[walnutmeg]

We brought our son home at age 3. He warmed up to us right away but we still practiced some of the attachment suggestions in Toddler Adoption: Weaver's Craft


All kids are different so some make the transition very smoothly and some have attachment issues. My ds was in an orphanage so he didn't have the consistent care that a toddler would have in a hogar or say with a foster family.

He was usually a happy boy but when he got upset, he would cry unconsolably for a long time. Kind of a self soothing moan. I rocked him and gave him a sippy cup as a bottle and spoke soothingly to him. Today at 9 he still needs me to hold him and sooth him when he is upset.

I've adopted a 4 mo. old, a 3 yr. old, and am now adopting a 9 yr. old. I would recommend adopting at any age!!!