is with her REAL parents now (not real like in birth parents kind of real but real like in actually taking caring about the baby and giving it love)
No, no she does not. Leaving your baby anywhere does NOT deserve an award. Yes, she did the right thing in making sure the child went unharmed and was placed in a good home, but stop acting like what happened isn't a horrid tragedy. That child will never know where she comes from and was abandoned by the one person who was supposed to love her. No note, no explanation, nothing. Just gone. Rethink what you said.
@hdb80 don't be judgy... you don't know why that baby was placed in a safe haven. But the birth mother knew that baby wouldn't have a good home with her.
@@hdb80She does deserve an award!! Have you seen the 2 cases from New Mexico? A 19 year old cheerleader Alexee, had her baby in the bathroom and threw it in the trash where a cleaning lady found the dead baby boy. Another named Alexis had her baby and put it in a garbage bag and drove to a dumpster behind a store and swung and tossed that baby boy in . That baby boy lived and found by some people dumpster diving. Now tell me she doesn't deserve an award for letting her baby live.❤ Really, really think about it.
That’s exactly what I said💜. 🥹🥹🥹 I thank God for this courageous mother, it truly destroys a part of me every time I hear of mothers who don’t use this route!
For what? Its extremely rare for anyone to leave a baby like that. Too rare for baby "dropboxes" PLUS there's always been predesignated places where a baby can be left if someone so chooses... churches, hospitals, fire stations.... how are people so ignorant that they don't know about this?? Oh yeah, probably because it almost never happens.
@@JesgateOnDown it happens more often than we’d think.. Went to school with a girl that didn’t want to tell her parents she was pregnant. Gave birth early and flushed baby down the toilet. Baby got stuck in the bottom of it and that’s how parents found out. Lots of woman throw baby’s in garbage cans. Even if the boxes don’t get used as much as you would think or don’t end up getting used in certain locations, at least it’s there so mothers have a safer option than throwing them away like trash.
There are about 134 boxes throughout the country. While they are a great idea, they are expensive. Every state has a Safe Haven Law. I promote this on RU-vid and on FB. You never know who reads what. If each of us helps to spread the word, more people would know about it.
KUDOS to the birth mom!! That was possibly the most UNSELFISH thing you have ever done!! It was hard, Im sure, but you put your baby FIRST, knowing you were'nt ready (instead of keepung her cuz 'she is mine!' ) You gave her a life that you either couldnt provide, or weren't ready to provide. And THAT is a beautiful thing!!! 🌻 May God bless you for this!!!
I’m just seeing this today, 27 June 2023. On this same day, now 48 years ago in 1975, I was adopted at just three weeks old after being left in the hospital by my birth mother. I can’t begin how happy this story makes me, and I feel like my “fellow adoptee family” just gained a little sister! ❤️🥰❤️
I was left in a hospital at 3 days old, put in foster care, and adopted at 2 months. This story does NOT make me happy. Being left isn't a celebration, it's trauma and heartbreak for this baby. Left with no explanation, nothing. She'll never know where she comes from or have any answers. It's tragic. She ended up in a good home, thank the Lord above, but the flip side of the coin is sad and begins with loss.
I hope the birth mother sees this and feels more at peace with her decision knowing her baby was adopted by loving parents. ❤ These baby boxes are such an important tool and I hope we install more.
I can imagine that being a concern for these women when putting the baby in those boxes. So I also hope seeing the child with loving parents makes her happy and glad to have made the choice she made.
Absolutely fantastic. So glad that this beautiful child was not simply placed in foster care for years but into her permanent family where she belongs.
She’s adorable! And her birth mom is very brave and selfless to leave her baby at the firehouse. She got care and love not just thrown away. Her mom must have loved her very much💜💜💜💜💜
No there's no way her mother loved her if they didn't want children then they did not sorry to say this but all that matters is that the baby is a great family now
@@M.S.Y.C Who are you to judge that mother's motives? Are you Almighty God? No, I didn't think so. I believe what that mother did was a selfless act. She knew she was unable to care for her child, so she LOVINGLY and SELFLESSLY put her child FIRST and put her in the Safe Haven Baby Box, where she knew her child would be cared for.
