[Happy2Bhere]

HI!
We were fortunate enough to adopt the worlds most awesome baby girl 2 1/2 years ago.
Now, we're also considering adopting again, this time a child closer to her age, instead of an infant.
It seems that if you want to adopt an infant, you sign with an agency. But, for a toddler, unless you want to foster/adopt- seems like you need to go out of the country to adopt a toddler. I think the language change would be hard.
As for bonding- my daughter is 2 1/2- stuck to me like glue, but if something were to happen to me, or in the case of adopting a toddler, I think the age is a very good age to rebond- they trust adults, and respond to kindness & love.
I would LOVE to adopt a toddler, but also feel that's a hard age to adopt from another country- and try to deal with language changes. (I try to picture my daughter at this age being thrown into another language)
Good luck to you- I hope you do go through with the toddler adoption. 2 1/2 year olds are AWESOME :-)
If you have any luck, clue me in :-)
Melissa