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Congratulations on you impending first trip!
We adopted our daughter 3 years ago at the age of 4.5. We kept our daughter's full given name only changing the spelling and pronunciation. We did call her by the nickname she was called at the orphanage for the first 6 months home and then switched to her full name.
We kept our daughter home for about 2.5 months before starting her in school. Then we began with a few hours a day and I stayed in the classroom for about 3 weeks slowly weaning myself out. I was told by the director of my agency who is also a social worker to keep my daughter home for as long as possible to work on bonding and attachment and to teach her what living in a family meant. As it turned out, she really needed that time to adjust. Leaving all she knew as safe and comfortable behind was very traumatic for my daughter. We really needed to build trust between us and that time we spent together working on attachment, language and learning was very important.
Best of luck to you on your trip!
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LilyMoon
Lucky Mom to Zak and Anastasia
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