My hubby and I were blessed as well with a baby girl!! Got her straight out of the hospital aftrt birth and adopted her.. Congratulations to your FOREVER Baby Zoe! 😊
I don't think people understand how many babies are killed from not being wanted. Not only with abortion but murder too. Or, they have other problems that they know they won't be able to raise them. It was a selfless act for the mother to do this. The baby looked to be very healthy. Zoe will now have a happy life with people who love & adore her!
Ugh, that is NOT what bravery is. She did not risk her life. It was EMPATHY. The birth mother had EMPATHY for the infant. She did not fight tigers to get the baby to safety. smh
@@le_th_ She could’ve aborted that child, but instead chose to carry her, and provided her with a chance at a better life. In my opinion that is brave. And also shows EMPATHY, Fight tigers??? Think deeper.
@@futuristicgirl14 Carrying a child full term, and giving her the chance at life shows more bravery on her part, than aborting it. That’s my opinion. If you or anyone else feels disrespected by a strangers opinion, please get a life. A woman has a right to her own reproductive rights, I’m not arguing that in any way, nor would I ever! But, that being said I don’t have to see it as a brave act. Cheers!
@@Cheechon it's pretty brave to admit you can't give a child a good life and make the decision to abort. A lot braver than a pathetic person criticizing women who choose that.
This baby has been loved by everyone who has known her. Her birth mother loved her so much, she made this decision. Her adoptive family seems like the best thing that could have ever happened to her. All the best to everyone.
So beautiful, the biological mother did the most selfless thing she could do knowing she couldn’t care for her. We need more of these boxes I live in California. God bless the family that adopted her.
@@le_th_that’s a load of sh*t. Narcissists admire themselves not others. Admiring someone for being good at something or for helping others or for doing something difficult is not a narcissistic trait, in fact it’s the opposite.
@@le_th_I don’t think you know what a narcissist is, this is giving ✨pick me✨ vibes sprinkled with quirky internet buzzwords. All it would take to know is a Google search but you’re incessant need to be different has made you sound stupid when you were in fact trying to feel superior to everyone else 🙄👍🏽
One is preferable over the other, 100% of the time. But leaving a baby in a box is absolutely horrid, and never okay, and never will be okay. It's the lesser of 2 evils. We should be better people.
Baby Zoe was beautiful, and look at her now! What a sweet, strong ,and inquisitive baby. The gift from a loving mother to another loving mother. Zoe has been blessed twice.
I'm a volunteer at a hospital in the southeast valley of Phoenix, Arizona. We teach our volunteers about Baby Safe Haven. This is such a heartwarming news story, I'm going to make sure we add this to volunteer orientation. Sweet little girl...brave mom, thank you for doing the right thing. ❤
What a cutie 😂 I'm so glad they are commending birth mom. Had to be so hard. I know she's watching every news broadcast and she sees her baby cared for. What a treasure
I’ve had four friends very wisely give their kids in adoption. All of them and the children are doing well. They all chose open adoption and make monthly in person connections. Not a single one of them has the bio dad in the picture thanks to lawyers. They all had different stories and reasons, but it truly was best for the child and them to do adoption. I also have a friend who felt she also needed to give up her child, but instead of adoption she chose abortion and she has been in and out of psych wards and on drugs for 14 years sense she had her abortion, she doesn’t fully relate it, but I watched how that pushed her over the edge and she tries to go full blown into escapism tactics that fail because when she is most gone she longs for that child and will go right to showing the ultrasound pictures and saying she had to fight to get PP to give them to her as she tried to convince herself it wasn’t wrong that she stopped his heart. She wasn’t ready to be a full time mom, but she definitely couldn’t handle the consequences of thinking about how she choose abortion.
These baby boxes are wonderful! Keeps babies safe. Gives moms who aren't ready a loving alternative. Such a selfless act to give a baby away. Too many loving families can't have kids and will adore these children. I hope the birth mom knows that her baby is loved and wanted.
@@sangeet9100irresponsible and heartless is throwing a baby in the trash like it's nothing. Just had a newborn baby found dead in a trash truck in my town. That's heartless , knowing you cant take care of a baby and giving it up responsibly is the least heartless thing a person can do , not everyone lives good lives why make a child suffer too if you dont have to. You've no idea what lead this person to make this choice but judging doesnt make you the better person either. Just be thankful you've never had to make this choice because it's not easy.
