[lippylulu]

The most important thing is to remind friends and family that it may be awhile before everyone gets to meet your child. We thought we were taking it slowly but ti turned out not slow enough at the beginning. Introduce your child to new people and new situations slowly or else he/she wont understand the difference between the post man and your brother. These kids get very overstimulated and overwhelemd even if they don't say it. We are home 4 months and still find we need to go slowly so we keep the number of new people to a minimum. Also, explain that you may hold onto some presents or else your child will start to think kids in America get presents every day. People will tel you not to spoil your kid, but its hard not to when getting a new pair of underwear is as exciting as getting something special....so keep the gifts low key. Best of luck!!!