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Hi Jen and welcome. As always, Sharon offers wonderful insight. You will truly enjoy this forum. We had a long talk with our agency about attachment and health issues of adopted children. We were aware but like you, not worried. Our daughter came home two months ago(at age 10 months) and so far so good. She has bonded with both my dh and I, as well as our older children. Her health is fine and she is just a happy little girl. Every one of our friends and family has commented on her sunny disposition and apparant love of her new family. She is especially fond of Daddy. When she hears his voice, like when he comes home from work in the evening, she just about gets a whiplash trying to see him in the room. It's so awesome to see. Her smile means the world to us.
To add to the "stupid comments" portion of this thread....I was at the store recently with my daughter. Behind me in line was a mom from my older child's school. After looking at my daughter she said: "I didn't know you did babysitting; do you watch other children?" I just smiled and said "No, this is my daughter. My two older children are in school". She smiled, said she was cute and walked away. I've gotten a lot of "is she adopted" but I hadn't been asked if I was babysitting before. But she's my angel and that's all that matters! We'll deal with the odd ball comments one at a time!
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