@sangeet9100, the baby was taken cared of and healthy, even placed in a box, nothing was wrong. Do not judge her. What she did was love so the child could have a better life.
@@sangeet9100 You know many of these women are in abusive situations and/or living in severe poverty right? To hide a whole pregnancy and go through childbirth on your own with no medical supervision means someone is in a very bad place. How is it heartless to want your baby to be spared that environment?
Not just “commendable and respectable”, but a “very ❤LOVING biological mother” who not only took excellent care of her daughter, but she also wanted the very best for her and her future ❤ What a wonderful service to help biological mothers find safe homes for their children❤
This literally brought tears to my eyes. My wish is for a wonderful life for the baby and her parents. May she never feel she was "abandoned" but godsent and created just for her adopted parents ❤
Thank you to the birth parent for making the most responsible choice they could. There’s nothing wrong with not wanting to be a parent. Knowing you cannot or do not want to care for a child and making the choice to rescind parental rights to said child is extremely intelligent.
We need more of these boxes. Thank God the mother did the right thing and placed the baby in the box. It had to be the toughest decision of her life, but she put the safety of the child she had, in the hands of strangers that gave her a life that will be full of love. I hope that gives her peace in her decision and encourages others to do the same.
Not really. In case you don't know, you can legally leave your newborn child at a police station, fire station, hospital, or church and the result is the same. Honestly people just need to know the law.
@@grisom5863 a baby box is a better option because it removes any interaction that the mother may want to avoid. Yes, you can leave a child legally at a police station, hospital and many other places, but to do that you have to interact with another person.
There are 134 boxes throughout the US. While they are a great idea, they are expensive. Each state has safe haven laws. I understand the person dropping the baby off would have to interact with another person. I believe the law in each state is not promoted enough. Young people especially have to know that the person they would be interacting with would or should be kind and keep it confidential. I attended a funeral for a baby girl, who was found in a dumpster. The priest named her, Claire.
@@lhead7226 I'm pretty sure there's some process you need to go through anyway because for starters, they want to make sure the baby is healthy and doesn't have any surprise health concerns that if unknown could risk the baby's life. Also need to know the kid is actually hers and not a kid she stole from someone for some spiteful reason. Granted it's still a quick and smooth process but a process is still needed.
@@lhead7226 No, you do not. You can walk in with the baby, sit down in the waiting room, and walk out when no one is looking. Heck, you can even walk into the bathroom and leave the baby there.
What upsets me terribly is when the parent(s) don't do the right thing, like that monster in NM. This beautiful baby's biological mom did good. She took care of her daughter and made sure she was safe. Such a happy ending to something that could have been so tragic.
@@mgaraujo1220Instead of being homophobic, let’s use your brain and realize that you don’t have to be taught that a baby is a human being, didn’t ask to be alive and doesn’t need to be put in a trash can. The girl who killed her child and put him in a trash can was a sociopath. Has nothing to do with sexualities. And what you think is being taught. If you want to be technical, the world is focused on being pro life and taking abortions away from these women but when sick people who don’t want babies have them, they are abandoned and thrown in dumpsters, and politicians look the other way.
Adorable little ginger!!!! Absolutely, well done to the overwhelmed mother, you did the next best thing if you were unable to care for your child. Respect, and I wish the best for you as you move forward. The founder of Safe Haven is to be commended!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My utmost respect and admiration for the adoptive family. It takes courage, determination, commitment and lots of love to take this journey. I hope the girl will shower her adoptive parents with appreciation, love, respect and support they deserve. I wish them the very best today and always. God bless you all!
I really hope her bio mom is reading these comments and sees how much everyone respects her for making the right choice for her baby. I also hope any pregnant women who don’t want a child and can’t get an abortion legally anymore read these comments and make the same choice instead of killing their newborn or throwing them in the trash.
