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Re: Attachment in "older" infants
My son came home from Korea at 8.5 months, after living with his foster Mom from the time he was 10 days old--roughly the age children would be if made available for IA at 5 months.
His foster family was WONDERFUL and clearly adored him. He was crawling, standing and eating solid food when we went to pick him up. The specialist I took him to was very impressed--he was developmentally ahead of most IA kids he sees in his clinic.
Eun Joon adjusted rapidly and bonded with us within a month. While it wasn't painless (because of his very strong bond with fmom, he was mad at me at first, preferring to go by Daddy, who is Korean-American), it was very much within the realm of normal attachment.
Because of the excellent foster care most of these children receive (Eun Joon was the 3rd child this Mom had fostered) and the bonds they create with their foster families, I wouldn't have too many concerns about an increase in attachment issues. If the children were in orphanages, one might expect to see a delay, but even at 8-9 months (younger than most children are if adopted from China) the chances of extreme AD are slight.
HTH,
Tracy
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