01-04-2006, 07:58 AM
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We left Arianna when she was about 2.5. The first trip was handled much better than the second...I think because she understood what was happening after experiencing it once already.
We had the grandparents stay at our house and keep her as close to her normal routine as possible...which included going to her little school for at least a few hours a day.
I left gifts (a new baby doll and all the supplies so she could be a 'new mommy' too) and a note for her daily...we also called daily and I had a 'countdown' poster. She did not handle the second trip as well...plus her world was rocked when I returned with a VERY needy baby who screamed if I put him down. That was really the only point I truly questioned her attachment...but I believe her reaction was typical for any child. She did regress and I still to this day...and Alex has been home almost 2 years...lie down with her each night for our special time.
Arianna was (is) very verbal and I should have talked to her more about what was going on...
Good luck, it can be tough on them...but seeing them laughing and playing and hugging each other...makes it so worth it!
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Proud Mommy to two...who have taught me I can not change their pasts but I can change me and the way I parent them~
*Yaya~My Siberian Sweetie ~born in 2001~Home 2002~Now 8 and a 'Tween', and in 3rd grade. She's all girl!!! 
*Bubbs~My Samaran Sunshine~born in 2003~Home 2004~now 6, in Kindy and such a sweet, silly & special boy! 
'My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to, your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small, You never need to carry more than you can hold, and while you're out there getting where you're getting to, I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too, Yeah, this, is my wish.'
~"My Wish" by Rascal Flatts
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