I hope the mother never sees this because she'll want to baby back and once a mother drops off a child, she shouldn't have the right to take that child back
See that's awesome. A mother knew she couldn't care for her baby and instead of trashing it, she leaves it and a place we all know is loving and caring.. if you're seeing this moma thank you for not doing all the horrible things a lot of other mothers have been doing.
Congratulations to the biological mother who made the best choice she could have made for her baby girl. A brave choice & I pray the mother finds peace & safety in her life x
THAT IS A MIRACLE BABY! She is SO PRECIOUS! SO healthy and precious! I hope the Biological Mom gets so much HELP! I hope all the Angels on EARTH help the poor Mom as well!
Wonderful job to the birth mother, they will show her all the selfless love that you did and you can be nothing but proud of yourself. God bless you for caring that much.
I love this story so much. I’m so glad the baby was adopted by such a loving couple who had been trying to have kids for a long time. What a gift from God. And so so glad the birth mother made this decision for her child. I’m sure it was not easy. Prayers for her!
Thanks to the brave and selfless mom who realized that she couldn't give her beautiful baby the life that she deserved. These adoptive parents will give her plenty of love and attention.
So So happy for this sweet baby....please have more information on these baby box's and fire department drop off's so these mothers know they can have a safe place to leave their babies with no judgement or criminal charges. Finally have to say Thank you to the mother who had the courage to do this...Thank you!
Omg, Baby Zoe is an adorable ginger princess! So cute! Glad her birth Mom decided to use the safe haven and glad for the couple to have that cute little pumpkin.
As a grandma of two, I hope someday all firehouses can be equipped with "Safe Haven Baby Boxes". I applaud, respect and pray for blessings for any birth mom who feels that she is not able to raise her child and if her baby's father doesn't or for some reason isn't equipped to raise the child, if that mom places the child in a Safe Haven baby box or a hospital, that mom is showing how much she loves that child. I pray that those moms find some peace in knowing that they did the right thing,the most loving thing a mother can do❤️ so GOD bless her 🙏🏽
Oh my gosh she is so adorable. Thank you mom for doing the right thing. So many young girls having babies being only babies themselves. Maybe one day she will find her child and explain why she had to give her up. I'm sure she sees this video and gets comfort knowing her baby got loving parents who understand what the mom did. We need these safe haven locations all over the world to save babies from being dumped like a piece of trash. Many parents just like this who would love to have a baby who can't conceive.
She knew. They kept banging on the bathroom door, asking her what was going on. She of course lied. They also told her there is a call button in the bathroom to hit for help. She did not do that. All of this was recorded on hospital cameras. And if she really thought her baby was dead, she's in a freaking hospital where there are tons of medical professionals there to help save the baby. She is a murderer.
😭😭😭 Bless that baby N bless that mom Was probably the hardest thing she ever did in her whole life .. but now Zoe has a chance at a wonderful life n not dumped somewhere Bless everyone involved in this story ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Stop praising a god that allows child to perish every single day. Give credit to the birth mother who had empathy for her newborn. That is who deserves the credit here. Not some "lord" who allows little ones to be abused, trafficked, used for child porn, get cancer.
I am so happy that first mom had the courage to place her baby someplace safe, trusting she would be looked after and loved. What a gorgeous little girl with that red hair! So happy that families dreams were able to come true because of first mom’s brave choice. ❤️
What a beautiful gift that someone gave with love someone else could have that gift whoever drop that baby off that was an awesome thing to do and how the mother had to give it up that shows that she cared for the baby
Thank goodness this little girl found her forever family. Two people need to be thanked for this. The mother who made the selfless decision to give her daughter the best life possible and the man who came up with the baby box that inspired the ones in America; a pastor in South Korea who started this in 2007.
Safe havens are of the utmost importance in any society. It takes (probably) tremendous courage to give up your child. I was crying watching this, feeling grateful for this couple, immensely happy for this beautiful child.
I also respect the birth mother. Wow, would that ever be the toughest decision I ever made in an entire lifetime....and to HOPE that the infant goes to a loving family. You just never know who is going to adopt, they might be narcissists, and no child deserves that.
Safe Haven Baby Boxes are a blessing. We have needed these for generations. An over whelmed birth mother can leave their infant in the safety of one of these boxes instead of JUST walking away or dumping the infant in an alley or worse. People that are anti-abortion should really get behind this project. I salute the inventor of this. She has done a great service to the children like she was. The economy of these current days is a big reason for leaving a baby behind. Prayers for the birth mother who makes such a hard decision, yet makes the sacrifice.
I believe a teen mother is scared and that is why there are so many stories of babies being found in the trash. This has been happening for years in good and in bad economies. Every state has safe haven laws. I believe it is up to all of us to promote the law. I am sure it varies from state to state and I am sure a lot of people are unaware of the law.
I think fear is the driving factor of leaving a baby behind. It most likely was a young, scared, teen mom. I am happy she had the courage to give up her baby for adoption. I hope the families can have a bond later in life.
@@hdb80 A baby box, a police or fired dept. or hospital is better than putting the baby in a dumpster. I attended a funeral for a baby girl who was found in the trash. The priest who celebrated the funeral Mass named the baby, Claire. There are over 150 baby boxes in the country. They are expensive, but they are working. I see a story on the left. Louisville sees first infant left in Baby Box. Not every state has these baby boxes. Every state has a safe haven law. The law varies from state to state about the age of the baby at the time they are given up and who can hand the baby over. I think this law needs to be promoted more. The fear, shame, and guilt needs to be taken out of the equation. The adults will be professional.
@@hdb80 I only state the obvious when an outlandish statement is made. The God I believe in placed the baby with this family. This family has wanted to adopt. She is thriving in her new home. As far as the funeral that I attended, I chose to go. It was an honor to be there. The baby had some dignity at the end of her life. It was sad, but it was beautiful at the same time. I felt sorry for the parent(s) who felt they had no other choice than to throw a baby away. Things are going to get worse before they get better. The next life will be better!
@@hdb80 That explains the anger behind one of your statements. I am sorry you have been hurt. Were you put up for adoption and not adopted? I mean you say "adoptee". Years ago, I saw a woman on a talk show who was in her early 20s. She was never adopted and she aged out of the system. I have never forgotten about her. Life is hard, but life is good. I feel the pain in your comment. Have you learned to be your own best friend? Now, that you are older, you can protect the young child who is within you. John Bradshaw talked about this. I have been in therapy and I was raised in a loving home. Parents do their best, but they are not perfect. I went to 2 of John Bradshaw's workshops. He is deceased now, but his books are still available. No one gets through this life unscathed. I do know that the adoption system and the foster care system have to be improved. I know of a few foreign children that were adopted and brought to the US. One girl had been in a poor orphanage and she needed operations on her leg. She received the medical care in the US. I am pro-life. I have seen the pain of men that had no say in the matter and I know a couple of women who still have pain. Have you been to therapy? It can't replace a family, but it can help to discuss the pain. I truly wish you the best. Thank you for being so honest. Do not give up on yourself, ever! I would give you a hug!
"abandon"? no, make sure they would be taken care of because she, the birth mom, was obviously in a situation where she couldn't take care of her baby. It's heartbreaking to have to leave your baby but sometimes it's the right thing to do for your child.
Zoe was blessed with the family she’s supposed to be with. They are equally blessed with this beautiful baby. It’s very nice to hear a happy beginning for little Zoe with so many sweet babies being hurt in this world today. 👶🏼❤️👶🏼
Oh how wonderful this story is. And yes I hope the mother that put that Angel somewhere safe is ok too. Congratulations to the parents of this sweet girl.
I am so glad the baby went to a good family, one in good financial standing. Makes me proud to be an American. Thank you for going beyond the norm for another.
Some mothers love their children so much that they can’t let them go and some mothers love their children so much that they have to let them go. I am the mother that can’t but I respect the mothers that have to.
@@hdb80 The mother obviously couldn’t care for the child and wanted a better life for her and took her to a safe place which was a very selfless act.. Her daughter is safe, happy and loved as every human being should be. It is a positive story and I hope her birth mother was able to move on with her life and fulfill her dreams. Maybe they will find each other someday and reunite when her daughter is an adult.
She is a very special "gift" to this couple. I believe she will have a very safe, happy, and love for the rest of her life. She is very wanted. What a wonderful story. Thank you. ❤
